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4 X 2 Pepper Drill

Put players in pairs. Player one hits the ball down to player two. Player two digs the ball to themselves, tomahawk's to themselves (overhead contact), then left fist only, right fist only, sets to themselves, then player two hits the ball down to player one, who repeats.

10 Ball Wash Drill

Drill can be initiated by a free ball (suggested for just starting out) or a serve. Play balls out with only back row hitters allowed to attack. Team must win two points in a row to rotate, usually the free balls or serves are given to alternate sides.

Player Specialization

There are 5 positions filled on every volleyball team, we coach in our San Diego youth volleyball club, at the elite level. Setter, Outside Hitter/Left Side Hitter, Middle Hitter, Opposite Hitter/Right Side Hitter and Libero/Defensive Specialist. Each of these positions plays a specific, key role in winning a volleyball match.

Origin of volleyball

In 1895 William G Morgan, from Holyoke, Massachusetts (USA), a YMCA director, created a new game called Mintonette. He was seeking a new game to be played indoors and by teams rather than individual players. He enjoyed tennis and so the new game adopted characteristics of it such as a net and the serve from outside of the court.

Basketball, was also catching on in the area, it was invented just ten miles away in Springfield, Mass., only four years prior. Mintonette was designed to be an indoor sport less rough than basketball for older members of the YMCA, while still requiring a level of athleticism.