Dive and run through

Purpose: develop ball control skills while working on conditioning.

Set up: Place a target in 2 and a half on both side of the net as well as a player with a ball in position 3. The rest of the players are split between the 2 end-lines lying on their stomachs. Two spot markers are also placed anywhere on the court (ie. the intersection of the end-line and side-line).

The play starts with a player or coach throwing a ball over the net towards the first player lying on their stomach. That player get up concentrating on staying low and passes the ball to the target. That player then dives to the spot marked on the court before getting back up and sending a ball tossed from the player in position 3 (feel free to move this player to a different tossing position) over the net to be played by the first player lying down on the other side. Please make sure that the player does not start getting up until the ball being sent over the net is contacted.

The player who sent the ball over the net becomes the next target and the target the next tosser in position 3. The player who tossed the ball joins the line on their stomach at the end-line.

Place the touch spot in various positions and instruct your tossers to place the ball in specific areas so that you can work on your run through sending the ball in different directions. Example; have the athletes touch the intersection of the attack line and the side-line and have the tossers send the ball into position 6.

Created by:Steve Turner www.interclubvolleyball.ca