Volleyball1on1 offers a library of over 1000 Volleyball drills. Our drills include beginner, advanced, high school, club, youth, college, practice and beach drills. Additionally we offer drills for passing, setting, spiking, serving, blocking and defense. We are also the only volleyball website online to offer volleyball vision drills by Dr. Bill Harrison. For you more savvy coaches we offer unique drills for “Reading the Game”, transition, multi-skill drills, warm up, multi-skill warm up, workout drills / exercises and more. Please note if you are looking for help connecting drills into a practice please be sure to also checkout our library of volleyball practice plans.
Andor Gyulai is the instructor for this volleyball practice plan focused on passing. He has over 20 experience playing and coaching.
This part of the practice plan is on team play and getting the team to have some fun and compete! I always suggest ending practice with playing and competition.
This part of the practice contains early season team drills designed to improve volleyball passing and hitting as a team. These team volleyball passing drills are also progression drills meaning they build on each other. This means that skills and technique are improved more rapidly and players see results faster. These drills specifically focus on out side hitters!
This portion of the practice plan focuses on teaching good volleyball passing technique as well as a very useful drill that forces high repetition and ball contact to improve skill. The complete drill takes 5-10 minutes total to run however the result is 160-320 volleyball passing contacts for each player while stressing correct movement and form.
Transitioning off of the block and to the hit is integral to every teams success. Pro player and twelve year coach David Fischer presents a complete series with drills on this topic.
Demonstration of a drill to perfect the footwork and improve conditioning.The right side of the court uses a slightly different footwork to move from blocker to hitter.
epper is made more engaging, intense and active for the players with this tip from twelve year coach David Fischer.
Pro player and twelve year coach David Fischer presents an entire series of drills that can be done by one person with a ball and a wall. Work on the arm swing and get the most out of it using down balls. Add an extra skill by setting yourself while working on hitting against the wall.
Warming up gets the blood flowing and sets the tone for entire practice or matches. David Fischer runs his girls college team through a full warm up that has everyone ready to play at their best. Walking sounds easy until you add setting, passing and other movements as you move from end line to end line.
David Fischer is a pro player and coach with twelve plus years experience. In this series he tells everyone how to do what they love the most, hitting and spiking. First you need to know where to hit the ball to the different areas of the open court. Footwork in the proper sequence gets you to the ball quickly and easily.
David Fischer demonstrates how to set a volleyball for beginners. His twelve plus years of coaching girls and boys includes fun drills and cues to learn how to be a great setter.
Pro player and twelve plus year coach David Fischer shows everything on how to pass a volleyball. David runs his college team through step by step instructions that is easy for everyone to understand. David presents common mistakes by beginners and how to correct them with the proper form and technique.
This content contains a beach volleyball transition setting drill and information. In the drill gold medalist Eric Fonoimoana shares tips for transition setting.
I want to share this excellent news with our paid members of a project I have been working on with Gold Medalists Eric Fonoimoana and Misty May-Treanor who have developed this phenomenal volleyball stretching mat named TRAINERmat.
TRAINERmat is designed for both indoor and outdoor volleyball fitness. This sport-specific mat features the strengthening and stretching exercises used by professional volleyball players worldwide.
Olympic gold medalist Eric Fonoimoana demonstrates 1 through 5 of the 27 exercises designed by him and fellow gold medalist Misty May-Treanor on the TRAINERmat.
The TRAINERmat is designed for both indoor and outdoor volleyball fitness. This sport-specific mat features the strengthening and stretching exercises used by professional volleyball players worldwide. The mat’s 27 exercises are ideal for anyone who wants to improve their sport performance.
Olympic gold medalist Eric Fonoimoana demonstrates 6 through 10 of the 27 exercises designed by him and fellow gold medalist Misty May-Treanor on the TRAINERmat.
The TRAINERmat is designed for both indoor and outdoor volleyball fitness. This sport-specific mat features the strengthening and stretching exercises used by professional volleyball players worldwide.
Olympic gold medalist Eric Fonoimoana demonstrates 11 through 15 of the 27 exercises designed by him and fellow gold medalist Misty May-Treanor on the TRAINERmat.
The TRAINERmat is designed for both indoor and outdoor volleyball fitness. This sport-specific mat features the strengthening and stretching exercises used by professional volleyball players worldwide.
Olympic gold medalist Eric Fonoimoana demonstrates 16 through 20 of the 27 exercises designed by him and fellow gold medalist Misty May-Treanor on the TRAINERmat.
The TRAINERmat is designed for both indoor and outdoor volleyball fitness. This sport-specific mat features the strengthening and stretching exercises used by professional volleyball players worldwide.
Olympic gold medalist Eric Fonoimoana demonstrates 21 through 27 of the 27 exercises designed by him and fellow gold medalist Misty May-Treanor on the TRAINERmat.
The TRAINERmat is designed for both indoor and outdoor volleyball fitness. This sport-specific mat features the strengthening and stretching exercises used by professional volleyball players worldwide.
This Volleyball Practice Plan is a early season volleyball practice design for players of all skill levels. The primary focus of this practice is two fold,
– Helpful Do and Don’t for Your First Volleyball Practice as a Coach
– Useful Volleyball Passing Drills, Technique and More to Help Build Strong Fundamentals in Volleyball Passing and Volleyball Serve Reception.
Shoulder health and preventing rotator cuff injuries applies to all volleyball players. In this series of videos Marcin talks about exercises to keep the shoulder healthy.
1. Thumb down cross body pull effectively helps to slow down the arm after spiking the ball.
2. Horizontal cable cross-over’s start by pulling the cable out to 90 degrees with the hips solid for a stable base.
3. Reverse “Y” begins with the thumb facing up and pulling up in a “Y” motion on the cable.
4. To do single sided bicycles place the feet shoulder width apart with the back on the floor. Put one hand behind the head and touch the shoulder to the opposite knee.
5. Resistance band shoulder flexion is done with high intensity and very fast reps.
6. Lat pulls requires a steady pace for the largest muscles in the back.
Marcin demonstrates a video series on how to warm up dynamically before each volleyball match or practice.
Dynamic warm up before lifting increases a players strength and prevents injuries. Marcin presents a series of videos on excellent warm up exercises for volleyball lifting.
This is a great video and drill where you see exactly how Bill Ferguson and Jeff Nygaard run blocking trips.
This Volleyball Drill for your Setters focuses on footwork, hitter cohesion, in-transition plays and defense. Setters should use this drill to focus on their footwork and how to effectively run their offense. Use this drill with all of our other drills located here! Skill Level: This Volleyball Setter Drill can be used for beginner to intermediate skill level
Brian Gimmillaro is one of the greatest coaches in college indoor volleyball history and in this video he shares secrets to his famous volleyball warm up drill. This drill for volleyball focuses on a large number of ball touches in a very short period of time.
I am excited to anounce I will be helping the AVCA, the largest volleyball coaching association in the world with instructional volleyball videos, volleyball drills and volleyball information
My goal is too add one new blog each week, with valuable content including an instructional video where possible! Below is this weeks video and blog!
This Volleyball Drill is for Setters to increase front and back setting skills while improving footwork. Setters are to focus on making their backset look like a front set. For more Setting drills, check out USC Head Coach Bill Ferguson’s drills here.
Skill Level: This Volleyball Drill is used for Intermediate to Advanced skill level.
This Volleyball Drill is for Setters to improve ball control and communication. This drill helps a lot with setters who need help with their accuracy and strength. Also a great drill for beginning setters to improve vision meaning – keeping the head up and looking at an area where the body is not used too.
Skill Level: This Volleyball Drill is used for beginner to advanced skill level.
# Players: This drill is designed for 2-6 players.
his Volleyball Drill is for Setters and Hitters to work on running plays off of an in-system pass. Each Setter will gain court awareness during this fast-paced drill. Each rep will make them a better player along with making their teammates better at passing and hitting.
Skill Level: This Volleyball Drill is used for beginner to intermediate skill level.
This Volleyball Defense Drill is for Defensive Specialists to get a concentrated amount of digging reps. Each player learns how to read the hitter and be aggressive while having a defense goal to complete!
Skill Level: This drill is used for beginner to intermediate skill levels.
Increase the amount of digs a player must get before exiting the drill.
This Volleyball Defense Drill is for defensive players and teaching them to stay in zone 6 during a play. Athletes should focus on staying disciplined and reacting quickly. Defensive players have the ability to see the play develop while using other techniques learned on this site! Logan Toms videos on playing defense in this position are some of the best
Purpose: This volleyball drill is for outside hitters to learn how to see the block on approach and be able to cover themselves when hitting into the block then preparing to attack again.
Skill Level: This volleyball drill can be used for intermediate to advanced skill level.
# Players: This drill is designed for 3 players with the primary focus on the outside hitter.
This volleyball drill is for Outside Hitters’ quickness and timing. It helps the hitters become smarter players on the court, move better on defense and are all round better in transition spiking.
Skill Level: This volleyball drill can be used for beginner to advanced skill level.
# Players: This drill is designed for 1-3 players. A variation of the drill can include blockers.