Preseason Practice Plan #10 Danielle Lopez

Date: 11/25/2017

Practice Start Time: 8:00am

Length of Practice: 120 minutes

Team: Alpine Volleyball Academy 17-2 Club Volleyball Team

Practice Objectives: 1) Learn and Practice blocking essentials 2) Learn and practice setting the block 3)
Practice tip coverage 4) Review Serving fundamentals 5) Practice serving zone placement

Equipment: 15 balls, 1 net, 1 watch/stopwatch; 10 players. players need kneepads and court shoes

Groups: Group 1- Molly, Riley, Emma, Erin, Maddie

Group 2- Haley, Shayna, Kayla, Natalie, Gigi

Time Activity Description Key Teaching

Points

8:00 Warm-up Line up on sideline run down and back x2 Emphasize full
8:06 range of motion
Dynamic Stretches :
in stretches
High Knees/ buttkickers

Heel/Toe arm circles (big circles then little

circles)

Spiderman Crawl

Captains choose the additional stretches

8:06 Warm-up Warmup arms w/ a partner (overhand Protraction

8:14 volleyball throw, overhand volleyball
Retraction
bounce, hit ball out of hand, hit ball off 1
hand toss, hit ball off of 2 hand toss) Elbow High
Pepper-pass, set, tip THEN pass, set, down
ball
8:14 Blocking Essentials On-Off-Over- On- Off- Over
8:24
8:14 8:19 -Part 1 the blocker is Read Elevation
recognizing a pass as to whether it is on the of platform
net, off the net or over the net. Group 1 on
passing side. Group 2 on blocking side.
Group 1 is set up with 1 target, 3 passers,
and 1 person off ready to come in and pass.
Coach tosses to group 1 passers who either
pass on the net (target catches), off the net
(target catches), or over the net to group 2
who plays out the ball.

Group 1 consists of 3 blockers and 2

defenders. Defense is recognizing where
the pass is going and must say on, off, or
over, off the pass.

8:19 8:24 Same as above but now Group

2 is the passing side and Group 1 is the
blocking side

8:24 Setting the Block Part 1 Double Block Formation OH- Reading
8: 32
Group 1- 8:24 8:28 Group 1 has a passer, setter and Adjust Block
3 hitters. Coach initiates ball to passer,
Offense:/ Defense Line-up on
passer passes to setter, setter sets to OH,
Riley- Hit/ Block shoulder
OH attacks ball to Group 2. Group 2 has 3
Molly Hit/ Block blockers, and 2 defensive players. MB Ready, Ready,
immediately moves to the right and forms a up
Emma Hit/Block double block with RS blocker. Right pin
blocker is setting the block by saying Moving into
Erin- Set/ Defense
ready, ready, up, defense plays ball out. coverage
Maddie-Pass/defense
Hitter will try and hit through blockers,
while blockers practice reading hitters and
lining up block, off blocker covers tip. 2
defenders work on finding read with the
block. Group 2 plays out ball.

8:28- 8:32 Group 2 becomes the attacking

group and group 1 becomes the defending
group. Same as above
8:32- Setting the Block Part2 Double Block Formation RS- Reading
8:40
Group 2- Same format as above but hitters are now Adjust Block
hitting from RS. Blockers are working on
Offense/Defense Line-up on
reading their hitters and lining up the block,
Haley- Hit/Block Shoulder
Left-pin blockers are setting the block by
Kayla- Hit/ Block saying ready, ready, up, and off blockers Ready, Ready,
are covering tips. Defense side plays ball Up
Shayna- Hit/Block out.
Moving into
Natalie- Set/ Defense 8:32- 8:36- Group 1 is on offense and group coverage
Gigi- Pass/ Defense 2 is on defense

8:36-8:40- Group 2 is on offense and group

1 is on defense

8:40 Setting the Block Part3 Double Block Formation MB- Reading
8:48
Hitters are now hitting from Middle and Adjust Block
blocker are working on reading their hitters
Line-up on
and lining up the block. Left-side blocker
Shoulder
steps in to block with the MB, MB sets the
block by saying Ready, Ready, up. Off Ready, Ready,
blocker covers tips. Defense plays out ball. Up
8:40-8:44- Group 1 is on offense and group Moving into
2 is on defense coverage
8:44-8:48- Group 2 is on offense and group
1 is on defense
8:48- Double Block Formation Random: Reading
8:56
This time on offense the 3 hitters are in LF, Adjust Block
MF, RF. Passer passes to setter, setter sets
Line-up on
to random hitter. Blockers are working on
reading the setter and hitters and lining up Shoulder
blocks.
Ready, Ready, Up
8:48-8:52 Group 1 on offense, group 2 on
defense Moving into

8:52-8:56- Group 2 is on offense, group 1 is coverage

on defense

8:56- Review Tip Coverage Base-release tip drill: 6 on 6 Transition

9:06
Each group has 3 hitters/blockers, 2 Staying on toes
defenders (whatever defender doesnt pass
Adjust elevation
becomes setter).
Base to Release
8:56-9:01 Group 1 vs. Group 2- Both teams
are working on transition. Ball initiated by Forceful tips
coach and a pass, set, and then tips to the
other side in a cooperative manner. Play
continues with pass, set, and tip from each
group. Double block, and 3 players releasing
into tip coverage.

9:01- 9:06 Play competitively, each team

gets a point for picking up a tip and getting
a kill with a tip. Highest score after time
limit is the winner.

Water Break

9:06 Block Coverage Tip back, tip over drill: Each group has 3 Cover hitters
9:14 blockers and 2 defenders. (1 defender sets)
Cover blockers
Same as above but the first tip is tipped
Adjust elevation
back to the hitters own team to simulate a
block and then covered and the next tip is FOLLOW
sent over the net. Ie: Pass, set, tip from HITTERS
Group 1 to Group 2, Group 2 tips back over
to where the tip came from. Group 1 pass, Stay Low
set, tip to group 2, group 2 pass, set, tip to Communicate
group 1. Group 1 tips back over to where
was tipped from. Group 2 pass, set, tip to
group 1, etc.
9:14 Blocking Game Champion of the Net- Group 1 vs. Group 2- Line up on
9:22 3 blockers line up on either side of the net shoulder
facing each other. 2 defenders on both
Set the block
sides and the setter comes from the back-
row on both sides. Coach tosses a ball to Read
the passer, passer passes to setter on their hitter/blocker
side of the net, setter sets into the plane of
the net (middle) blockers on both sides Press block
transition to block/attack the ball.
Defenders are moving in to pick up the
coverage ball. The side of the net that the
ball lands becomes the next attack even if
ball is out. Keep score- stuff block=2points,
Kill=1point, Any error (hit out, net touch)=-1
point play to 10 then wave.

Modification: Coverage ball immediately

initiated to one side after the completion of
a rally.

9:22 - Rapid Coverage Drill Coverage group has 3 hitters and 2 FOLLOW
9:32 defenders. Defender who doesnt pass the HITTERS
*Conditioning
ball transitions to become the setter. Off
Stay Low
group has 3 people in LF, MF, RF to send a
block coverage ball right back over, a Communication
person to initiate free ball and a player to
feed the players with balls for coverage Keeping tight
initiation. defensive core

9:22- 9:27- Group 1 is the coverage group

and group 2 is the off group. Group 2
initiates a free ball to group 2 who passes,
sets, and hits the ball to group 2. Group 2
player initiates a coverage ball right over as
soon as the ball is hit over. Group 2
continues coverage and hitting over to
receive a coverage ball. Continuous, if ball
dies, Group 2 player initiates free ball and
process continues
 9:27- 9:32- Group 2 is the coverage group
and group 1 is the off group. Same format
as above.

9:32 Review Serving: Serving Partner up- 1 partner starts on the 10ft line, Elbow up
9:42 warmup the other partner stands across the net
Toss, Step, hit
from them at the opposite 10ft line.
Follow Through
9:32 9:37- Throwing progression, moving
back from the 10ft line 3 throws per person Float Serve
before taking 2 steps back, continue until
end-line, then each partner servers 5 balls.

9:37 9:42 Practice zone serving- each

player must hit each zone 1-6 twice before
moving to the next zone

9:42 Serving Game: Group 1 vs. Group 2- Each group starts with Elbow Up
9:50 4 servers and 1 member of each group
Around the World Toss, Step, Hit
sitting on the opposite side in zone 1. The 4
servers try to serve the ball for their Directional
teammate to catch in zone 1. Once the Finger
serve is caught in zone 1, whoever made
the serve now goes to sit on the other side Follow Through
in zone 2, then zone 3, etc. Once the team Float Serve
gets a catch in zone 6 they win.

Shag balls then go again

Modification: If the groups finish all 6

zones, have them go backwards. Ie: must
catch a 2nd ball in zone 6, then zone 5, 4,
etc.
9:50- Scrimmage Group 1 vs. Group 2 Scrimmage Line up block on
9:54 shoulder
Outside hitter on both sides plays both
front and back row. Set block

First team to 10 points wins Float Serve

FOLLOW
HITTERS

Tip coverage

Water Break

9:54 Cool Down/ Coachs 9:54 9:58- Group static stretching Slow complete
10:00 comments stretch
9:58 10:00 - Coachs Comments

10:00- Coaches Evaluation Evaluate the practice with all coaches and
10:05 determine if practice objectives were met.
What can be done to meet objectives in the
future?