
Coaches chip balls from boxes. 2 Players start in mid court for serve receive. Ball is entered. Closest to server gets short receive. Farthest from server gets deep receive. Repeat.
Looking for quick, controlled movement in good posture. Player is working to get platform and hips behind the ball with a stable base. Players are striving for great passes to target. Look for communication between passers. Look for movement by both players at serve with attention to assignments. Training movement during serve receive is crucial to improving players' abilities. This is the eleventh variation of a number of different serve receive movement training scenarios.
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
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When your hitter gets stuffed, five teammates standing and watching is how you lose the point. Good attack coverage turns a blocked ball into a second swing.
Coaches spend hours correcting arms in serve receive when the real fault is almost always the feet. Fix the movement and the platform fixes itself.