According to USA Volleyball, the concept of a wash drill was developed in 1984 by Olympic men's assistant volleyball coach Bill Neville. Wash drills involve players having to do a specific task---such as making a kill to a certain corner of the court---a certain number of times in order to complete the drill.
Corner Kill Wash Drill
The object of this drill is to force attackers at the net to focus on making kills to the back corner of the court. Use tape to make a corner target on the back corners of each side of the court. Kills only count if they are made in these corners, but when they do, they count as two points instead of one. If players at the net make a kill and the ball doesn't touch any part of the tape, it counts as a fault on the team in terms of scoring. Keep score as in a regular volleyball game with both sides trying to hit the corners.
10-Ball Wash
This drill emphasizes the importance of setting up back row attackers. Set up for a normal scrimmage with six players on each side. The main rule of the drill is that players may move anywhere after the ball is hit, but only players starting out on the back row can attack after the ball has been served. Toss a coin to decide who has first service, or start the drill with a free ball tossed to one of the sides. If a team fails to attack with a back-row player, the opposing team scores a point. You can either use traditional side-out scoring or rally scoring for this drill.
2 vs. 2 Wash Drill
The object of this wash drill is to have your players rotate through all the positions on the volleyball court in order to complete the drill. Set up for a normal volleyball scrimmage with six players per side. Flip a coin to decide which team will serve first. In order to rotate, a team must win a rally in which it serves and then a free-ball rally immediately following the serving rally. If a team loses the serving rally or the free-ball rally, it must turn the ball over to the other team. If a team completes both rallies in a row, have them rotate players and serve the ball again. The first team to rotate through all players wins the drill.
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