Volleyball: Shuffle and touch the floor

Keep the point alive and create winning opportunities by perfecting the best underarm passing technique. Develop control in your play by teaching you players about their positioning, and movement before, during and after the digs.

Each player has a ball.

The aim is to keep underhand passing high over their own head for as long as possible, all the while keeping in control of the ball.

In pairs, the players face each other.

Player 1 throws the ball underarm to his/her partner.

Player 2 receives the ball using a dig method, and hits it high in the air, lets it bounce once, and then returns the ball to his/her partner using the underarm pass method.

In threes, the players stand in a row, the person in the middle faces player 1.

Player 1 then underhand passes the player in the middle, who return the ball back to player 1.

The player in the middle then spins around to receive the ball from player 2, whereby he returns it using the underhand pass.

In pairs, the players stand around 3-4m apart.

Player 1 rolls the ball along the floor to player 2, then shuffles sideways to the left or right.

Player 2 collects the ball and rolls it to player 1. Player 2 then shuffles left or right.

The movement while passing the ball should imitate the underhand pass, with both arms straight when passing.