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Tip by Jen Ruggles in Lutherville, MD. My coaching tip - I have 2...pick your favorite or both! I coach beginner volleyball to Elementary and Middle school.... Solo Queens. Great for beginners to focus on ball control and individual skills. Great warmup, quick points, and lots of touches. Split players into 3 even lines: Tossing line, Challenger line and Queen line. Tosser stands off court and underhand tosses over the net to the queen. Play out the point (1 vs 1). Small court size: 10' line and midpoint of net (can set up 2 games on 1 court). Winner of...

Tip by Sheldon Sheehy.A popular Drill for any level in my gym is Bingo.We play with any 5 objectives such as:Stuff BlockClean KillMiddle Transition KillPerfect Pass to FBSOBack Row KillSo on and so forth anything you want your team to be working on you make it one of the bingo goal.Then you play to 15 and whoever wins the game to 15 gets the Free space. So only one free space is awarded. The team to get all five objectives or 4 objectives and the free space first is the winner. Then you can switch teams and objectives.I like it...

Tip by Stephanie Ann Barthels from Wimberley, TX.   This drill is one we just started and we love it! We're VERY competitive and this helps us...split up your teams evenly... it starts out 3v3 back row you play this like queens BUT score points like a game!-each side stays put...-those 3 that mess up just step off and a new 3 step on-game starts with a serve (rock, paper, scissor to start)-at point 8; you'll add a FRONT row setter (she can block!)- at point 10; add MB-at point 12; add OPP-at point 14 ; add OH-you will always...

Tip by Megan Distler in Jefferson City, MO. We like to make sure we are competing with our serve and our passing. One of our favorite 6v6 for serve and serve receive is serving baseball. Game is played in "innings". Each side starts in rotation 1, with one side serving and one side in serve receive. Serving side is working to earn 3 "outs" - each point they win is an out. Receiving side is working to earn runs - each point they win is a "run" on the scoreboard. After 3 outs, they switch serving and receiving sides. After...

Tip by Scott Vanderkolk from Indiana. We place a heavy emphasis on serving efficiency and being aggressive with our serves. Early in my coaching career, I noticed that one of the biggest reasons we were missing serves was because we were tired and not mentally focused when we got to the service line. To combat this issue, 2-3 times a practice, we utilize what we call "Serve 10". The concept is simple, serve a ball, chase it down on the other side of the court, and serve again in less than 5 seconds. This gets serving reps and conditioning taken...