Skill Practices:

Serving

Bombs away: short serving

1. 3 servers line up at the service line of one said
whilst 3 receivers line up at the base line of the
other side
2. The servers must attempt to serve the shortest
serve possible whilst still clearing the net while
the receivers must start moving only on ball
contact and try to catch the ball
3. If the server lands the ball on the court, they
receive a point, if it is dropped to the floor no
points are awarded and if the receiver takes a clean catch they receive a point
4. After 5 serves, the roles change, the students with the most points is the winner

Serving relay: 5vs5

1. Students are in two groups of 5 or more, depending
on class numbers
2. The first student serves the ball and if it goes in then
they retrieve it and give it to the next student
3. If the first student misses the serve, they must
return to the service line and attempt the serve
again
4. Once all 5 members of the team have made the
serve, they sit down and the first team to be sitting
down are the winners
5. To make this drill more difficult, students have to hit a target area or use a certain
type of service

Zone serving for points

1. The server starts at one end with 5
balls, on the opposite side the court
has been divided into 6 zones worth
different amounts of points
2. The server takes the 5 serves and
attempts to get the highest amount
of points out of 30 possible
3. Records can be kept so students can
try to beat their own and the records
of others
4. After 5 serves, students retrieve the balls for the next person’s attempt
5. This drill is great for targeting areas for serving rather than just getting it over
the net