As a seventh grade volleyball coach, you want to focus on helping young players develop the fundamentals of the sport. Your job involves showing athletes the proper skills required to be successful at the sport. With younger athletes, it is also recommended that you make your practice drills fun to hold the players' attention long enough to reach the goals you have set.
Two Versus Two Drill
The Two Versus Two Drill will help you teach players to work as a team. Divide the court in half and use the 10-foot line as the back line. Divide your players into two-player teams and place a team on each side of the court. While using only underhand serves, have one team serve to the other and play a mini game. The first team to score a point wins and stays to play the next team. Continue to rotate teams in and out while allowing the winning team to remain and defend their winning streak. This is a fast-paced and competitive drill for all players.
Eye Check Drill
The Eye Check Drill is designed to teach players how to see what is happening on the opposite side of the court before making a play. Set up three of your seventh-grade players on one side; a tosser in the back row and a setter and hitter in the front row. Stand on the opposite side of the court and, as the tosser tosses the ball to the setter, make a signal with your hand that the setter must call out before setting the ball to the hitter. You can use numbers or something more interesting such as paper, rock or scissors. Once the setter calls out the correct signal, she should set the ball to the hitter. Rotate players in and out of the setter position so they all have a chance to practice.
Greed Drill
The Greed Drill is a practice that involves 12 players and 12 volleyballs. Split up the players into two even teams of six on opposite sides of the net. Have each team serve two balls at the same time. Every time a team scores a point they get to keep that ball. Keep playing until all 12 volleyballs have been used. The team that has kept the most balls is the winner. Rotate the players after each serve and point. You should also switch sides half way through or after each game. If you have enough players for a third team, let them play the winner next.
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