Volleyball Drill-Book: Beginner (Level)

- 3.1 Setting Drills under simplified conditions

Teaching Points:

Equipment:

Every player is holding one ball

Appropriate finger position: make sure that the

player is holding the resting ball with his/her
fingers forming a basket
The stretching starts at the bottom of the body
and goes up to the top
Make sure that the thumbs are the last body
parts to touch the ball

Drill Objective:
Creation of a movement concept
concerning the stretching of the
arms and hands

Drill Description:
The players are standing in a distance
of 20-40 cm in front of a wall. Each
player is holding a ball in the playingposition above the head. Next, they
slowly stretch their arms, the wrist
and the fingers until they are only
touching the ball with their thumbs
and forefingers. The ball is held by
the fingers pushing the ball against
the wall. Finally, the players relax
their muscles, put the ball back into
the playing position and perform the
drill again.

Drill Variations:

38

Perform the drill while kneeling

Perform the drill with closed
eyes
Throw the ball in the air and
catch it in the playing position
Instead of a wall this drill can be
performed with a partner
(standing in an elevated
position)

2012 Dr. Christian Krger FIVB Instructor I/II- GER