“The National Team Drill” Place four players on the court on each side of the net.

The remaining players

will be servers on each side (have them split up equally). The goal of this drill is two-fold: 1) to
pass/set/hit the ball over, and 2) to keep the ball in play AT ALL COST. Points are earned ONLY when a
team successfully pass/set/hits the ball over (therefore a team can earn more than one point during a
rally if the ball is kept in play). ALL points earned by a team will be lost (back to 0) if the ball becomes
dead while in play by that team. For example, if the ball lands on the floor, is hit out of bounds or in the
net, or a serve is missed; then the point total for that team will go to zero. The “catch” to this game is
that ANYTHING GOES to keep the ball in play (a player can hit the ball twice, a team can take four or five
hits to get the ball over, one of the servers off the court on your side can play the ball, you can play it off
the back wall if a teammate shanks it there BECAUSE: as long as you keep it in play, you will not LOSE
the points you have). Again, points are only earned by successful pass/set/hits. We usually play a game
to three or five points. NOTE: if you are working with younger players, you may choose to award points
instead for a successful “three hits and over”.