Focused drills help volleyball players practice and develop their skills. Look for repetitive drills that require players to make many contacts with the ball. The more times a player practices a certain skill, the more quickly she will develop consistency and accuracy. Use a variety of drills that focus on different skills, such as passing, setting, blocking and serving.
Toss and Pass
This simple drill allows players to practice bumping and setting in a controlled way. Ask each player to find a partner and have the partners stand a few paces away from each other. Give each pair a ball. One player in each pair should toss the ball to his partner to pass. Let one player practice his passing for five minutes before he takes the role of tossing to his partner. Tell your players to focus on hitting the ball with the same part of their forearms each time. You can also use this drill for setting practice.
Wall Blocks
Use the wall blocks drill to help your players learn to block without touching the net. Have your players stand in front of a wall and jump up as if to block a ball. Tell players to hit their hands to the wall at the highest point they can reach. They should not make contact with the wall at all except for this hit. As they jump up and return to the ground, they should not touch the wall with any part of their body. In competition, if players touch the net at all, their team loses the point.
Dead Fish
This serving drill helps players develop more accurate ball placement in serving. Divide your players into two teams, and have one team stand on either end of the court. Give each player a ball and have stores of balls ready on each side of the court. Players should then spread themselves out behind the end line to serve. When you blow the whistle, all players on both teams start serving at the same time. If a player serves the ball into the net or out of bounds, she must sprint to the other side of the net and sit down as a "dead fish." Players on her team must attempt to set her free by a hitting a serve directly to her. When the dead fish catches a serve without moving, she can return to her team's side and continue serving. Blow the whistle after a previously determined amount of time expires. The team with the fewest dead fish wins the game.
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