Circuits Drills

Block-Movement

Tim Nash, Southampton VC Training

block movement

Start with two blockers apart
The left blocker transitions right to the right blocker, both blockers jump
Both blockers transition left and block
Both blockers transition right and block
The left blocker replaces the right blocker, and the right blocker peels off and joins the back of the queue

Bump-Setting

out-of-system

A feeder feeds some sort of ball to 2 passers
The passer passes to the centre of court and their partner comes in and sets to the cross-court wing
The hitter rolls a shot across court
The passers replace the hitters
Check that the players adapt to the ball they are playing: this is out of system, so the players should maximize chance of success and putting pressure on the opposition, not the high risk balls

Chase-And-Build

teamwork

The feeder slaps the ball and a pair of players run under the net to get the ball
The pair get three touches to build an attack
Check that they maintain discipline on the attack and they work for their team-mates

Cross-Move-And-Pass

balanced movement

Place four cones in a cross, with a passer in the middle
The passer has to move to each cone and back to the centre in turn, staying low at all times
When the passer returns to the middle a feeder feeds them a ball to pass
Are they balanced in all four directions

Adaptations can involve having the cones in a diagonal cross

Double Ball

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
How much do they prepare for their next job

Drop-Back-And-Pass

Saffi Mant, Solent training

movement, shape

The feeder slaps a ball and the player has to back track fast
The feeder then plays an attack ball, and the passer has to stop and be on their toes at the point the feeder contacts the ball
The passer has to pass back to the feeder

Get-Up-Pass

work, discipline of technique

The passer starts face-down on the floor
The feeder slaps the ball, the passer gets up, the feeder feeds and the passer passes back

Golden Player

Bertrand Olie - Volleyball England article https://www.volleyballengland.org/news/article/5503/the-coaching-corner

pressure

Play a simple match of 3v3 or 4v4
1 player gets +5 points for a point/kill: do they think about how to maximise points, both as a team and as the golden player?
Next, the "golden player" gets +5 for a kill and -3 for an error: do they adjust the risk of their attack?

Hitter-Resilience

pressure, handling failure

Feed an easy ball into the passers, who pass to a setter, who sets to the 4 hitter
The 4 hitter has to hit 5 clean hits in a row. The ball has to clear the net and be in. If they don't get 5 clean hits then their count resets to zero and they start again
The focus is on how the hitter, and the team, handles failure: do they fold inwards, do they get on with it, do they over-compensate...

Long-Short-Pass

movement, technique

The long-feeder feeds a flat ball at the passer, and the passer passes back
The tip-feeder feeds a tip ball and the passer has to rush in and pass
The tip ball should force the passer to dive

Passing-Energy

passing energy

The passers face a simple chain of 3 kinds of pass:
- Attack ball: stay low and wide, and intercept the ball in front
- Tip ball: get low and under the ball and use your legs to lift it high for the setter
- Roll-chase: get behind the ball and pull back to the target
See if they can play all three energies of ball and whether they adapt their technique as needed