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Bill Ferguson – Conversations from the Office, Breakout Sessions, Setting

n this video Bill Ferguson goes over “Breakout Sessions” from the early part of practice! The goal during breakout sessions is to work on specific skills and develop the players skills individually. During a breakout sessions coaches focus on individual players and specific volleyball skills for the player. In video 1 we go over Bill and the setter specific drills

Bill Ferguson – Conversations from the Office, STD Drill

This video contains the in office conversation between Andor and Bill Ferguson where they discuss the STD or Volleyball Super Technical Drill. This video contains details of the origin of the drill, why the coaching staff likes the drill, how Jeff Nygaard was introduced to the drill.

Bill Ferguson Italy Volleyball Drill

The Italy Volleyball Drill is a drill Bill got from the USC Women’s head coach who saw Italy practicing the drill before the Olympics while on tour. The drill is a great team drill that puts a lot of pressure on your team to sideout on defense and score points on offense.

Bill Ferguson Over the Net Pepper Volleyball Drill

over the Net Pepper Volleyball Drill has become a very popular drill which we are seeing in a lot of practices all the way up to the USA National Team. The drill focuses on both lower ball control (Passing / Setting) and upper ball control (spiking / tipping / shooting with control).

Bill Ferguson in Practice Serving Drill

Bill Ferguson Practice Serving Drill is a simple and great drill that highlights Bill’s goals of serving tough. The drill starts with two minutes of warmup serving followed by two minutes of deliberate serving where the players are serving a specific area. – Notice also the serving is done in the middle of practice, this is discussed in the video

Bill Ferguson Team Stations – Area 1 Volleyball Defense Drill

Area 1 Defense Volleyball Drill with Bill Ferguson, USC practice during the breakout sessions. Great simple drill that can be used for players of all levels. It basically includes two hit balls, one hit from area 2 and one from area 4. The area 2 ball is the hard cross court hit while the area 4 is hit high at the players head.

Bill Ferguson Team Stations – Middle and Libero Volleyball Setting Drills

Bill Ferguson Team Stations from USC Practice – Middle and Libero Volleyball Setting Drill. One of the biggest problems during transition is after the ball is dug on defense having a middle or libero set the ball effectively when the setter can not. Drill will help the middles with the accuracy of their sets.

Bill Ferguson Team Breakout Sessions – Volleyball Serve Receive Drill

Bill Ferguson and USC Practice Team Breakout Sessions – Serve Receive Volleyball Drill. Bill added this drill into practice as the players were having problems standing up while moving backwards on serve receive. What this volleyball drill does is reinforce staying down, while focusing on creating an angle with your platform.

Bill Ferguson Team Breakout Sessions Middle Blocker Volleyball Defense Drill

Middle Blocker Volleyball Defense Drills for Area 5. As part of Bill Ferguson’s ongoing goals one area he puts particular focus on is team defense and ball control. As a result of this his team has consistently ranked in the top 5 in the MPFS for digs per game.

This volleyball drill highlights this focus by showing the work the coaching staff does with the middle hitters working on their defense in area 5.

Bill Ferguson Team Breakout Sessions – Volleyball Setting Drills

Bill Ferguson Team Breakout Sessions – Setting Drills for Volleyball. Also great tips, technique and verbal cues to help coaches teach indoor volleyball setting.

Breakout Sessions are a great way to focus on specific skills for groups of players. In this drill Bill Ferguson focuses on setting for his setters. There are a numbers of great points that these videos make:

Using Visual Imagery to improve and accelerate player growth
11 to 12 Clock Window for Setting

Bill Ferguson USC running STD Volleyball Drill

STD Volleyball Drill – “Super Technical Drill” is a great drill to help area 2 and 4 hitters as well as blocking in area 2 and 4. The drill basically forces the ball to the outside where the outside hitters can only hit line or angle. This forces the hitter to improve spiking shots as they are now forced to work on all their shots.

Bill Ferguson USC Individual Breakout Sessions – King, Armswing, Passing

Bill Ferguson and USC Volleyball Practice – Individual Breakout Sessions and Volleyball Drills with Jeff Nygaard and Cam Green. Individual Videos are as follows: King Court & Individual Breakout Sessions with Outside Hitter Arm Swing, Outside Hitter Serve Receive, Team Arm Swing.

Brian Gimmillaro Lifting Team Warm Up Volleyball Drills

In this series of two volleyball videos we go through lifting team volleyball warm up drills. These two videos contain a series of movement exercises and drills the Long Beach State strength and conditioning coach uses to get the players ready for volleyball lifting! It is clear the thought that goes into making sure the athletes are ready.

Long Beach State Women’s Volleyball Warm Up Drill, Pepper

Long Beach State Women’s Volleyball Warm Up Drill, Pepper. This volleyball pepper drill occurs after Brian’s signature warm up drill. What is great about the video is Brian explaining specific details regarding volleyball technique and volleyball form. For coaches this instructional video offers great insight into how Brian teaches volleyball as a coach.

Team Work Volleyball Defense Drill by Brian Gimmillaro

Volleyball Defensive Drill by Brian Gimmillaro. This is a great team volleyball defensive drills that progresses across the court and covers all areas of defense. What this drill does is perfect individual as well as team volleyball defense. This drill really stands out from other similar drills in that it really focuses on team communication and dividing up the court successfully.

Volleyball Blocking Drill by Brian Gimmillaro

In practice volleyball blocking drill by Brian Gimmillaro with the LBS Women’s Volleyball team. This is a great, easy to do rapid fire drill that allows coahes to offer allot of feedback while give players the opportunity to do lots of reps and work on volleyball form when blocking

Volleyball Serving and Passing Drill and Technique by Brian Gimmillaro

In this volleyball serving and passing drill Brian shares in depth coaching technique with Andor while the players are working on serve receive and passing. Again this instructional volleyball video offers great insights and knowledge on correct form and technique for passing. This includes footwork, platform and body position when passing.

Volleyball Team Serving and Passing Drill by Brian Gimmillaro

Volleyball Team Serving and Passing Drill by Brian Gimmillaro. In this drill you see more on the progression of the practice and now the team focusing on serving and passing. Again this video offers great insights for coaches on Brian’s coaching style and volleyball philosophy.

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Rapid Fire Volleyball Spiking Drill by Brian Gimmillaro

Rapid fire volleyball spiking drill with by Brian Gimmillaro and LBS Women’s Volleyball. The players go through a series of different attacks and spikes in rapid succession helping with warm up, technique and more. This drill allows for allot of quick feedback towards the players on very specific sets.

Tom Black College Women’s Indoor Volleyball Practice Plan 1 and Office Conversation

This is the first indoor volleyball practice plan we filmed with Tom Black and the LMU Women’s Team. Tom is an incredible coach and currently an assistant coach with Karch Kiraly on the women’s national team. This practice is very revealing to what great coaches do and how the little things add up to greatness.