Two players face each other and press the ball trying to make the other lose balance while running sideways.
This drill forces players to be in the ready position and run with bent knees. The torso should be slightly bowed, giving a lower centre of gravity.
If you have thera-band tapes or something similar, you can tie these to both legs, therefore increasing lower limbs effort.
Coaches spend hours correcting arms in serve receive when the real fault is almost always the feet. Fix the movement and the platform fixes itself.
Most teams win the dig and then hand the point straight back with a slow, predictable transition swing. The best 2026 sides treat the moment after the dig as their sharpest scoring chance, feeding the middle in transition and running first-tempo attacks off a defensive ball.
When the first pass breaks down, most teams collapse into a high ball straight into the opposing block. The best 2026 sides are building structured out-of-system offences that turn broken plays into scoring chances using libero sets, left-side options and disciplined hitter routes.
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