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9 Player Pepper Tip by Alicia Nopola in Two Harbors, MN. The setup is as follows. There are three back row players on each side. Those players will remain on their side throughout the drill. There are two hitters and one setter that will begin on one side of the net, and then after an attack, they move under the net to become the hitters and setters on that side. The two hitters and setter remain in the drill until they have completed 7 good pass-set-attack sequences. It doesn’t have to be 7 in a row. If they are unable...

Tip by Jynell Brunt in Lansdale, PA.   "10 before 4" A great game for practicing serve & serve receive- as well as the mental toughness needed to come from behind & win! Divide your team in half- the serving side starts with 21 points & only earns points for aces. (You can also make it more difficult by taking away points for missed serves!)The serve receive side starts with 15 points, but they earn a point for every 3 pass. If a player shanks a pass, their teammates can keep the other team from scoring by chasing it down...

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...