Working in 4's with the final player throwing the ball back to the feeder under the net.
Once the drill starts the setter passes the ball to a target player at the net.
The net player then sets the ball for the wide player who receives it and then returns the ball ready for the drill to start again.
This drill can be measured in time or good repetitions.
The reason for using two balls is you can do a vast amount of contacts in a short time; the feeding can be changed to a service when the feeder is a competent server as the emphasis is the passing.
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