Watch as Coach Ron Kordes explains and players demonstrate this Dig Line-Dig Cross Court Defensive Drill.
Roll Shots Drill with Tara Cross-Battle
Watch as Coach Tara Cross-Battle explains and players demonstrate this Roll Shots Drill.
Blocking Technique Drills
Standing on the ground, partners face each other approximately 2 feet (.6 m) apart. One player tosses a ball while her partner presents her hands…
Individual Setting Drills with Rick Butler – Sports Performance Volleyball
Watch as Coach Rick Butler explains and players demonstrate these Individual Settling Drills.
Three-Person Pepper Drills with Kirsten Bernthal Booth – Creighton Univ.
Watch as Coach Kirsten Bernthal Booth explains and players demonstrate these Three Person Pepper Drills.
Putting Volleyball Parents to Work as Recovery Coaches
Attend any club director’s meeting and on the top of the agenda is how to work/deal with parents. Helicopter parents always hover, questioning and watching every move the coach makes. Rather than…
Digging – Going to the Floor – Kelly Sheffield – Univ. of WI
Coach Kelly Sheffield explains and a player demonstrates proper positioning and technique in this digging drill.
New SAT Grading Scale Released for NCAA and NAIA Initial Eligibility
In the spring of 2016, the SAT rolled out a newly formatted exam. As a result, both the NCAA and NAIA recently released revised SAT minimum score requirements, which…
5-7-8 Ball Setting Drill with Craig Skinner and Kyle Walton
Watch as Coach Kyle Walton explains and players demonstrate this 5-7-8 Ball – Setting Drill.
Middles Ball Grab Drill with Nancy Dorsey – St. James Academy HS (KS)
Watch as Coach Nancy Dorsey explains and players demonstrate this Middles – Ball Grab Drill emphasizing the need to be strong at the net, while staying out of the net.
Hitting the Target: Messaging and Branding
Are your website and social media accounts just an homage to the biggest victory, or is it engaging to the demographic you’re trying to reach? THE LAST YEAR has been a doozy for us…
Importance of The Coach-Athlete Relationship – Bo Hanson
Watch as Bo Hanson discusses the importance of The Coach-Athlete Relationship.
Middles – Heel to Toe Drill – Gwen Egbert – Doane College
Watch as Coach Gwen Egbert explains and Middles demonstrate this Heel to Toe Drill.
Defensive Drills
DEFENSIVE TANGO: Purpose – To work on movement and conditioning, encouraging two players to cover the entire side of the court. Setup – A pair…
Blind Hawk Block Drill with Nancy Dorsey – St. James Academy HS (KS)
Watch as Coach Nancy Dorsey explains and players demonstrate this Blind Hawk Block Drill.
Teaching Transition
When you are attacking a ball in a match, you will seldom be standing there waiting for the set. You will be coming from a position in the serve-receive pattern or coming off a defensive assignment. How you get into position to start your approach…
Transition Drill – Mike Lingenfelter – Munciana Samurai
Watch as Coach Mike Lingenfelter explains and his squad demonstrates this Transition Drill.
Overuse Injury in Volleyball – A New Approach
Overuse injury in volleyball is a problem that seems to keep getting worse. USA Volleyball Sports Medicine and Performance Commission Chair Dr. Bill Briner describes the situation in a recent…
Team Scoring Drills
In every team scoring drill in this chapter, six players compete against six players. The method of entering the ball, the focus of the players and coaches…
Sand: Shuttle Setting Drills with Anna Collier – USC
Watch as Coach Anna Collier explains and players demonstrate these Sand – Shuttle Setting Drills.
Setters: Seated Set with Nancy Dorsey – St. James Academy HS (KS)
Watch as Coach Nancy Dorsey explains and players demonstrate this Seated Set Drill for improving accuracy and coordination.
Motivating the Modern Athlete
Today’s athlete is different from years past. The much-publicized generation Y student-athletes (1980’s-1999) have moved through college. Generation Z is…
Mastering Accountability with Your Athletes – Bo Hanson
Watch as Bo Hanson discusses the importance of accountability for individuals and a team.
Out of System Swings with Russ Rose – Penn State
Watch as Coach Russ Rose discusses and players demonstrate these Out of System Swings Drills.
Serving Drills
SERVING LADDER: Purpose – To introduce deep-zone serving in a competitive environment where servers advance based on score. Setup – The coach…
Wall Drill with Joe Sagula – (Retired) Univ. of North Carolina
Watch as Coach Joe Sagula explains and a player demonstrates this Wall Drill.
Endurance Jumping and Bounding Drills with Rob Rose
Watch as Rob Rose guides an athlete through these Jumping and Bounding Drills.
3 v 3 All-Touch Transition & Attack Drill
Synopsis: This is a good game-play exercise that gets every player lots of touches and works especially on transition hitting. Age/Skill Level: This is a drill for intermediate and higher…
Are Elite Camps a Thing of the Past?
While working a club camp does not count as recruiting, no one can deny that being on court with recruits is exposure you may not otherwise get. Many clubs have multi-day elite camps, where college coaches are…
Ball Handling Drill – Shelton Collier – Wingate Univ.
Watch as Coach Shelton Collier explains and players demonstrate this Ball Handling Drill.