One Bounce Volleyball
Tactical Problem: Knowing where to place the ball.  How to score. Knowing how to use the underhand serve in a game situation. Awareness of self-to-ball and self-to-teammates and how to adjust your position to support your teammates during a games situation.
Skill development: Proper underhand serving technique.  Ability to pass the ball both forearm and volley.  Placing ball in open space on opponents court.
Teaching Points: 

 Tactic: 
Serving the ball over the net in order to score. Positioning during game.  Passing to appropriate target.

Skill:

  • Hold ball in fingers and palm of non-striking hand.
  • Serving hand is swung back using a straight arm, then brought forward to strike the ball with an upward and forward motion to send the ball over the net. 
  • Good stance, opposite foot forward to serving hand.
  • Eyes on ball.
  • Keep striking hand open, hitting ball on heal of hand.
  • Tee the ball on the fingers of the non-striking hand.
  • Keep the tee arm straight, flex at the wrist.
  • Strike the ball with the heal (flat surface) of the striking hand.
  • Remove tee hand just prior to contact.
  • In serving, transfer weight from back to front foot.
  • Follow through with serving hand.
  • General volleying and forearm passing skills (See lessons 1 & 2).
 

 

 
Organizational Points: 
  • Teams of four verses four.
  • Use half of a volleyball court (vertically divided).
  • Regular volleyball rules.
           Rules: One bounce allowed between hits.
                      Rally point.

Extension:

  • Remove the bounce.
  • Add more players.
  • Increase court size.