The Best Basic Volleyball Drills for Beginners

The Best Basic Volleyball Drills for Beginners


When you assemble your team, you are excited to teach them all about volleyball. Depending on the age of the team, it can be difficult to get your point across to young players. You have to start with the very basic knowledge items first.


It is too early to start teaching them the essential skills like passing, spiking, and servicing. The reason for this is simple; these procedures and skills are not understood yet, this is the first experience for many beginners. They need to practice just holding and passing the ball first.


If your team is made up of young players you might start off by shortening the court until they get the hang of what they are doing. Give good clear instructions and demonstrations. This makes the kids feel more confident that they understand what you are teaching. Encourage and ask questions so that you know that they are getting what you are saying.

The Best Basic Volleyball Drills for Beginners

Teaching one of the most fundamental things in volleyball like the spike technique can be very frustrating to get the hang of. The ball rarely goes where they want it to, because they do not yet know the skills to control the ball.


Use a tennis ball and have the kids toss the ball so that it bounces once on the ground, hits the wall and comes back to them. After practicing this a few times, they will start to get a sense for the spiking action. The tennis ball exercise will let them see how alike the throwing motion is to the arm swing and wrist snap in a volleyball spike.


Then when you begin teaching them the spike they will understand the motion better, and it should come to them a bit easier. Use the tennis ball and have them toss it over the net using their hand and wrist in the snapping motion. Have them jump in place tossing the ball over the net. Once they get used to this try it with the volleyball.


There are many techniques and tips to teaching beginners. You can find them on the internet, in books, and yes even in an interactive system that you can purchase. Start simple and work your way up.


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