Shuttle passing

The simplest set-up there is: two lines, one ball, and after your pass you run to the other side. It takes no explaining and works with any group size, but it only runs if everyone keeps moving instead of watching.

4 players 5 phases ± 10 min 2 balls, half a court From U13 upwards

Phase 1 of 5Two lines facing each other; the first in line has the ball

All players; two lines facing each other that switch sides after every ball 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

Pass to the other side and join the line there; two full there-and-back turns.

Passing to a player directly opposite you, over a fixed distance of six to eight meters.
Turning away and moving on right after the contact, without watching your own ball.
Arriving and being ready straight away: the player at the front of the line is already low before the ball is played.

Coaching points

Play to the head of the player at the front, not to their feet.

A ball at knee height forces the next player into an emergency play, and then the whole line is training scramble balls instead of passing.

Follow your ball, do not run past it.

Moving on in the direction of your pass keeps the line in order and stops two players ending up at the front at once.

The player at the front calls 'yes' before the ball is played.

Without that signal someone plays at a player who is not ready yet, and that is the ball that brings the drill to a halt.

After a miss: chase your own ball and start again immediately.

If everyone waits for the ball to be fetched, the number of contacts per session drops away fast.

Variations

Easier: Shorten the distance to four meters and let the ball bounce once before it is passed.
Harder: Two balls in the shuttle at once, or every player alternates contacts: one overhead pass, one forearm pass.
With six players: Two lines of three ten meters apart, so players really have to step under the ball.
As a game: How many passes can the group string together without an error? On an error, back to zero. Write the record down and try to beat it next session.

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4 players · 6 phases SafeVolley base round Warm-up 3 players · 5 phases Shoulder activation with band Warm-up 2 players · 6 phases Dynamic movement patterns Warm-up 5 players · 5 phases Core plank with rotation Warm-up

Read on in the knowledge base: the forearm pass · more ball contacts per player · warming up with a ball