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Jan 18

Volleyball blocking form warmup drill

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Brrrr! In these frigid winter temperatures, a warm up sounds pretty good! Here’s a blocking volleyball drill that will get your team’s feet moving in the right direction. It’s good to do this type of “form-up” (a form warmup) drill at the beginning of practice to get blood flowing, especially in cold gyms like this one.

The video below makes the drill seem pretty simple. Two-ball blocking uses the footwork demoed in our Swing Blocking post, PLUS it helps players learn to reach over the net.

Almost in synchrony, the blockers move toward the right side of the net- 5 reps all the way across the net. Then, 5 reps toward the outside (or left side of the net). Then switch for new set of “warm-up enthusiasts.”

Assign your own number of sets depending on time, skill level, and need. These girls may get a few more sets in until they’re warm enough to take off their sweats. lol.

Nov 09

So you think you can dance?

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Some people have rhythm and some people don’t … I for one have two left feet. Not much dancing from this guy.

If you’ve got rhythm, you can probably master this volleyball blocking drill quickly, if you don’t… well keep trying, you’ll get it down.

Here’s the rhythm:
Block, swing right, block, swing left, block, swing right, block, bring it back to the right, block, swing left, block, swing right, block and out.

I know, I know… that’s a lot to remember but so is the learning the Tango, or Electric Slide :)  But once you get the rhythm down, you’ll have it .

I like this drill because it makes our girls think, but it also makes them work on footwork and closing blocks.

Let me ask you again, So do you think you can dance?

Nov 03

Blockers, can you react in time?

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Ever been told you have cat-like reflexes? (or maybe you tell yourself that) Then Reaction Blocking is just for you!

Put 3 coaches on one side (each with a cart of volleyballs) and group of high school volleyball players (or club volleyball players, I guess) on the other. Coaches take turns hitting the ball into the defense. Blockers must read and react to block the coaches. After the ball is “defended,” the team side must transition and play it out. See below.

Obviously this drill is a little more fast paced than in a game situation (in the eyes of a blocker) because they won’t have the longer amount of time to read the pass and then the setter… But sometimes, it’s good to speed things up a little. In my opinion, the blockers will be more than able to get to the block on time in a game after practicing blocking drills like this. Plus, they’ll have NO excuse for being late!