Fun Volleyball Drills

During practices and game season, it can be really tiring to constantly perfect your techniques and still keep going. What these fun volleyball drills do is they keep the players from feeling burned out from playing the game all the time. Besides keeping a track on the techniques and skills, these fun drills can help them be more creative as a player. But don't think that these drills are only for professional or school volleyball athletes. Anyone, who wants to learn to play volleyball can include them in their daily routines. The main objective to remember is that while playing volleyball, the more techniques, skills, and strategies you use, the better you get at the game. So without wasting anymore time, we'll get to the drills that any volleyball enthusiast can perform.

Volleyball Drills for Youth

For a more accurate hit, pass, block, and serve of the ball, these fun drills can really help. Also, these drills can help build a stronger team as it teaches the players to rely on one another in order to be the best at the game.

Drill #1 ~ Tipping the Ball Over
For this drill, have 4 players stand on either sides of the net (2 on each side). Now, with the ball, the players will try and tip the ball from one side of the court to the other. The ball needs to be tipped above the net and reach the other side. By doing this drill, you can ensure the players will have a better speed of getting the ball to the other team and improve precision.

Drill #2 ~ Jump to the Ground
In volleyball, if you have seen any games, you must've seen that players are not afraid of jumping and saving the ball from hitting the ground. This means, there's more to volleyball than just hitting the ball on the court. So for our next drill, we will try to get the fear of hitting the ground and taking that plunge. First, the players will jog in one place and when the whistle blows, everyone will drop down to the ground. Make sure that all the players are hitting the ground together and whoever is getting scared, you can help with getting this fear out.

Drill #3 ~ 2-on-6 Players
Now we up the level in your drills (meaning, make them slightly advance). Divide the players in two teams. First team has 2 players and the second team has 6 players. The team which has 2 players, make sure they are the most experienced and strong in this game. Let the 6 players team serve them and make sure they can play defense. You can have the players take turn to be in the 2 players team. This volleyball drill focuses on being tough, invoking competitive spirit, and get even better at the game.

Drill #4 ~ Pass the Ball
The next drill is called a volleyball passing drill. Similar to the basketball drill, the players will stand across from one another and pass and return the ball in the same speed and technique as if it were a real game. For variation, you can have 2 players throw the ball to 1 player or have 2 players stand diagonally to one another. This drill helps in sharpening the players' skills, accuracy, and reflexes.

Drill #5 ~ Vertical Drill
For our final drill, have the players stand on a gymnastic spring floor. With the ball in hand, have the players do squats or bunny hop around. Every day, before practice, the players can do 5 rounds of bunny hop around the spring floor so that it can help them in jumping vertically more smoothly and swiftly.

If you are playing the game as a hobby but would like to get better at it, consult a coach to give you some pointers. As for volleyball athletes, there's no one better than your coach to help you out. All the best with your future matches.