Tactic
- communicating who will get the first ball
- passing to the 'setter'
- setting up the 'hitter'
- playing the ball over the net to space
- forearm pass
- knees bent
- flat platform
- shoulders facing target
- overhead pass
- triangular window with index fingers and thumbs
- fully extend legs and arms
- flick wrists to follow through
Using partners from previous drill make groups of four. With your group find a court and an opponent.
Rules:
- Drill must start with an underhand toss over the net to your opponents.
- The third contact must be an underhand toss over the net.
Why do you want to get three contacts before sending the ball over the net?
So we will be able to get an attack later.
So we can spend more time controlling the ball and make it harder for our
oppenents to get it back.
Where should the first contact direct the ball?
To the setter.
Simplifications:
Start with students tossing and catching for every contact. This
helps them understand the path that the ball should follow and acheive
this as they are not spending the whole class chasing volleyballs that
have been mishit.
Once students are more skilled at forearm passing, the first contact can be a forearm pass to the 'setter'. The next two contacts should still be tosses.
Extensions:
As students advance, the setter can overhead pass to the 'hitter'.
The hitter should still catch and toss the ball over the net.
If students have mastered these skills the teacher can change the rules
and allow a standing downball.