I love volleyball drills that combine hustle with skill development. In this drill, one player has to dig volleyballs until her partner touches 7 of her digs, then switch. It’s the runner’s job to do everything she can to hustle and touch a volleyball to save her partner, because it’s not a ton of fun getting volleyballs pounded at you (for some:) )

This is a great volleyball drill for chemistry-building with your team cheering you on and supporting you. It’s also good for building mental toughness, because it’s tough getting balls hammered at you. The digger has to stay positive and focused to finish the drill. You can make this drill tougher/easier by how hard you hit and where you hit volleyballs to the player.

I also use this drill as a punishment for letting the ball fall between two players during serve/receive (it’s called the “hubby/wife” play). I’ll stop the drill we’re in and make the two players do ’7 ball’ drill, then we’ll go back to what we were doing.

Enjoy…