Servers vs receivers
Team drill for 6 to 12 players. Focus: Give the setter space off the net.; Use a standing third ball until the pass and set are steady..
What you need
- Players
- 6 to 12 players
- Time
- 10 to 20 min
- Level
- Beginner and intermediate
- Equipment
- Balls, Tape
- Ball fed by
- Not needed
- Space
- A full court
Setup
- Three receivers occupy one narrow court, with a setter and two passers. Servers wait behind the opposite end line.
- With 12 players, run two groups of six side by side. One server works at a time in each game.
How it runs
Three receivers face a group of servers. Each serve starts a pass-set-send sequence. Receivers score one for three contacts returned in bounds. Servers score one when a legal serve breaks the sequence. A missed serve gives receivers a point. Switch jobs after ten serves.
Time and reps: 10 to 20 minutes.
Coaching points
- Give the setter space off the net.
- Use a standing third ball until the pass and set are steady.
- Call the score before the next serve.
Make it easier or harder
Make it easier
- Serve from closer to the net so receivers can build the sequence.
Make it harder
- Serve from the end line and require an attack for the third contact.
Terms on this page
- Setter
- The player who usually takes the second contact and sets the ball to a hitter.
- Attack
- Any hit that sends the ball at the other team, other than a serve or a block. A spike, a tip and a roll shot are all attacks.
