If you are looking an attack that you can use to complement your offensive attack, you might like the Pingle Drill demonstrated in the clip below by Purdue Coach Dave Shondell.

The Pingle Drill requires the hitter to utilize a two step approach into one foot take off.

The hitter should attack the ball about halfway between the setter and and the pin.

This is a very simple drill helps to teach an alternative attack for your team.

Coach Shondell simply stands on a box a tosses the B-set to the hitter and they attack the ball with a right foot then left foot approach and take off on one foot.

This drill is just one of many drills that you can gain access to in the DVD All Access Volleyball Practice with Dave Shondell. 

Coach Shondell has guided the Boilermakers to seven Sweet Sixteens and into the Elite 8 twice The dvd gives you full access to four  preseason practices.

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For a more detailed explanation of the DVD that this clip was taken from, click the link All Access Volleyball Practice with Dave Shondell or on the image below

If you are like most coaches you are always looking for new ways to teach the same skills. Adding variety to your practice drills can do wonders for interest and enthusiasm in practice. We all have our favorite serve receive drill. In the video clip below Coach Ron Kordes demonstrates a serve receive drill that he uses called Reverse Side Out. It’s a competitive drill that emphasizes terminating in the first swing to create a side out.

Coach Kordes, Assumption (KY) High School Head Coach, is one of the most successful high school coaches in the United States. His teams have won 19 State Championships and he was named the 2012 AVCA National High School Coach of the Year.

He was also received the 2016 AVCA Club Director of the Year (KIVA).

The serve receive drill that he demonstrates in the video is just one of 14 team drills that he put his team through in his instructional DVD. For more information about that DVD click the link Competitive Team Drills for Volleyball

This serve receive drill is fairly simple. The game is played 6v6. When a team wins a rally they earn the opportunity to serve receive. Teams can only score when they are serve receiving. The game begins 18-18.

The receiving team scores 1 pt if they win a regular rally. They earn 2 pts if they are able to get a kill on the first swing (This is the emphasis of this serve receive drill). They can also earn two points if the serving team misses a serve.

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If you are interested in learning more about the DVD that this clip came from click here or click on the image above.

Developing young volleyball players requires quality reps and touches in a practice. In the video clip below Bond Shymansky, University of Iowa Head Coach (former Marquette Head Coach) demonstrates a great warm-up drill that he feels is more productive than some more traditional drills used during warm-up.

His Continuous Butterfly  warm-up drill requires each player to pass, set, and hit while they must move quickly from one task to the other without hesitation. The drill requires a high level of communication and concentration in order to execute properly. The fact that the players are getting multiple reps of passing, setting and hitting while having to communicate, concentrate and move make this a very good warm-up drill.

Coach Shymansky has put together a DVD that gives you a lot of drills that will get you players many touches, get them communicating and get them moving. In it he also delivers the when, the why, and the strategy behind each drill. For more information about Coach Shymansky’s DVD click the link High Energy, High Rep Practice Drills 

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This warm-up drill begins with one ball in each side of the net.  There are three position on each side of the the net: Setter, Hitter and Passer. The ball is hit to the passer on the opposite site of the net. The passer passes to the setter and the setter sets the back row hitter. The back row hitter hits to the opposite passer and the drill continues in this fashion. The players rotate from hitter to passer to setter to hitter.  The goal for the drill can be time (1 or 2 minutes) or a certain number of contacts in a row.

Click the link if you are interested in learning more about the DVD that Coach Shymansky has put together. It provides you with several drills that will get you players many touches, get them communicating and get them moving. In it he also delivers the when, the why, and the strategy behind each drill. For more information about Coach Shymansky’s DVD click the link High Energy, High Rep Practice Drills 

 

If you are looking for new competitive volleyball drills to add to coaching toolbox, you might like the drill Iowa State Coach Christy Johnson-Lynch demonstrates in the video clip below. I like this drill because it requires the offense to execute specific attacks, while demanding the the defense stay focused, be mentally tough and dig deep to string together stops.

This is just one of Coach Johnson-Lynch’s competitive volleyball drills and is called the 10-2. This is a drill that is easily adjustable to your team and its needs. The 10-2 drill requires that the offense get three consecutive kills in order to score a point. The offense is given a specific order in which they must attack. In the clip below Coach Johnson-Lynch requires that the offense get get three kills in a row by first starting with a high outside set, followed by a high back set and finally with a front quick. They must get a kill on each of those three sets in order to score a point.

The defensive goals in this drill is stop all three attacks on two separate occasions. If they are able to stop all three attacks on two different occasion before the offense scores 10 points. (Remember to score a point the offense must get a kill on three successive points), then the defense wins.

This drill is just a sample of the type of competitive volleyball drills that Coach Johnson-Lynch uses at Iowa State and that she share in her instructional DVD. For more information about that DVD click the link Rapid-Fire Favorites: Competitive Practice Drills for Success!. In the DVD Coach Johnson demonstrates her 10 best competitive volleyball drills. She teaches not only the drills, but how they can be adjusted to meet your specific needs. You will learn the “how-to” and the “why” for each drill so you can easily modify them based on the ability of your athletes, the time of season, or your focus for the practice.

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In today’s post Ball State University’s Joel Walton tackles the frustrating skill of blocking .In the clip below Coach Walton demonstrates a blocking drill that he calls Attacks vs Blocks. This drill provides an opportunity for you to see if your players are setting the block correctly, if they are stopping or flying through the block, and if they are taking away the correct shot, or reading correctly.

This competitive blocking drill is a natural progression from a simple swing blocking drill that Coach Walton shared in a previous post. You can access that drill by clicking the link Swing Blocking Drill

The drill begins with a coach entering a ball to the offense. The six offensive players are playing against only three blockers. The offense’s goal is give the setter the best ball possible so that he/she has all options available. The setter may set the either pin, the middle or the back you.

The scoring for the drill is follows. The defense scores a point if they get a stuff block, deflection block or force and error. The offense scores if the hit an attacking ball that would have been a kill.  The game is normally played to 11 or 15 points.

The swing blocking drill  and the Attacks vs Blocks drill are both from his his DVD dedicated to blocking. The dvd includes instruction on how to stop opponents from hitting the ball into the vulnerable parts of your defense and the proper mechanics of swing blocking. In addition, he covers strategies to prevent balls from going through the block and eliminate “cheap” points. He also includes a section on how to plan your blocking based on your opponents tendencies.

For more information about that DVD click the link Individual and Team Blocking Skills and Strategies.

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This clip is just one drill from the dvd on the left. If you would like more information about the dvd, simply click on the the link  Individual and Team Blocking Skills and Strategies