What Is Peppering In Volleyball? A Pregame Defense Ball Control Drill
What is peppering in volleyball? A pregame or practice ball control drill with two players using pass, set, hit variations while keeping the ball off the floor.
What is peppering in volleyball?
Pepper is a warmup drill usually done by two players but can be done with three or more, at the beginning of practice and/or matches which focuses on controlling the ball using pass, set and a controlled hit variations without letting the ball hit the floor.
How do you pepper with your partner in volleyball?
One of the two pepper partners begins the drill by setting the ball to their partner who returns the ball with a bump set that's high enough so that their partner hits the ball back at them in a controlled fashion and then the bump set hit sequence begins all over again.
Variations of the pepper drill include:
- three person pepper as seen in the video above
- controlled pepper over the net
- full court pepper
- deep court pepper
- close to your partner pepper
What is Peppering in Volleyball?
Check out the
One Arm Pepper Drill
Check out this fun variation of the pepper drill we do In Boot Camp class....just use one arm to improve your ball control skills.
What does pepper do to improve your volleyball skills?
What is peppering in volleyball?
Volleyball pepper drills are the key especially, if you want to improve your defensive game and be a six rotation player who can play the entire match without having to come off the court.
I've chosen these two pepper skills that we regularly do in our Vegas Boot camp classes and clinics because they emphasize our type of volleyball training designed
Here are two tips on how to get the most out of peppering in volleyball
1. Practice with someone bigger and better than you are
2. Use the Pepper drill to increase spiking and digging intensity while maintaining ball control
Let's dig deeper into these tactics...
Practice With Someone Bigger and Better Than You Are
What is peppering in volleyball?
When you get the chance to pepper with a guy or girl with good ball control skills, do it. Always.
Playing with a player or someone bigger, better or stronger than you are, you learn how to be a better, stronger, faster defensive volleyball player in a shorter amount of time.
I have coed Boot Camp classes on purpose so that girls learn to pepper and defend against bigger faster guys their age or older.
Guys hit harder and move faster and have an aggressive attitude that girls need to adopt while digging and playing defense.
Surround yourself with people/players who are better than you are, learn from them and have them make you work hard and challenge you and you will become a better volleyball player alot faster.
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Many of these volleyball practice drills you can do at home by yourself or try at your next practice with your teammates.
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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