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Volleyball: Defending other players' zone

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DESCRIPTION

Players line up in backcourt area.

The feeder throws the ball to either Zone 1, 6 or 5. Players' must dig the ball back to the feeder.

However, the player standing in Zone 6 must move to receive the balls sent to Zone 1 and 5. The player standing in zone 5 must move to receive the ball thrown into 1 or 6 and so on.

The two players not in the zonal area the ball has been thrown to must communicate with each other to see who will return the ball to the feeder.

COACHING POINTS

This drill will build the communication between players and improve how the players support the zones they are not standing in.

PROGRESSION

Start throwing the ball into the zones using an easy, looped pass and progress to throwing it faster and lower.

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Defending the backcourt and zone coverage

Develop your players' defensive ability from the backcourt area through boosting their movement, ball control and communication skills.

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Defending attack after attack:

This drill requires one setter and two or more receivers.

The coach or a teammate throws balls from the other side of the net. Player 1 receives the ball by digging it to their teammate who sets the ball, whereby player 1 runs to the net to spike the ball.

When using more than one receiver the person feeding should throw another ball into play the moment player 1 spikes. This way the player covering the backcourt can get into position to dig, move and spike to mimic a game situation.

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Defending five different shots:

Player 1 stands in a defensive position in Zone 6.

The coach or teammates standing at the side of the court then feed player 1 five balls.

Note: three balls should be fed to player 1 using a spike, the fourth is thrown short and the last one is thrown to the baseline.

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Dig and move position:

One player stands in Zone 3 and spikes the ball into the court.

The other players, starting from behind the sideline, take it in turns to receive the ball, return it to the player acting as the feeder and runs to Zone 1.

Once all the players are in Zone 1, the player feeding continues to spike the ball into the court but the other players must change positions from side to side in the backcourt.

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Shuffle and imitate:

Players stand in a row in the centre of the court facing the net. There should be two balls on the sidelines, either side of each player.

On the coach's whistle the players shuffle sideways to the ball on their left, imitate an underhand pass, then shuffle back to the centre of the court.

The players then repeat the action but move toward the ball on their right hand side.

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