Ball-Setter-Ball-Hitter

Two balls back to back, with no pause. The hitter lands from his first spike and has to get straight back out while the coach is already feeding the next ball. That recovery after the landing is where rallies fall apart, and it is exactly what a regular hitting line never touches.

2 players 9 phases ± 15 min 8 balls, a ball cart, full court with net From U17 upwards

Phase 1 of 9The coach stands on the other side with two balls; the setter waits at the net

Your own team (S = setter) Coach Ball

This animation comes straight out of the Koach app. In the app you play it at your own pace and the positions carry your players' real names.

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How the drill runs

What you are training

The coach digs to the setter, who sets and the hitter attacks; a second ball follows at once for game-like rhythm.

Recovering: straight back out after the landing instead of watching the result.
Two full approaches back to back, with the same quality on the second one.
The setter having to set twice in quick succession off a dug ball.

Coaching points

Do not watch your ball, turn around and get back.

Watching costs half a second, and that half second is exactly the approach room you need for the next ball. In a match it is the difference between attacking and just poking at it.

Recover backwards, facing the net.

Turn your back to run out and you lose sight of the ball, then have to get your bearings again while the set is already on its way.

The second approach is as long as the first.

Under time pressure players squeeze their approach down to two steps. Better to have them leave a little later and run the whole thing than to leave early on half an approach.

Setter: feet under the ball first, hands after that.

With two quick balls in a row he starts reaching. A set made while reaching comes out lower and shorter, and then the hitter runs right past it again.

Variations

Easier: One ball per round with a short pause in between. Only build up to two once recovering backwards happens by itself.
Harder: Three balls in a row, with the third deliberately fed far from the net so the point has to be scored off an out-of-system set.
With six players: Two hitters alternating: one takes the first ball, the other the second. The tempo stays high and you still keep full approaches.
As a game: A series only counts if both balls land in the court. Whoever completes three full series first is done.

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Read on in the knowledge base: drills for the outside hitter · the timing between setter and hitter · from defense to attack