How to Coach Volleyball

In order to become a good volleyball coach, you will need to teach your team volleyball skills and get the team to practice those skills. Building team unity is also essential. A successful volleyball coach knows how to foster a sense of camaraderie in players. Read on to learn how to coach volleyball.

Instructions

  1. Build Camaraderie in Your Volleyball Team

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      Create an introduction questionnaire that each team member will fill out. Include questions about their favorite foods, career goals or preferred music.

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      Read the completed questionnaires to the team members. Ask the team to guess which team member wrote which answers.

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      Encourage working as a team by setting up a pizza party if the team meets certain goals during the season. Eating together creates bonds between players.

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      Discuss team successes and mention how individual players contributed to the progress. Be sure to spread the praise around over time.

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      Take the players out bowling one evening. Bowling tends to bring the goofy side of people out, which fosters friendships.

    Keep Your Team Fit Pre-Season With Stretching

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      Set aside about 45 minutes for stretching in pre-season practices. Decrease stretching time as the volleyball season nears.

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      Time each stretch for the players. This eliminates the need for them to count to themselves.

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      Start the practice session with 10 minutes of slow jogging. This warms up muscles for the stretches.

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      Lead the team through the stretches you like to use in volleyball.

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      Count off 30 seconds for the team to hold each stretch. Then perform the same stretch again for 30 seconds.

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      Instruct your player to do the entire stretching routine again at home. Even if some players don't do it, the team benefits from those who do stretch at home.

    Establish a Coaching Plan

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      Arrange volleyball skill drills in the following order: overhand serve, passing, setting, attacking and blocking. Develop a drill that combines all of these skills, to be practiced at the end of each session.

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      Choose a few player to begin trying to set the ball after a week.

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      Teach and practice the basic rules of volleyball. Test your teams knowledge of court positions, court boundaries and team formations.

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      Set up controlled games (team members against other team members). This helps put drilled skills into context.

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      Schedule scrimmages after about four weeks of practice. Follow all of the formalities of a real game to acquaint players with game day pressures.