Volleyball is a popular sport played in the United States and around the world. Volleyball requires players to be quick, have excellent eye-hand coordination and to be able to communicate with teammates. Warming up before participating in any sport is important to stretch the muscles and prevent injury.
Serve and Receive
Serve and receive is a warm-up drill that allows players to practice serving the ball and receiving the serves. There are many variations of this drill, the Volleyball Advisors website explains; one has the server serve the ball to the sideline of the court. This allows her to judge how closely she can serve the ball to the sideline without sending it out of bounds. The coach can have one or two players on the opposite side to receive the ball.
Volleyball Four Square
Volleyball four square teaches athletes to cover a large area of the court and to anticipate where the ball is going. Use the entire court, the Volleyball website instructs; squares one and two are on one side of the net, squares three and four are on the other. The coach assigns four players, one to each square. The athlete in square one serves the ball to the players in squares three and four. If the ball lands in the square, that player is out. The server is considered out if the ball goes out of bounds or lands in the net.
20 Ball
This drill teaches players to be persistent when going after the ball, Volleyball explains. It uses only half of the court. The coach stands up by the net and one player stands in the back of the court. The coach rolls the ball anywhere on the court and the players must go after the ball and touch it. The player has to touch 20 balls to complete the drill. If he does not touch the ball before it goes out of bounds, the player must touch an extra ball to finish.
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