Bertrand Olie , Volleyball England article https://www.volleyballengland.org/news/article/5503/the-coaching-corner
thinking
- The pair have a ball that one of the pair is holding
- F feeds a ball and the pair have 3 touches to build an attack
- The players have to throw the "holding" ball between them before they can play the ball in flight
Saffi Mant, Solent training
thinking
- Both F feed a ball to their passers; the pair pass the 1st ball, then swap sides
- Both F feed another ball to their passers; the pair pass the 2nd ball, then run toward F
- F feed the next players running in, then run away to the back of the queues. The previous P take their place in time to get the first pass from the new pair
This can take a while to understand the sequencing; when they do, turn the feed into a volley to make the play continuous. If that's easy, turn the volley into a roll hit.
Bertrand Olie, Volleyball England article https://www.volleyballengland.org/news/article/5503/the-coaching-corner
thinking, movement
- Use a small part of the court and play 3v3
- Each player has a "mirror" on the other team
- When a player attacks, their mirror has to pass. The ball may bounce once before that pass
Adaptations can be adding targets for the hitters, or adding blockers
Volleyball England "Setting Session" 2016 https://vimeo.com/170591134, used by China ladies team at London 2012
movement, setting
The ball stays in flight throughout the drill with 3 setters working (note that the S# markers on the diagram are positions, not players). One of the setters stays at S4 and the other two setters work around the positions S1 to S3.
- S1 starts by feeding to S2, then runs to S3
- S2 back-sets to S3, then runs to S1
- S3 sets to S4, then runs to S2
- S4 plays to S1
Adaptations can include S3 running in to cover a tip/attack from S4 (with S4 then playing to S1) before running back to become S2