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Tip by Vince Hawkins in St. Louis,  MO. Since roughly 60% of high school rallies become out-of-system, programs should invest more practice time in clear OOS setting responsibilities and high-percentage attacking decisions. Eliminating free balls is one of the simplest ways to play more winning volleyball.

Tip by Jamey Spartz in Arizona.   To work on all skills in a warm up drill, I came up with a drill called 2v2 Serve-to-Cover Rotation DrillServe, Serve Receive, Set, Dig, Dig, Tip! Setup4 players total: A & C on one side, B & D on the otherOne ballNo blockers; controlled downballs and tips Drill Sequence-Player A serves to Player B.-After serving, Player A runs under the net.-Player B serve-receives to Player A, who sets after going under the net.-Player B downballs back to Player A.-Player A turns to Player C.-Player C downballs to Player A.-Player A digs to Player...

Tip by Bryan Anderson in Bemidji, MN. Plus One- this is an activity that can be implemented in many different types of drills, typically I use it as a warm up drill. Set up similar to queens court: 3 players to a side and extra players lined up on the end line.  The drill is called plus one because the number of contacts the side gets increases by one as the ball crosses the net. The fist in one one, second is two, etc. after the count gets to 5 contacts, the count resets at one- which catches a lot...

Tip by Scot Stacey in Honeyville, UT.  I have a fun thing. I posted this on my Instagram account and it took off. I have what we call a 'Mine lap'. If the kids get to the point where they aren't talking in a drill, we run a mine lap. They all go to one corner of the gym and jog around the gym. As they run they are to say 'mine' over and over as they run until they are done. It is slightly embarrassing so a warning sometimes is all it needs. Check out Scot’s Instagram video with...

Tip by Jen Hernandez in Escondido, California.  "Mistake" is what we call this drill. This is a fast pace drill with continuous play. And lots of touches on the ball.6 v 6 with players in their normal positions. Play starts with coach initiating the ball. From there the ball is constantly live. If a player makes a mistake (hits in the net, misses the dig, hits out, misses the block so ball falls on own side/blocks out, miss sets, doesn't cover block/hitter resulting in ball hitting the ground, etc. ) they immediately get another ball tossed at them by the...