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Tip from Tracy Gillespie in Forth Worth, TX. Relentless Pepper- this Is a drill that raises the intensity of regular Pepper. It starts with 2 players playing pepper. We add 1 girl on each side of the pepper pair holding a ball. As soon as the pepper rally goes bad, one of these girls toss in a ball so there is no down time. The pepper continues without a hitch. The girl that tosses in the ball has to run and shag it so she has a ball to toss in. The other girl with the ball tosses in the...

Tip by Andrew Heers from Hamilton, Texas.   This is a volleyball game I created that has lots of in game strategy a long with fun, while putting the emphasis on each point.UNO Scrimmage1. Number of Cards per Team. I started with 102. Alternate playing a card between points.3. Reverse-opposing side rotates back on spot and the Team that plays the reverse plays a numerical card to follow.4. Skip-when a skip is placed, that will skip the next server, whoever is going to serve. The Team that plays the skip must follow it with a numerical card.5. Number showing on...

Tip by Tim Caroll in Hutchinson, MN   This drill is called adrenaline - named by the players. Two coaches - each on a box at the pins. 10 players split into two groups of five - or whatever works for you. First group is in the drill - the other group shags balls and keeps the court safe. The first group begins with 1 player in the middle back - remaining 4 players are in line. Coach on the OH pin hits a ball to the player in the middle back. She digs it to a target (someone from...

Tip by Robin Kuhn in Riceville, IA. We play a little game called "Dodge Ball." My assistant coach created this game late one night after not being able to sleep. Divide your girls into teams and prepare to scrimmage 6 on 6. You play the game like any match, except when a player makes an error and their team loses the point, that player has to sit out. The next ball is served, and that team has to play down a player. This continues until one side has all six players eliminated. Players can come back onto the court in...

Tip by Kerri Molitor in Oak Harbor, WA. "Volley-Poker" When playing 6v6 scrimmages, I like to add emphasis on different parts of the game. My teams love to "scrimmage". They like to compete and play the "whole game". In this scrimmage version, Coaches choose the teams, and what emphasis they want to work on. Whatever the emphasis, players will earn cards from a regular deck by completing tasks. For example, if the emphasis is on Blocking, then teams will be awarded a card for every block they complete. Or they could get a bonus card for a Stuff Block. If...