Setting Volleyball Drills

A good coach knows that in all likelihood, every player on his team is going to have to have the ability to set the ball. Running good volleyball drills for setting will benefit the entire team, not just the normal setters. Because setting the ball is often the best way to recover a broken play, it is important to have the entire team work on their setting skills. These are some volleyball drills that will help everyone hone their skills to be beneficial to the entire team.


One of the volleyball drills that is a good jumping off point is known as the "Set to Box". In this drill, have a player standing on a chair, or on a wooden box with their hands in the air. The coach will then toss the ball to the setter, who will then set it to the hands of the player on the box. The object of this drill is for the setter to work on their form, and be able to visualize the play with a stationary target. This is much easier to see than when working with a moving target. To add this to your collection of advanced volleyball drills, you can rapidly toss ten balls in a row to the setter so that she gets into a good rhythm.

The next example of volleyball drills designed to help setters will help the setter watch the blocker with her peripheral vision. Have a blocker stand opposite the setter, on the other side of the net. The coach will then toss the ball to the setter. While the ball is in the air, the blocker will take one step either left or right. The setter should then set the ball in the opposite direction. Once the setter has the basics down for this set of volleyball drills, make it just a little bit harder. Toss ten balls in a row to the setter, having the blocker move with each ball. This gives the setter much less time to be ready to set, so she is forced to use her peripheral vision rather than just turning her head.

The final drill in this set of volleyball drills expands upon the blocker drill. This time, the coach stands in place of the blocker. A player will toss the ball to the setter. While the ball is in the air, the coach holds up 1, 2 or 3 fingers, indicating the direction that the setter should set the ball, either left, right or center. As with the other volleyball drills, you can expand this one by rapidly tossing ten balls in a row. Again, this causes the setter to use their peripheral vision more, while causing them to have to concentrate on smaller targets. To take it to an even higher level, the coach should change the height and position of his hands with each ball.

All good volleyball drills should be designed to help the entire team. These drills have been established to help both players who will only set the ball once or twice in a game as well as those who regularly set almost every play. This helps the players each build their own self-confidence, while building the team's confidence in each player. The team knows that any player will be able to set the ball where it needs to be when the time comes. Each of these volleyball drills will ultimately help build your team to be the best that it can be.

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