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Tip by Makenna Slack. Milan, MI. Elimination! - A great warm up or cool down drill for any age. I came up with this drill coaching a National 13U team that had a hard time coming to terms with their mistakes. I needed to find a way for them to not pass blame but also be okay with the mistake. I then later introduced this game to my Varsity squad and they loved it. This game can be played 6v6, 5v5, 4v4, etc. For this example, we will go with 6v6. The team plays a normal rally off an inserted...

Tip by Jen Morgan, Lee's Summit, MO. Three Strikes Serve Receive Game-Split your players into two teams of 6-8 kids each team. One side is serving; the other side is passing to a target (Coach). Three passers are on-the coach rates each pass 0-3. If the pass is a 2 or 3, the player that passes goes to the end of the passing line, and a new passer steps in. If the player passes a 0 or 1, they get their "first strike" and then go to the wall and pass 50 passes with good form against the wall. Once...

Tip from Brad Hulse, Odgen, UT. Bundle: For this 6 vs 6 drill, begin with one team serving and the other in serve receive. The scoring works as follows: if the serve receive team wins the rally they receive +1 point, plus the number of points corresponding to their team's serve receive pass, using a 3 point passing scale. If they are able to score on the first ball kill, they receive +2 points for the rally. For example, if the pass is perfect and the team on serve receive eventually wins the rally, they receive +4 points. If they...

Tip by Cheryl Burris-- Panama City, FL.Tug o'War - A good competitive game for serving/serve receive. Divide teams equally. One team is serving, the other team has a target, and three players in serve/receive, any extra players form a line behind the end line, they will fill in for the person who passes. That passer becomes the target and target goes to the passing line.The "flag" in the middle is 5 points. The servers are trying to get to 10 points, passers to 0. There is only one score, it changes up or down based on play. Servers are trying...

Doghouse: A Twist on Queen of the Court Tip by Coach Charlie Buzogany.Set-up: Doghouse is essentially set up exactly like Queen of the Court with three back row players and a setter on each side of the net. Players that are off wait behind the endline on the “challenger” side of the net. The other side of the net is the “doghouse”.How to play: The goal of the game is to accumulate points and reach a predetermined score, or have the most points at the end of a specified amount of time. Players can only earn points by winning on the...