Intermediate volleyball drills
46 intermediate drills, covering hitting, jumping, footwork, setting, strength, agility, serving, passing, digging, team play, speed, blocking, ball tracking and communication. Group sizes run from 1 player to 15.
3 v 3 on a narrow court
Approach steps in the yard
Butterfly: serve, pass, set, catch
End line scramble
Family keep it up
Little self-sets
Middle mover
One voice scrimmage
Pass to yourself
Point and shuffle
Prone Y-T-W
Seam passing: call it
Serve toss onto a towel
T-drill
Toss and pass with a grown-up
Toss and set with a grown-up
Turn and chase
Two-ball triads
Wall setting ladder
5-10-5 shuttle
Approach jumps for height
Around the world serving
Back-set accuracy
Base, read, react
Block steps in the yard
Box jumps
Box jumps and cone shuffles
Butterfly: hit and dig
Close the double block
Coach on a box: dig to target
Court shuttle sprints
Crossover step to the pin
Free ball transition
High-low self-sets
Hit, tip, roll
Line or angle targets
Med-ball rotation throw
Outside hitting lines
Pass, set, pass, set
Pepper with a grown-up
Serve at a towel target
Serve receive to target
Set the spots
Star drill
Wall down-ball
Wall passing
Practice plans that use these drills
Each one is a full practice you can run as written.
First practice: intermediate
For players who can already pass and serve. Most of the night is ball control and talking, with one butterfly and one hitting block.
At home: parent and player
A 30-minute backyard session for one player and a parent. Practice setting, passing and the serve toss with one ball and a towel. The parent can toss and catch throughout; no volleyball experience or net needed.
Rec league, mixed levels, one coach
For a rec or school team with beginners and club players in the same gym and one coach. Players feed each other in pairs and small groups, so nobody waits long, and every drill has a call.