10 steps to creating competition in your gym

Use these 10 steps to create more competition in your gym:
 

1. Have a winner and a loser

   • Play games to a set score
   • Play side scoring: side A has to get 8 before side B gets 6
     1. One side has a scoring advantage in the wash drill: side A gets all the free balls, so it’s easier for them to score.
     2. Side A is stronger than side B: common when practicing with one Varsity team or if playing your club 15’s against your club 16’s team.

2. Set a goal and give them a set number of opportunities to achieve it

   • Pass 15 perfect passes out of 30 balls entered

3. Set a goal and make them hit their goal before moving to the next drill (be mindful that you could be in this drill the entire practice)

   • Hit Zone 1 six times in a row before one mistake

4. Set a goal and give them a specific amount of time to achieve it

   • Give 2 minutes to side out 4 times in each rotation (puts a lot of pressure on the serve receive)

5. Set a goal for individuals to get out of the drill

   • After 5 good digs, you can get out of the drill

6. Institute Big Point and Little Points in scoring

   • Both sides trade-off evenly on serve-receive
   • Must get 3 little points to get a big point and rotate
     • A kill by the outside is a little point
     • A kill by the middle is a little point
     • A kill by the opposite is a little point

7. Institute bonus ball

   • Both sides must run a set play and if either side scores on the first ball, the second ball is a bonus and they can run anything they want
   • Sometimes allow either team to score on the bonus or only allow the team that earned the bonus opportunity to score while the other team can only STOP for the win

8. Institute serving zones on wash play

   • When playing a wash drill where one side is serving, call a zone and if they don’t hit the zone, but win the point, don’t let them have a point. They get the ball back, but they don’t win a point

9. Have consequences:

   • For not achieving the goal
   • For the loser
   • When there is no effort, make them do the drill over again
   • No communication

10. Have rewards:

    • For achieving the goal
    • For the winner
    • When there is great effort, allow them to skip the next tough drill
    • For great communication