Individual Fundamentals and Drills - Part 5

Articles In This Section:

· Teaching Techniques

· Class Organization

· Individual Fundamentals and Drills - Part 1

· Individual Fundamentals and Drills - Part 2

· Individual Fundamentals and Drills - Part 3

· Individual Fundamentals and Drills - Part 4

· Individual Fundamentals and Drills - Part 5

· Individual Fundamentals and Drills - Part 6

· Advanced Drills - Part 1

· Advanced Drills - Part 2

· Advanced Drills - Part 3

· Discussion - Part 1

· Discussion - Part 2

· Volleyball Tests - Part 1

· Volleyball Tests - Part 2

· Conclusion

Figure #37 shows an effective drill for developing this fundamental. No. 1 tosses to No. 4, who sets the ball for the retriever. He catches it and tosses to No. 2, who has assumed No. l's position. After making their pass, the players move to the end of the opposite line. With more skillful players, the ball can be passed rather than tossed at each station.

Fig. #37. SETUP DRILL

A more advanced drill is performed by groups of three players.⁷ They should start about 4 feet from the net. No. 1 stands at the left side line, No. 2 at the center, and No. 3 at the right side line. No. 1 passes to No. 2, who has a choice of returning to No. 1 or setting over his head to No. 3. No. 3 then either passes to No. 1 or No. 2 and the passing continues. They should change positions frequently. In large classes, a line on the floor may be used in place of the net.

Spiking, the most difficult of the basic skills, immediately follows the setup. A majority of the time devoted to teaching the spike should be spent on the two-legged take-off tech-nigue. Since this skill is very complex, a suggested beginning is to have the students first execute the approach and jump without a ball.

Wall spiking⁸ is one of the most widely used methods of developing this skill. The student starts by driving the ball to the floor close to the wall. The ball will bounce up to the wall and rebound out to the spiker, who jumps up again and spikes it to the floor. This drill gives the instructor a good chance to observe whether the student is imparting overspin to the ball. A soft ball permits the player to hit the ball hard on each play. Handball courts are very useful for wall spiking. A game with two players hitting the ball alternately can easily be developed.

The next step is to lower the nets 1½ feet below the normal height and employ the drill in Figure #38. The first player in the spiking line should be about 8 to 10 feet from the net. He then approaches the net and spikes the ball which has been tossed up by the setter. This provides for a high percentage of good sets, which makes the drill run more smoothly. The players return to the end of the line after spiking. The job of tossing the ball up should be rotated among the team members. Spiking should be practiced from both the left and right sides. Gradually the nets should be raised as skill improves until they are back to their normal height.

Blocking, the main defensive maneuver against the spike, can be combined with the spiking drills. Individual blocking fundamentals may be practiced by having the players line up facing the net and jump to block an imaginary ball.

All of the previous drills have been limited to the one fundamental being taught. Since volleyball requires such a high degree of team play, it is important that students understand and practice this phase of the game. For this reason, the following combination drills are presented.