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Volleyball - Ages 13+

Skills & Drills | Sample Practice Plans

Throughout the course of the season, coaches should work to deliver age-appropriate skills (program outcomes) for each player and as a team.

View/Download: Sample Practice Plans

Program Outcomes

Click on a program outcome below to be redirected to an instructional video demonstrating that skill and/or drills for additional development.

Ages 13+

Program Outcome / Skill

Rules
  • Court boundaries & net height
  • Serving
  • Legal hits/touches
    • Double touches
    • Ball off the net
  • Faults, errors & violations
  • Scoring
  • Scorekeeping
    • Rally scoring
    • Side changes
  • Playing with officials
    • Whistles & hand signals

Positions & Rotation
  • Middle-back rotation
  • Setters
  • Hitters
    • Middle hitter
    • Outside hitters

Serving
  • Overhand serve
    • Tossing
    • Ball striking
    • Float serve
    • Topspin Serve
  • Jump serve
    • Tossing
    • Ball striking
  • Serving zones

Passing
  • Underhand receive
    • Hand/arm positioning (platform)
    • Ball striking & control
  • Overhand receive
    • Hand/arm positioning
    • Ball control
  • Setting
    • Hand/arm positioning
    • Ball control & timing

Attacking
  • Overhand attack
    • Hand/arm positioning (platform)
    • Ball control
  • Shot selection
    • Cross-court
    • Line
    • Tip

Digging
  • Underhand dig
    • Hand/arm positioning (platform)
    • Ball striking & control
  • Overhand dig
    • Hand/arm positioning
    • Ball control

Rolling & Sliding
  • Body positioning
  • Technique
  • Safety

Misc. skills
  • Communication
  • Terminology & lingo