Volleyball Sample Practice Plan (Page 2 of 4) in pdf

Week 2

:00

Warm-up lap and stretch

Toss/catch (passing drill) – see week 1 for details

:05

Toss/pass (passing drill) – see week 1 for details

:10

:15

Passing drill

Have the player’s in groups of 3. Form a triangle shape and pass the ball

around to their right side, then to their left. Again the focus is on the passing

of the ball with control, so the players remain in their triangle shape and not

having to move more than a few steps to make the next pass.

Serving progression – see week 1 for details

:22

:40

Serve and serve receive

set 6 players on the floor – player serves the ball over the net (if the ball does

not go over the players rotate. Server goes out and new player comes into

center back). When the ball goes over the net and hits the floor in bounds, the

coach tosses a ball back over the net – players set the ball up and get it back

over the net for a point. They stay in this rotation until the miss a serve or

don’t get the ball back over the net.

Passing drill – see toss/pass/over from week 1

:55

Wrap-up – ending instructions

:58

:00

Practice ends

Week 3

:00

Warm-up lap and stretch

Serve progression – see week 1 for details

:05

:10

Demonstrate setting technique

:12

Toss/set (from the sitting position)

Have player’s in pairs. One player is standing a few feet in front of the other

player (who is sitting on the ground). The standing player tosses the ball up

so it would land on top of the sitting players head. The sitting player as the

toss begins brings their hands up to the set position and sets the ball back to

the player who is standing in front of them.

:18

Toss/set (from the standing position)

This drill is the same as above, except that both players are standing. The set

should be higher than the toss that they receive.

:22

Toss/set/pass

In groups of 3 in a triangle shape. Player 1 tosses the ball to Player 2 who sets

the ball to player 3 who passes the ball back to player 1. After they go

through this rotation a few times, have the players rotate so each player gets to

be the setter.

Passing drill – see week 2 for details

:30

:38

Serving drill

Divide the players up in equal halves. Players will serve back and forth, try to

focus on keeping all volleyballs in bounds.

:49

Controlled scrimmage

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