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[14 Dec 2009 | No Comment | 160 views]

Team Connection will be the official clothing sponsor for the AVCA Holiday Tournament.  The holiday tournament, a 60-team tournament on 15 courts in the Tampa Convention Center at the Women’s Final Four and AVCA Coach’s Convention.
This tournament will consist of an afternoon wave on Saturday, ending before the Women’s Division I final begins that night, 
and afternoon playoffs on Sunday with all teams guaranteed 3 matches Saturday and 2 Sunday. 
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Drills »

[9 Nov 2009 | No Comment | 110 views]

Staying low while passing. 
Groups of 3.  Player 1 and Player 2 stand on 10 ft line directly across from one another on opposite sides of the court.  Both have balls.
Player 3 straddles center line under the net facing in direction of Player 1 and Player 2.  Player 3 shuffles to 10 ft line in front of player 1.  Player 1 tosses ball to Player 3.  Player 3 passes and shuffles under net to other 120 ft line where Player 2 tosses a ball.  Player 3 passes back.  Continue for 30 …

Offensive Systems »

[30 Oct 2009 | No Comment | 265 views]

A team’s offensive system largely depends on the skills of its members.  There are three main systems that can be used and each has its own advantages and disavantages.  A decision must be made on which system to used to best fit a team’s capabilities and the situation a team will encounter. 
A.  5-1 Three rotations with 3 front row hitters; three rotations with 2 front row hitters. 

Advantages
a.  Individualized instruction for one setter; can become more specific
b.  Only three athletes need to know, understand, and implement game plan
c.  One setter can …

Drills »

[28 Oct 2009 | No Comment | 131 views]

There’s a whole lot more out there than just normal pepper! A great warm up is to go through a rotation of the different peppers. Start a new pepper every minute. Mix it up by having players switch partners every minutes. Have a system of rotating partners in place so you don’t waste time between.

Basic Pepper -

 
Pass, Set, Hit back and forth with partners.

Hands Pepper –Pass, Set, Hit back and forth with partners. When hitting, hit a high, hard roll shot at partner’s forehead. Use hands to dig.

Works on arm …

Drills, Hitting »

[19 Oct 2009 | No Comment | 212 views]

*Allows outside hitters to work on shots, right front to work on solo block and middle hitters to work on picking up tips. 
Set up 6 vs. 6.  Choose one side to work outside hitter. 
Initiate ball into that side.  Setter must set outside hitter – no middle, right side and back row.
Outside hitter must tip one out of every 4 balls.
Middle hitter jumps with their hitter.  (the middle hitter on the other side of the net should run a 1 tempo set, forcing the defense side middle hitter to commit and jump).  …