Serve receive lines with fixed target

This is serve receive the way it stands in a match: players at 1, 6 and 5, and every ball to the same spot at the net. Because the passers queue up per position, everyone gets their balls from the same angle they play from in a match.

5 players 9 phases ± 15 min 6 balls, 1 cone to mark the setter zone, full court From U15 upwards

Phase 1 of 9Setup 1-6-5; the server is ready behind the end line

Your own team (P = passers at 1 and 6, L = libero at 5, S = target in the setter zone) The server Equipment 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

Standard serve receive setup in 1-6-5; every pass tight to the setter zone and then on.

Passing from a fixed position to a fixed target, so every player gets to know their own angle.
Finishing the pass and getting straight back to the line, so the next ball does not have to wait.
Workload per position: a player at 5 gets completely different balls than a player at 1.

Coaching points

Every position has its own angle to the target.

From 5 you pass almost straight ahead, from 1 you pass diagonally across the court. Skip training that separately and a player will structurally pass short from 1 in a match.

Put your outside foot forward, toward the middle.

That stance makes the route to the target as short as possible and keeps you from having to turn your whole body once the ball has already arrived.

The cone is the target, not whoever happens to be standing there.

A fixed marker shows everyone whether the ball was good, even when the target player has taken a step.

Run back along the side, not straight across the court.

A passer cutting back across the court is in the path of the next serve; that costs interruptions and sometimes an injury.

Variations

Easier: Have the server toss the ball in from the three-meter line instead of serving, so where the ball arrives is predictable.
Harder: The server picks their own target, including the seam between two positions; then someone has to call who takes it.
With six players: Three in serve receive, one target, one server and one feeding balls; every two minutes everyone moves on one role.
As a game: Ten balls per position. The line that gets the most balls within two meters of the cone wins.

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Read on in the knowledge base: passing with 3, 4 or 5 players · getting your setter to the net · training with the libero