101 Winning Volleyball Drills

by Reynaud, Cecile

• ISBN13: 9781585180837
• ISBN10: 1585180831
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-02-15
• Publisher: Coaches Choice

Summary

Features over 100 drills designed to improve virtually every aspect of volleyball. Each drill is thoroughly described, including objective, set-up, coaching points, and variations. Includes dozens of images and diagrams.

Author Biography

Cecile Reynaud was the head women's volleyball coach at Florida State University from 1976-2001, where her teams won seven conference titles and appeared in 13 National Championship Tournaments. During her 26-year collegiate coaching career, her teams won over 635 matches. Reynaud has international experience in volleyball, serving as an assistant coach for the USA World University Games Team, and as the head coach of the USA Junior National Team. She also held the position of Deputy Competition Manager for Volleyball at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. She has served on the USA Volleyball Board of Directors & Executive Committee, and is a past president of the American Volleyball Coaches Association. She graduated from Southwest Missouri State University in 1975 and received her master's degree from Florida State University in 1979. She earned her doctorate at Florida State University in sport management in 1998. Reynaud is a USA Volleyball & FIVB certified clinician and continues to be a popular speaker at numerous coaching clinics around the country.

Table of Contents

Dedication	p. 3
Acknowledgments	p. 4
Preface	p. 11
Introduction	p. 12
Warm-Up Drills	p. 15
Throwing, Catching, and Movement Warm-Up
Passing Movement Warm-Up for Short and Deep Serves
Passing Run-Throughs to the Net
Passing Run-Throughs Along the End Line
Three-vs.-Three Short Court
Communication
Physical-Training Circuit
Ball-Control Drills	p. 25
Two-vs.-Two Narrow Court Tipping
Triples with Individual Scoring
1-vs.-1, 2-vs.-2, 3-vs.-3, 4-vs.-4, 5-vs.-5
Figure It Out
Follow the Leader
Set and Move
Front Set, Back Set, Crosscourt Set
Metronome
One-Minute Ball-Control Drills
Three-vs.-Three Narrow Court
Reaction Time
Sending Free Balls to Targets
Serve and Serve-Receive Drills	p. 41
Aggressive Serving for Accuracy
One-Minute Passing
Servers vs. Passers
Passing Circuit
Serve and Catch in Zones
Partner Seam Passing
Game Warm-Up Serving and Passing
Short and Deep Serves
Setting Drills	p. 51
Setter-Footwork Training
Wall Setting
Setting Tight Passes
Setting From Around the Court
Setter Dumps to Targets
Sets to Targets
Three-Player Movement Setting
Right Sides and Liberos Setting
Lateral Sets
Changing Directions
Decision Sets
Attacking Drills	p. 63
Left-Side Hitters vs. Left-Side Hitters
Middle Hitters vs. Middle Hitters
Outside Hitters vs. Six
Middle Hitters vs. Six
Outside-Hitter Accuracy
Five-Ball Drill
Right-Side Hitter Accuracy
Middle-Hitter Accuracy
Arm-Swing Speed
Left Side to Left Side
Back-Row Attack vs. Team Defense
Attack Approach with a Tennis Ball
Attacking Around the Block
Attacker Target Hitting
Repetitive Attacks
Attacking Self-Toss
Keep Away
Blocking Drills	p. 85
Blocking Gloves
Blocking - Right Hand, Left Hand, Both Hands
Ten Blocks in a Row
Block and Attack
Blocking Multiple Attackers
Blocking with Bracelets
Peer Coaching Blockers
Blocking Zones at the Net
Blocking Hat
Digging Drills	p. 97
Dig and Attack
Defense Using One Volleyball
Partner Digs Toward the Net
Two Minutes
Off-Court Saves
Three vs. Middle Hit
Defensive Movements with a Reaction Ball (Z ball)
Coach Under the Net Run-Throughs
Pancake Game
Dig and Cover
Overhead Digging
Defense vs. Coach
Net Recovery
Team-Offense Drills	p. 113
Three-Out-of-Five Serve Receive
Team Serve-Receive to 30 Points
Weakest Rotations
Score on First Swing
Out-of-System Attacking
Team-Defense Drills	p. 119
Team Defense to 18 Points
Add-On Defense
Attacking Overpasses
Transition Drills	p. 125
Three-Deep with Setters and Middles
Middle Hitter Transition
Transition Offense
Coverage Offense
Attackers vs. the Wall
Six-on-Six Drills	p. 133
Ball-Control Tip Scrimmage
Front Row vs. Front Row
Invisible Volleyball
Six-vs.-Six Situation Drills
Side-Out Scoring
Wash Drill With a Free Ball
Wash Drill With a Down Ball
Competing for Objects
Roll the Dice Secret Scoring
Bonus Ball
Score Switch
About the Author	p. 144
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