Volleyball drills
This overview shows all volleyball drills that have been posted on Volleytools. It's no longer possible to create an account for Volleytools and create drills.
"Thinking games" two against two
- Coach:
- Luc Engelen
- Posted on:
- December 29, 2016
- Type:
- Single drill
- Number of players:
- 0
Teams of two players play against each other. The ball is brought into the game using an underhand serve. Jumping is prohibited and hard touches are mandatory.
The winning team takes the place of team A (or stays there). The losing team sprints towards the wall behind team A and joins the players waiting behind team B.
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Variations on two against two
- Coach:
- Luc Engelen
- Posted on:
- December 29, 2016
- Type:
- Single drill
- Number of players:
- 0
Teams of two players compete. Jumping is prohibited and hard touches are mandatory. The ball is brought into the game using an underhand serve.
The winning team takes the position of team A (or stays there). The losing team sprints towards the wall behind team A and joins the teams waiting behind team B afterwards.
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Chaos (Six against six with two balls)
- Coach:
- Luc Engelen
- Posted on:
- December 29, 2016
- Type:
- Single drill
- Number of players:
- 0
Team A plays against team B. Both teams underhand serve at the same time, after which they continue to play until one of the teams makes a mistake.
The drill is meant to be a warming-up drill, so jumping is prohibited and hard touches are mandatory.
Japanise Passing Butterfly
- Coach:
- Dirk Coach Gross
- Posted on:
- March 1, 2016
- Type:
- Single drill
- Number of players:
- 0
Players serving two balls in a row, diagonal to the two passers.
Setters setting the first ball to coach, second to the attacker.
Attacker catch ball from setter after attacking approch in the air and change the side to serve.
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Serve and reception with an improved scoring system
- Coach:
- Luc Engelen
- Posted on:
- February 27, 2016
- Type:
- Single drill
- Number of players:
- 0
The servers S serve to the receivers R. The receivers pass these serves to C, who catches the balls and ensures they end up with the servers again (or sets them towards some target where someone else catches them).
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Mark and Vital's alternative for free hitting
- Coach:
- Luc Engelen
- Posted on:
- February 26, 2016
- Type:
- Single drill
- Number of players:
- 0
All players spike on their own positions in turns:
- Outside hitters spike on position 2, 4, or 6.
- Middle hitters spike on position 3.
- Opposites spike on position 1, 2, or 4.
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Russian passing drill
- Coach:
- Luc Engelen
- Posted on:
- February 21, 2016
- Type:
- Single drill
- Number of players:
- 0
A tosses his ball to B. B forearm passes this ball back to A, turns around, and moves backwards to the position shown in the diagram. C tosses his ball to B. B passes this ball back to C, turns around, and moves backwards to his original position.
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Backward setting - three players, two balls
- Coach:
- Luc Engelen
- Posted on:
- February 16, 2016
- Type:
- Single drill
- Number of players:
- 0
A overhead passes his ball to B. B plays this ball backwards to C. Simultaneously, C overhead passes his ball to A. Afterwards, we're back in the starting situation and the drills continues as before.
Digging twice on position 1 or 5
- Coach:
- Luc Engelen
- Posted on:
- December 20, 2015
- Type:
- Single drill
- Number of players:
- 0
V continuously digs a tip from A followed by a spiked ball from B.
A and B both hold a ball. A tips his ball towards V and catches the ball that V passes back. Immediately afterwards, B spikes a ball towards V. While V digs the spiked ball to A, A tosses his ball to B. A immediately tips the ball passed by V back and the drill continues as before.
High-intensity interval training around the court
- Coach:
- Luc Engelen
- Posted on:
- November 14, 2015
- Type:
- Single drill
- Number of players:
- 0
The players holding a ball at the net toss balls towards the other player that are just playable. The other players sprint from one position to the other along the indicated routes and pass the tossed balls back.
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