Volleyball Drills
The history of volleyball goes back farther than you might think. Volleyball dates back to February 9, 1895. William G. Morgan, a YMCA director of physical education, created the game and it was first played in Holyoke, Massachusetts.
Over the years volleyball has experienced numerous changes, including its name. It was not originally known as Mintonette. Once an indoor sport it is now played on beaches and anywhere else you can imagine.
So you enjoy playing volleyball but you want to get better at it and compete against others. There is hope! Volleyball drills can work wonders on the improvement of your skills.
Whether you play high school volleyball or college volleyball you will find that doing volleyball drills not only help to keep your skills sharp but also it will increase them as well. Due to the fact that it is a sport that requires a significant amount of skill there are numerous drills that help to improve your skill. These drills are designed to improve upon the techniques involved in spiking, passing, setting and blocking. Which drills are done most will depend on the area of weakness.
The rules of volleyball are precise which increases the importance of the drills. The team may not come in contact with the ball over three times before getting it over the net. A different player has to come in contact with the ball each time. Hands and arms are normally used but the player may use any part of the body in order to move the ball.
The amount of skill required to keep with the rules of volleyball make drills a necessity.
The types of drills include outside hitters, middle hitters, pepper, defense and blocking. There are even drills for passing and serving. Drills cover ever aspect of volleyball
Some Outside Hitter Volleyball Drills.
- Defense to hitting transition is practicing the transition that occurs when you go from digging the ball to getting a good swing.
- Outside Hitter Running Transition is a great endurance building drill. This drill also has practicing of transition with a spring to an approach.
- Five Star Swing Hitting Drill is when hitters are rewarded for hitting to open areas.
- Reach and Snap Drill is when you work on making contact with the ball with your arm fully extended
- Cover Self Drill is when you work on recovering after getting blocked.
- Burn Drill is when you become familiar with open tips and communicate among the volleyball team with a burn hitter.
- Four Corner Hitting is when you practice shots to every corner of the court.
There are defensive drills such as stay back, touch ten, and no fear defense as well as a number of other drills that fall into this category; all of them are designed to improve defensive skills in the game.
Every aspect of the game has a drill, including Serving, Blocking, Team Work, Ball Control and more. All of these drills will only help to improve your skills in those particular areas. While there are drills designed for the team there are some that you can do yourself. The more you do the volleyball drills the better your skills will be.