Hitting lines

The classic hitting line, but with the ball in the hitter's own hands: he tosses in to the setter, approaches, hits, shags his own ball and joins the back of the line again. That keeps the drill turning without a ball cart, and nobody stands still.

3 players 8 phases ± 15 min 1 ball per hitter, full court with net From U15 upwards

Phase 1 of 8Two hitters in line, both with a ball; the setter is ready at the net

Your own team (S = setter) 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

Hitting lines: toss to the setter, approach, attack the set at position 4, get your ball and join the back.

The toss in to the setter: tight and in the same spot every time.
Full approaches, even on the fifteenth rep.
Flow: hit, shag your ball, join the back — without the line grinding to a halt.

Coaching points

Toss with two hands above your head, as if you were setting it yourself.

An underhand toss arrives on a completely different arc. The setter gets a different ball every time, and the hitter learns nothing about timing because the set is never the same.

Only go after your ball once you have landed.

Cutting your landing short to get moving means landing crooked. In a drill with this many reps, that is exactly where ankles give out.

Go back to the same starting spot behind the three-meter line.

Lines drift toward the net without anyone noticing. The approach gets shorter every round and exactly what you are training disappears.

Half approaches do not count.

In a long line the tempo drops by itself and players start hitting from a standstill. Better to stop the drill a minute early than to allow twenty sloppy approaches.

Variations

Easier: The setter catches the toss and throws it high outside instead of setting it.
Harder: The hitter calls where he is going to hit — line or cross — before his toss, and has to deliver it.
With six players: Two lines, left and right of the setter, fed alternately. The setter swaps with someone from the line after ten balls.
As a game: The line collects points together: an attack in the court is a point, an error costs two. Work to fifteen as a group.

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