Hitting Lines Drill | Hitting Lines vs. Defense | Get The Pancake
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- Опубліковано 8 лют 2025
- If your team needs new volleyball drills for hitting lines, setup any of the variations discussed in this video!
This drill gives you tons of flexibility and let’s you focus on offense, defense, or both!
Stop running boring hitting lines and challenge your team with this goal-oriented volleyball drill.
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Like I say in the video, I love pushing my players to hit to the corners! What goal do you plan to use when you run this drill?
@GetThePancake,
I've enjoy this coaching tip. Makes sense to use defense vs offense as this allows coaches to provide feedback.
I've learned to run what is called Repeat Run and Combo + for my hitting lines. Regular hitting lines without defense are inefficient in my opinion and experience. I tend to train as I want the team to play during competition as much as possible. The transfer from drill to match play is more efficient it seems.
Repeat Run is where LPin runs two attacks consecutively and then middle or RS runs a single attack. Then Middle runs two consecutive attacks then either Pin runs last attack. RS runs two consecutive attacks then a middle executes the last attack.
Combo + is a combination play with LPin & Middle then RS single attack. Then an out of system pass set to either Pin. Three attacks altogether. It can be executed with RS and Middle or LPin on the RS with the Middle. The last attack is to the left front from out of system pass set.
I use both drills during match warmups. Since club has 4 minutes during warmups, it's 90 sec for each. Unless I don't want to serve, then it's 2mins for each. For HS, coaches can work out the timing, since there is more time, if they want to use both drills. Here is a video of Combo + as done by Mike Lingenfelter, Munciana Samurai Head Coach and Co-Director Asics Munciana Volleyball Club: ua-cam.com/video/7FSKtLLXbIM/v-deo.html (Copy and paste into browser, if link not working)
I initiate the drills with attackers at the net their blocking position and transition to 'touch point'. My Libero & DS' pass to setter a tossed ball from across the net for both Repeat Run and Combo +. (Short staff, have athletes toss, allowing coaches to coach) Can be executed with attacking LPin, Middle or RS passing one of the tossed balls. Drills can be run with Pins switching positions. Front row serve receive positions can also be run. Coaches have a variety of how to initiate the drills.
One thing I have found out, initially run the drills slowly for the athletes to understand HOW to execute the drills. (Using Mike Lingenfelter's video helps as well.) Once understood and run successfully, time each drill separately. This gives the coach an idea how much time to allot for each drill during match warmups. The number of successful attacks is only used during practice. For my teams, ZONE 6 is considered out of bounds and an unsuccessful attack.
Attackers shag the number of balls they attacked over the net after attacking, paying attention to balls are being attacked. Or a group of athletes run the drill for time or successful attacks then rotate attackers & setters. Athletes not in the drill is shagging. We specifically have the next attackers on the opposite side of the net to prevent balls from rolling under the net. The next three attackers transition under the net after the last attack and transition to their 'touch point' to start their approach. Never slowing down the tosses to the Libero/DS and or attackers.
Feel free to reach out if any questions or concerns.
Love this idea! Will try tonight in practice!
Is this a drill you could use for high school?
is the defense supposed to set it up and attack the ball?
You could run the drill with our without a final attack from the defensive side, but I think it would be best to play it out! This will give your players the best feedback on how successful their defense was. Make sure your hitting lines side is paying attention, you don't want anyone looking away and getting hit in the back of the head!
@@GetThePancake Sounds good. Thanks, I’m looking forward to using this at practice!
@@GetThePancake I concur with playing the ball out, but to save a little time, I use what is called, '2 Touch'. The defense gets a dig and a 2nd ball set to an attacker the defense wins the rally. Unless I want the attacking team to work on solo blocking and then transition, would I consider completing the rally with a defense side attack.