Capstone

Coaching
Basics to volleyball
Volleyball court
Attack line
Sidelines
baselines
Center line
Spots on the court
Volleyball
positions
Power,
outside,
left side
The power, outside,and or left side is on the
court they hit most of the balls. Because of
where they are on the court they have the
most room to do there full hitting
approach, and because they have more
room they get more momentum and can
get a lot more power.
Middle
The middle is normally the tallest person
on the team, there job to to block the ball
or hit the ball. Their main role is being the
line of defense against the other team
setter
The setter is the player who runs the
team's offense. They will try to receive the
second touch and set it for the opposite or
outside hitter. A setter needs to have
strong communication skills and must be
able to make quick decisions during a
match.
Right side
Opposite hitter
Opposite hitters tend to be players who have the
most versatility and can excel on both offense
and defense. The opposite hitter also needs to
possess solid jumping skills.
 Libero
A libero or back-row defensive
specialist.(DS) plays only back row. Since
they only play in the back row, those
players are often shorter than the
front-row blockers and hitters but have
impeccable ball-control skills.
Drills
● Serving drills
● Passing drills
● Setting drills
● Blocking drills
● Hitting drills
Serving drills
● Serve and shag Bombs away
● Target practice This drill will help the players to work on there
short serve and moving to the ball. 3 players will
● Toss and drop serve from one side, and another 3 players will
● Butterfly drill stand on the endline. The goal is to just serve the
● Bombs away ball over the net, and the 3 player on the other
side must try and catch the ball before it hits the
● Around the world
ground.

If the ball hits the ground then the 3 players that

served will get a point. If the ball is caught then
the players on the endline will get a point
Passing drills
● Pepper
Passing out of the net
● Toss catch This drills helps players work on passing balls
● Passing out of the net that have hit the net. There will be a passer in
● Shuffle steps front of the attack line ready to pass the ball
that will be tossed by another player. The ball will
● Pipeline passing be tossed into the net and the player must get
● Basket passing low and underneath the ball and pass the ball
but keep in off the net.
Setting drills
● Wall setting Wall setting
● Rapid pass and set This helps the players work on keeping there
setting consistent. The players will pick a spot
● Set and sprint on the wall and just set the ball to that spot over
● Overhead set and over.
● Figure 8
Figure 8
This drill helps with keeping the setters hands
up. There will be 3 players 2 of them will be on
either of the sidelines, and one in the middle.
Blocking drills
● Shadow blocking Block on box
● Mirror blocking In this drill, the blockers will practice their form
while standing on boxes at the net. The coach
● Jousting will hit a ball at the blocker and they must use
● Block on box good form to block the ball back over the net.
When they are standing on the block the player
can focus on just their arms.

Tip and cover

To make block on box more game like we can add
a back row so they can cover the ball that is
being blocked
Hitting drills
● Approach step drill Approach step drill
● Hitting lines This drill is about focusing on footwork. They will
do there approach to hit the ball but won't
● Location hitting actually hit a ball
● Tip drill
● Turn-go-hit
● Back row attacks
● Hitting from box
The End