Volleyball Practice Outline - Mesa Youth Sports

Here is a very simple, one-hour practice outline that would work great for all ages.

15 Minutes: Partner drills*
2-minute drink break
15 minutes: Individual Drills**
2-minute drink break
15 Minutes: Team Drills***
2-minute drink break
10 minutes: Game-type Scrimmage****

*Partner drills

As players arrive at practice, have them get with a partner and set/bump the ball back and forth. If there are an odd number of players, have one group have three players or have a player hit against a wall.

**Individual drills

Work on proper serving techniques, bumping, setting, digging, etc. Focus more on technique rather than result (ie. it’s more important that a child serve using the proper technique and hit it out of bounds than to hit it over the net using improper technique).

***Team drills

If your team is able to, work on bump-set-spike drills. Work on passing, shifting, covering, etc.

****Game-type Scrimmage

Run a game-type scrimmage if you have enough players. This will prepare them for game time.