Volleyball Drills Three Drills To Enhance Your Volleyball Skills When Practicing By Yourself
I may sound a little bit crazy, but I absolutely love
practicing my volleyball skills and developing new ones. Nothing makes me happier than being with my teammates, on
the court, and practicing my jumps, blocking, serving,
spiking, passing, bumping, and even conditioning. This is where I get pumped up and jazzed about playing.
It's at these practice times where my team bonds together
and we push each other beyond our limits. It's also where
we can see where your own skills may be lacking on one area
or another. I used to think about these areas and think that there are
other people on my team who excel in my weaknesses, so why
should I have to practice and bust my butt to improve. To Win. Win. Win. Very simply the idea of transforming my team into a an
unstoppable juggernaut where there are no weaknesses in any
area of the court. So how do I enhance my game, build upon my weaknesses and
elevate my team? I practice by myself! No It's Not An Oxymoron How do I practice by myself? It's really a lot easier than
you may think. I've created three great drills that I've
used to help me in my weaker areas. Timed Marksmanship This is how I get the blood pumping. It's great for
conditioning and for placing my serves right where I want
them. On one side of the court make 5-6 "x"'s on the floor with
duct tape at various places. These are your targets. Then
set a clock for 5 minutes and set up to serve on the other
side. You then practice serving and aiming for an "x". If you
hit it grab another ball and go for another. But, if you
miss you must run over, retrieve the ball, and try again
until you hit it the "x". The goal is to hit all the "x"'s on the other side within
the time limit. It's a gut buster and really helps with
your concentration, conditioning, and serves. Both in
power and accuracy. Set Me Up Again and Again This is where you actually set up spikes to yourself.
Another great conditioning drill but also gives great
accuracy in your sets. Again, put several "x"'s on the floor in random places.
Then simply throw a ball up in the air where you're
standing and simply "set" the ball towards another "x".
Quickly run to it and "set" it again towards another "x". Repeat this for several minutes. You won't believe how
this will immediately increase the accuracy, and timing of
your sets and ultimately get your team delivering great
killer spikes! Defending Myself One of the areas, while I wasn't bad, I wasn't up to the
level as my teammates was my defensive dig. So I knew that I needed to both fix my reaction times and
my ability to dive for the ball. I then created this drill
to work on it and now I prowl the middle court like a lion
looking for fresh meat! Very simply I defend myself. It took me awhile to get use
to doing this, but once I got a handle on it, I didn't have
any more problems. Throw the ball up in the air and bump it on the way down.
Now, all you need to do for a set period of time is
continue to dive, dig, or bump the ball again wherever it
comes down. Like I mentioned, this drill will dramatically increase
your reaction times and ability to relentlessly pursue the
ball. Once you become accustomed to the drill you can make it
even more demanding my controlling where you actually bump
it to. Work On Your Weaknesses And Your Team Will Be Unstoppable When my teammates and I began working on self practice
techniques on a regular basis we became an even
stronger force, both as a team and personally. Do you have any weak areas? Try these practice drills to
further enhance your volleyball game and create the
"unstoppable" team. Volleyball player Hayley Merrett has completed a brand new
ebook that contains even more "self practice" techniques,
and tactics to instantly improve your volleyball game by
your next match! Check out the information by going to
http://WinningVolleyballSkills.com
