Focus of the five sessions in Week 2:
- Competition coming close, so side out offense is a focus
- Skill work, with focus on serve receive and serve, setter consistency
- Team building
- Consistency of execution
- Team building: Body language – Diane Flick-Williams
Jump to the practice plan for each day:
WEEK 2, DAY 1
Coach Education
- Getting Your Team to Buy In – Terry Liskevych
Practice Plan
Warmup/Ball Control
- Shuttle Warmup – Bill Neville
- Neville Pepper – Kevin Hambly
Skill Work
- For the Setter: Footwork – Audrey Flaugh
- Wave Serve Receive – Karin Keeney
- 3x3 Hitting with Setter – Debbie Brown
Team Work
- Side Out Team Drill – Kevin Hambly
- Side Out Drill with Focus on S/R (identify the targeted passer) – Glenn Hoag
Practice Review
WEEK 2, DAY 2
Coach Education
- Organizing Serve Receive Formations – Pete Hanson / Tim Embaugh
- Attacking – Mark Barnard / Ben Josephson
Focus
- Continue work on side out offense and organizing reception pattern
- Some block and transition work
- Out-of-system offense
- Continue focus on skill development – block and out-of-system attack
Practice Plan
Warmup
- Foot Movement – Cary Wendell Wallin
- One Arm Ball Control – Tod Mattox
- 21 Down Serve Receive Drill – Mark Barnard
Skill Work
- 1 vs. 1 Hit/Block Transition – Cathy George
- Out-of-System Attacking – Beth Launiere
- Out-of-System Drill – Jim Stone
Teamwork
- Side out 3 before 2 Drill – Debbie Brown
End of Practice Drill
- Serve Under Elastic – Paco Labrador
Practice Review
WEEK 2, DAY 3
Coach Education
Focus
- Defense and blocking
- Transition offense
Practice Plan
Warmup/Ball Control
- 20 Dynamic Exercises – Marie Zidek
- Zone Serve – Mike Talamantes
- Pin to Pin Pepper – Jess Mahoney
Skill Work
- Player Education: Elastic Blocking – Dan Meske
- 2 Ball Blocking Drill – Kirsten Bernthal Booth
- Block and Coverage Reps – Debbie Brown
- 3 vs. 6 Block – Tom Hilbert
Teamwork
- Error Correction – Russ Rose
- Decommissioned Setter – Marie Zidek
- 3.0 Team Drill – Mark Rosen
Practice Review
WEEK 2, DAY 4
Coach Education
- Team/Individual Goals – Kirsten Bernthal Booth
- Serve Receive – Andrew Clifton
Focus
- Individual defense/ ball control in skill work
- Serve/pass
- Team play (emphasis on transition and competition)
Practice Plan
Warmup
- 20 Dynamic Exercises (pick 5) – Marie Zidek
- 4 Corner Serve/Pass – Joe Sagula
- Pepper Series – Kirsten Bernthal Booth
Defensive Drills
- Dig and Rotate – Dani Busboom Kelly
- Positional Digging – Russ Rose
- Defend the Middle Attack – Brent Hilliard
Team Drills
- USA Transition Drill – Sean Byron
- Head to Head Competition (keep track of winners/losers) – Mark Rosen
End of Practice Competition
- Serve/Pass Competition – Mark Rosen
Practice Review
WEEK 2, DAY 5
Coach Education
- Attack Improvement – Karch Kiraly
Focus
- With competition starting next week, practice game warmup
- End of practice week, lots of game-play working with different lineups
Practice Plan
Warmup/Ball Control
- Game warmup
- Ball Control Drill – Russ Rose
- Sideline Serve – John Dunning
Team Drills
- Scavenger Hunt – Cathy George
- 3 Sets to 25
- Monitor serve, pass, attack statistics to begin to put together roles and systems for first match.
- Priority on side out percentage, serve effectiveness and serve receive errors.
- What are strengths and weaknesses of the team? Plan upcoming practices that will focus on how we can develop strengths to a greater level.
