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Tip by: Kristina Gafford, Midland College in Midland, TX. One drill we use on a daily basis is "The Perfection Drill". It is a great warm-up drill that works on all aspects of volleyball: passing, setting, hitting, control, communication, pressure, etc.  Rules... Groups of 3-4 players (typically have 3 groups). Each group needs one passer/hitter and one setter on each side of the net (If there are only 3 players in a group, the setter will set on both sides). Within the group, initiate play by serve or toss. Passer/hitter passes to setter and transitions out to hit, setter sets...

Tip by Jean Hagler, from Savage, MT.  A fun serving drill is called Serving Bunco (after the dice game popular in our area - pronounced "bonko" - don't ask me why) Two teams are scrimmaging - live ball.  If the server, serves an ace - they wear the Bunco hat (you can use any hat you like) until another server gets an ace - then they get to wear the hat and so on.  This continues as long as you set the game - first to 25 etc.  At the end of the game, the player wearing the hat gets...

Tip by Scott Reslow, Providence, RI.  One of the top drills we do is one that incorporates serving and passing.  We call it, serve, sprint, and pass.  Coach is in the setter box as the target.  Three passers on the floor with one guy slightly off in the queue.  The rest of the team is serving with the intent to cause a bad pass or an ace.  Ten minutes on the board.  Rules...  If the server misses the serve, he then sprints the full length of the court and back.  If the server's serve is passed perfectly, he then sprints...

Tip by Giff Hancock, from Camas, WA. We all incorporate some sort of penalty in practice for numerous reasons. Using drills for penalties that incorporate volleyball skills instead of just doing sets of lines, while considered a penalty, it is improving a part of their game in addition to their conditioning. One we use is a blocking footwork drill incorporating middle transitions:Players fill the front row positions on both sides of the court with the balance of the team is waiting near left front to transition in as the drill progresses. Blocking sequence: Middle, Transition Left, Middle, Right then MiddleThey...

Tip by Bill McKee from Columbia, IL. The drill is called PIE. I stand in the middle of a circle (a PIE if you will) of my players. They are about 5 feet from me (diameter of the circle).I toss/tip the ball in any direction at them and they must pass the ball back to me. If the ball is hit back to me I tip it back at them. If not, then someone must go in and get the ball back to me. The other rules that I forgot to mention is that as I am standing in the...