Individual Fundamentals and Drills - Part 4

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

The next fundamental covered is the serve. The underhand serve should be introduced first. It is recommended that emphasis be placed on this serve for students through the secondary school level. Their lack of strength and coordination makes mastery of the overhand and roundhouse serves extremely difficult. However, the average male college student and many of the women college students are capable of learning these more difficult serves.

An excellent beginning drill is to have the student serve against a wall from about 15 feet away. To encourage accuracy, a target or line may be marked on the wall. Another drill may be used with one squad arranged along the end line of each court. One player is stationed on the court to receive the serves from the other side. He then tosses the ball to the first player in his line, who then serves. After the serve, the retriever goes to the end of his line and is replaced by the player who just served. An advanced variation ⁶ called "spot serving" can be employed as the students become proficient. The servers try to serve directly to the retriever on the other side of the net. The persons retrieving should move to different areas of the court. Another way to stress accurate placement of the serve is to chalk rectangular or circular targets on the courts.

Once the serve has been introduced, the students should be given an opportunity to play during the last portion of the period. A minimum number of rules should be given as they begin playing. The class periods can follow the pattern of reviewing drills of previous skills, introducing and drilling of the next fundamental, and finishing with loosely organized games. As more fundamentals are covered, refinement of the rules may be added.

The next fundamental in the progression is the setup. This is usually difficult for the students to master. The two mistakes most frequently observed are: (1) failing to move the body into the proper position, and (2) not arching the ball high enough.

The file drill in Figure #33 can be used effectively for setup practice. The two files spaced 15 feet apart should be parallel to the net as shown in Figure #36. After making the set, the student returns to the end of his line. This drill provides the players the" opportunity of becoming properly oriented to the net during the setup. This is essential before progressing to the more difficult drills.

Fig. #36. SETUP DRILL -NET