Watch as Coach Nancy Dorsey explains and players demonstrate this Blind Hawk Block Drill.
Teaching Transition
When you are attacking a ball in a match, you will seldom be standing there waiting for the set. You will be coming from a position in the serve-receive pattern or coming off a defensive assignment. How you get into position to start your approach…
Transition Drill – Mike Lingenfelter – Munciana Samurai
Watch as Coach Mike Lingenfelter explains and his squad demonstrates this Transition Drill.
Overuse Injury in Volleyball – A New Approach
Overuse injury in volleyball is a problem that seems to keep getting worse. USA Volleyball Sports Medicine and Performance Commission Chair Dr. Bill Briner describes the situation in a recent…
Team Scoring Drills
In every team scoring drill in this chapter, six players compete against six players. The method of entering the ball, the focus of the players and coaches…
Sand: Shuttle Setting Drills with Anna Collier – USC
Watch as Coach Anna Collier explains and players demonstrate these Sand – Shuttle Setting Drills.
Setters: Seated Set with Nancy Dorsey – St. James Academy HS (KS)
Watch as Coach Nancy Dorsey explains and players demonstrate this Seated Set Drill for improving accuracy and coordination.
Motivating the Modern Athlete
Today’s athlete is different from years past. The much-publicized generation Y student-athletes (1980’s-1999) have moved through college. Generation Z is…
Mastering Accountability with Your Athletes – Bo Hanson
Watch as Bo Hanson discusses the importance of accountability for individuals and a team.
Out of System Swings with Russ Rose – Penn State
Watch as Coach Russ Rose discusses and players demonstrate these Out of System Swings Drills.
Serving Drills
SERVING LADDER: Purpose – To introduce deep-zone serving in a competitive environment where servers advance based on score. Setup – The coach…
Wall Drill with Joe Sagula – (Retired) Univ. of North Carolina
Watch as Coach Joe Sagula explains and a player demonstrates this Wall Drill.
Endurance Jumping and Bounding Drills with Rob Rose
Watch as Rob Rose guides an athlete through these Jumping and Bounding Drills.
3 v 3 All-Touch Transition & Attack Drill
Synopsis: This is a good game-play exercise that gets every player lots of touches and works especially on transition hitting. Age/Skill Level: This is a drill for intermediate and higher…
Are Elite Camps a Thing of the Past?
While working a club camp does not count as recruiting, no one can deny that being on court with recruits is exposure you may not otherwise get. Many clubs have multi-day elite camps, where college coaches are…
Ball Handling Drill – Shelton Collier – Wingate Univ.
Watch as Coach Shelton Collier explains and players demonstrate this Ball Handling Drill.
Setting: 8 out of 10 Drill with Lizzy Stemke – Univ. of Georgia
Watch as Coach Lizzy Stemke explains and a setter demonstrates this 8 out of 10 Drill.
Mind Games – Recognizing and Handling Concussions
FAST FACTS: Concussions can occur in any sport. A concussion is a brain injury and all are serious. Most concussions occur without loss of consciousness. Recognition and proper response to concussions when they first occur can…
Box Series: Hip to Target Drill with Dave Shondell – Purdue Univ.
Watch as Purdue Assistant Coaches explain and players demonstrate the Hip to Target Drill.
Drop Off Defense – Mike Lingenfelter – Munciana Samurai
Watch as Coach Mike Lingenfelter explains and his squad demonstrates this Drop Off Defense Drill.
Four Person Pepper – Ball Handling Drill
Because this drill is more game-like than the often-seen three-person pepper, it is an effective warm-up drill. Purpose: To use a game-like ball-control drill as a means of warming up. Setup: The court is split lengthwise using…
The Art of Strategy and Tactics in Volleyball
Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat. – Sun Tzu, The Art of War. When I was coaching women’s volleyball at the University of Nebraska I had a strategy that was the…
Visual Training – Blind Spot – Walt Ker – Legacy Volleyball Club
Watch as Coach Walt Ker explains and players demonstrate proper passing techniques to eliminate the blind spot.
Attacking Drill – You Go – I Throw – Kevin Hambly – Univ. of IL
Watch as Coach Kevin Hambly explains and players demonstrate this Attacking Drill – You Go – I Throw.
30 in a Row Warm Up Drill – Abbey Sutherland – UW-Stevens Point
Watch as Coach Abbey Sutherland explains and players demonstrate this 30 in a Row Warm Up Drill.
A New Coaching Education Initiative
Performance Conditioning Volleyball is celebrating our 20th year as being the “Official Licensed Publication” of the American Volleyball Coaches Association. We are truly grateful for this long-standing relationship and providing the very best…
Middles Blocking: First Step Drill with Dennis Hohenshelt – Univ. of Virginia
Watch as Coach Dennis Hohenshelt explains and middles demonstrate this Blocking – First Step Drill.
The Cure for PTSD (Play Time Stress Disorder)
I hear it often amongst my coaching colleagues. The constant battle coaches have with players, parents and administrators over how to deal with playing time. Most parents claim to have an unbiased opinion but we all know the truth behind…
Creating Team Trust
The trusting person does the right thing even when no one is watching. Trust means doing what you are supposed to do even when you don’t want to do it. Underneath the search for trust in team sports lies a nucleus of trust-enabling…
Band Work – Kirsten Bernthal Booth – Creighton Univ.
Watch as Coach Kirsten Bernthal Booth explains and players demonstrate these Band Work Drills.