1. Volleyball
is about seeing cues and reacting to the cues.
2. Volleyball
starts from the cues.
This is to carry on from point 1. In volleyball the game is
started by a whistle then after that the server has 8 seconds to decide when to
start the drill. But everything
after that is decisions from what we see.
In many different drills I watched during my the last couple
years coaches often start the drill by slapping a ball. This is their cue to begin the
drill. But it isn’t game
realistic. That is based on a
sound. The drill should start as a from a visual cue. Usually a player or coach tossing a ball high enough to them selves to attack or hit a
down ball is significant enough for the athletes to begin the drill.
3. Players
need more serving and hitting reps than coaches.
Often as coaches we design drills where we are the center of
the drill. The more we can teach
athletes to run the drills with tempo the more they will understand the
game. The more realistic it is for
the level of play that the athlete will see. At Jasper we were able to get U-13 athletes tossing and
attacking their own toss. Not very
well but still well enough that we could enter the ball that way.
4. Volleyball
is random so create random drills.
The best passing drill is pass set hit, the best attacking drill is pass
set hit, the best setting drill is pass set hit. The more we can teach technical drills with in the purpose
of the game the more it will stick.
When designing drills think about what happens before and after that
skill is needed. When entering the
ball into the drill find many different ways to enter it. Examples are; off a serve, from a down
ball, opposition tipping the ball, opposition sending a free ball the ball over
and from a controlled attack. Each of these help make the game more realistic
than a coach centered drill.
5. The
length of a volleyball match is predicated upon score not on time.
This is why the length of drills should be
based on reps or score. Examples are Start score at 18 all and
play to 25. Serve 5 balls each and
then switch roles. Make 20 overs in a row…
6. Have
a purpose.
There are many
volleyball drill books with some great drill ideas, but as a coach we need to
know what we are trying to accomplish. Not just run a drill because it is
a cool drill, or because I saw someone else run it.
As mentioned
above the best passing drill is a pass set hit drill. It is what the coaches
focus on that makes the drill a little different. For example we wanted
to work on attacking for middles. First we need to decide on the tempo we
would like to run. WE have come up with a numbering system that is based
on when the ball is in the setters hand. Third tempo set would mean the
athlete has 3 steps left in their approach when the ball is in the setters
hand. Many of our high balls will fit into a 3rd tempo category. A 2nd temp set would
mean they have two steps left when the ball is in the setters hand. This would
be our x balls, back row balls or quicker tempo sets to outside
attackers. 1st tempo would be one step left. Many middles are
first tempo, ball is hit on down trajectory. Then we have a zero
tempo. The attacker is already in the air or jumping as the ball is in
the setters hands. Most university and national teams run this tempo with
middles in front of the setter.
Then as
mentioned in a previous blog, http://bit.ly/N7U7Iy we would run a high rep drill or tutor phase.
Then after the athletes get a good sense of what it feels like in this
situation we would move it to a mini game situation. Ironically a lot of attacking drills we saw this summer were
without a block. Very rarely do
attackers in a game get to attack against no blocks. So the faster we implement blocking and attack around or off
the more comfortable the athlete will become. After mini game we then put it into a large game
situation. Our key words don’t
change and the purpose doesn’t.
Finally number 7. Challenge the athletes.
It is ok for them to fail. We need to continually keep raising the bar. Allow the athletes to fail and then sit back analyze the situation, what way can we work to be successful at this drill. Failing means they are trying new things pushing their limits of success. Teams that come from behind often are teams that believe they can come behind. They have struggled and found different ways to succeed. Here s an example of a drill we talked about this summer that makes it hard for a team to win. Teams start at 20 all. Play a game to 25, the catch is when a team gets to 24 they must win the next point, if not, they go back to 20. The opposition keeps their points. This is a tough drill to win, teaches teams there are no leads to big. To keep pushing.
It is ok for them to fail. We need to continually keep raising the bar. Allow the athletes to fail and then sit back analyze the situation, what way can we work to be successful at this drill. Failing means they are trying new things pushing their limits of success. Teams that come from behind often are teams that believe they can come behind. They have struggled and found different ways to succeed. Here s an example of a drill we talked about this summer that makes it hard for a team to win. Teams start at 20 all. Play a game to 25, the catch is when a team gets to 24 they must win the next point, if not, they go back to 20. The opposition keeps their points. This is a tough drill to win, teaches teams there are no leads to big. To keep pushing.
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