In the video clip below Kate Fitzgerald, freshman coach at Catholic Memorial High School, Milwaukee Sting Volleyball Club 12 Gold Head Coach;former member of the Minnesota Chill (United States Professional Volleyball League), demonstrates a simple yet effective passing drill that provides your middle school players with several repetitions. The drill is sample from a DVD that gives you an idea about what a good middle school practice should like.
The passing drill in the clip is rather simple. The drill begins with a tosser on one side of the net with a passer and a target on the other side. Two groups going at the same time with the tossers on opposite sides of the net.
In the first passing drill the tosser throws an overhead pass form the 10ft line over the net to a passer on the 10 ft line. The pass should be easy and just to the inside of the passer. This is designed to a free-ball passing drill. The rotation is as follows:
Tosser to Passer, Passer to Target, Target to Passer.
The next variation of this passing drill is to move the players back to 20ft line and begin the drill with a serve. The serve should be just to the inside of the passer. The rotation is the same as the first drill.
If you are interested in learning more about the DVD that this clip came from you can click the link Open Practice: Middle School Volleyball Practice.
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