Yesterday we talked about a team profile of Terminal Serving Weakness. Sometimes teams lose Terminal Serves because they aren’t aggressive enough and they don’t produce aces. But most often teams lose Terminal Serves because they miss too many serves and they get aced too much. If I’m coaching this team, the first thing I want to do is gain some control in these areas. Can we hit a clean serve straight-on from Zone 1 to Zone 5 or from Zone 5 to Zone 1? (I don’t love serving from or to zone 6 unless there’s a specific reason.) And my passers are going to get aced sometimes as they learn to track the ball and handle tough serves, but do we have clean passing mechanics where we’re not shanking medium serves?
I’m liking the concept here. I’m trying to understand the flow of the balls (pre-serve and past target/catch) For the first example, do have ball carts at the end lines? What does the player in the target area do with the ball after the catch? Is there another cart at the net? Thanks!
Hi Tony. If you have 2 carts, I tend to put them both middle-back at the end lines so the servers can grab them. And the target player at the net generally bounces to the coach who is inputting extra balls or tosses them back to the servers (after making eye contact and ensuring they aren't going to peg them in the head!).
Depending on the quality of your team's passing, your "target" may be more of a jogging ball-shagger. With some teams I do have to remind them, "target, you are allowed to move your body to pick up a volleyball."
always looking for efficient serve and pass drills especially for younger inexperienced players. This one sounds good and we’ll try it at this weeks practices. Thanks!!
I especially like if you go from this drill into something like "Split-Court Doubles" as it gives them some specific Serve/Pass practice and then they can transition into playing those rallies out.
I’m liking the concept here. I’m trying to understand the flow of the balls (pre-serve and past target/catch) For the first example, do have ball carts at the end lines? What does the player in the target area do with the ball after the catch? Is there another cart at the net? Thanks!
Hi Tony. If you have 2 carts, I tend to put them both middle-back at the end lines so the servers can grab them. And the target player at the net generally bounces to the coach who is inputting extra balls or tosses them back to the servers (after making eye contact and ensuring they aren't going to peg them in the head!).
Depending on the quality of your team's passing, your "target" may be more of a jogging ball-shagger. With some teams I do have to remind them, "target, you are allowed to move your body to pick up a volleyball."
always looking for efficient serve and pass drills especially for younger inexperienced players. This one sounds good and we’ll try it at this weeks practices. Thanks!!
I especially like if you go from this drill into something like "Split-Court Doubles" as it gives them some specific Serve/Pass practice and then they can transition into playing those rallies out.
I like it. Thanks Coach!