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Volleyball: recognise the space

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8 players per court, 4 players as feeders and 4 players as returnees. Change roles after a set time (i.e. 3 minutes).

Feeders: Throw the ball with lots of height over the net in the direction of the player. The receiving player has to be in the middle of the court.

Receiving players: Catch the ball and roll it back under the net to the player that did not have the ball before the practice started. Player should go to the back of the queue after each time.

COACHING POINTS

Catch the ball with straight arms at a bellybutton height and roll the ball back.
Play the ball to your self with a dig catch the ball and roll it back.

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5 Player Warm Up:

As Player 1 moves direction, players 2,3,4,5 shuffle around shadowing his movement. When Player 1 changes direction, the other players must do so too, staying in the box formation.

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Three Ball Game - Keep it up!:

3 balls in play, teams of 4 in each half of the court.

Each court has 1 ball which they must pass around constantly, with all players participating.

At the same time, each team attempts to pass another ball back and forth between the teams, with the aim of getting the ball to land on the opposition's side of the court.

9 Conditioned games

Volleyball Tennis:

2 players, 1 ball and a hoop

Each player stands about 1.5m away from the hoop. Throw the ball via a bounce ball in the hoop to the other player making it as difficult as possible for the other player to catch the ball.
After catching the ball the other player throws the ball back as quickly as possible to make the player move.

A point is scored as soon as one of the players drops the ball.

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Basic Passing Drill:

A basic passing drill in pairs, can be used for either the dig pass or overhead pass

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