Volleyball Drills for Beginners

A game of volleyball, in whatever form, is a good exercise to do. It is a good opportunity to bounce the ball on the volleyball field. It may be that you love to toss the volleyball helter-skelter, just for the fun. Have you ever thought of making volleyball drills a part of the fun on the field, for the purpose of disciplining your game? Well, everyone has to start somewhere and sometime. It might be the case that you already know some of these exercises in full or part, along with the rules.

Volleyball Drills 101

What it is about volleyball, that attracts you to it? You play it because your friends play it. Or is it because you want to follow your icon or one of the famous volleyball player to achieve what he has?

If you are new to the game of volleyball, good drills may help you in learning effective volleyball techniques in a short time. If you are an old, rusty hand, then beginner volleyball drills can help in shaping up or replacing bad techniques with the good ones.

Toss and Pass

To practice the volleyball passing drills for beginners, you will need a buddy, who is willing and interested in volleyball. These simple drills will go a long in helping build your self-confidence. You toss an easy ball to your buddy to pass. After dealing with a preset number (10 per head, is a good number) of tosses, your buddy tosses the ball for you. When both of you are proficient in passing the tossed ball, it is time to pass the ball back and forth. This will make the drill more fast, interesting and competitive.

Wall Hitting

It may happen that your buddy is not in position to attend the volleyball drill. No problem! You can still practice your drill. What you need is a ball, a wall and willingness to apply your skills. Choose a spot on the wall to hit and try to hit the spot when tossing the ball. Instead of many hasty trials, concentrate on achieving accuracy by employing proper arm swing techniques, whilst hitting the tossed ball.

This is how you do it. Toss the volleyball, take a step and try to hit the spot on the wall. Deal yourself a set of 10 tosses and the next set for your buddy for the sake of competition. You can vary your drill by tossing the volleyball, raising your arms and angling the ball to hit the ground. Be prepared to play your next shot, when the ball bounces of the ground, then the wall and comes seeking you.

Wall Block

Do you know the easiest way to train yourself to avoid touching the net on the way down, after executing a spectacular block, in order to reap its full benefits for your team? Position yourself in front of a wall. Adopt the proper blocking position and jump as high as you can to touch the wall. The purpose is to touch the wall, i.e. to imitate you have executed a block, as high as you can, whilst following the proper blocking techniques. It is important to land on the ground in the proper block position, so that you are ready to follow with the next block, if it is needed. When perfected, it hones your defensive skills.

Ball in Play

Now is the time to go for the thing that will help you in keeping the ball in play for a long time. Here is how you can do it. Let your buddy stand on the other side of the net. Toss the ball and start setting it to each other. If you cannot get to the ball in time, bump it for yourself and then set it across the net. Does it feel like a duel? Yes, it is. The aim is to hone your skills in setting the ball to the other side of the net with economical movements and accuracy.

Volleyball Serve

The intent is to improve your serving skills. You and your buddy should stand on the baselines of the volleyball court, across the net and facing each other. The idea is to serve the volleyball to each other. You can start serving the volleyball from inside the baseline, which will bring you close to net.

As both of you get comfortable in serving the volleyball to the player on the other side of net, start moving to the baseline. After that, start serving from behind the baseline with the other player occupying different spots on the court.

Many people know volleyball team names, but there are very few who take pains to learn the game. The above training methods are easy follow and are a must to perfect your volleyball skills. Its basic purpose is to synchronize your hand and body movements along with eye coordination, as well as enhance your skills to place the volleyball at a picked spot.