Hitting and Digging Drills for Volleyball That Help You Play Better
Having problems hitting a ball over the net or digging a ball to your setter? Our hitting and digging drills for volleyball help you improve spiking and digging.
Hitting and Digging Drills For Volleyball: The 'Hit and Dig" volleyball drill is used in warmupsto improve hitting technique and digging technique skills.
We do alot of versions of basic drills like the warm up "Hit and Dig" drills in our practices, classes and semi-private volleyball training.
Usually done in warmups, I adapt this drill to use in
one on one
two on one
two on two drills
to improve hitting technique, hand placement on the ball and digging technique and platform placement skills.
'The Classic' Digging and Hitting Drills For Volleyball
Contacting the top third of the ball with flat palm and wide fingers that control where you want the ball to go and so the ball travels from high to low (stays in the court)
Practicing hitting line ... working on contacting the ball in front of your hitting shoulder
Maintaining a loose shoulder with a slightly bent elbow but contact is made with elbow ABOVE the level of the ear
Hips and shoulders stay open to the wall on the right until after the toss. After contacting the ball arm finishes downward motion with the thumb to thigh
The "Hit and Dig" drill is one of the basic hitting and digging drills for volleyball we do in our practices, classes and semi-private volleyball training.
Defensive digging drill with 3 groups of 3 players.
One group digs
One group shags balls positioning themselves around the court they keep balls from interrupting the drill.
One group is target for diggers to dig to. .
Establish a goal a number the digging group of 3 as to get that many balls to the target without making the target move...to finish the drill. Or.... go for time...
Hitting coach should remember to hit from different zones in the front court so the diggers work on platform angles, reading and believing what they see.
If you're a B team or JV player trying to make varsity next year...your goal should be to complete 1000 reps a day of at least three of the basic skills on your own...volleyball passing, serving and setting should be at the top of the list.
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Usually in practice there's an even number of players but with an odd number of players you can use the three person pepper volleyball drill as a warmup option.
One of the first ball control drills volleyball players learn is the pepper drill a warmup drill used to increase and improve your ability to control the ball.
These 5 volleyball ball control drills will help you improve your passing setting and hitting technique using reps, wide vision, quickness and ball control
The volleyball pepper drill is a ball control drill using setting, digging and hitting skills usually done as a partner or three player person drill in warmup.
Best volleyball drills are essential exercises in the learning process for players to improve your serving, hitting, passing, spiking, setting, blocking skills.
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If outside hitters get a perfect set its an "in-system" set. We do out of system volleyball drills so hitters learn how to hit and score with imperfect sets.
Volleyball conditioning drills are ball control drills that usually have a cardio component requiring the player to run/jog before or after playing the ball.
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Beginner players learn how to improve your serve with these volleyball serving drills for the underhand serve so you consistently get the ball over the net.
Here are several volleyball passing drills for beginners to do at home with the focus being on setters and non setters who need to take the ball overhand.
These beginner volleyball drills are a series of setting and passing exercises to do to increase your reading and anticipation and your ball control skills.
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