I got here throughout this query in a Fb group in search of recommendation on video games to run in volleyball open gyms:
I want your entire video games that problem gamers ultimately or one other, I’m a brand new varsity coach this coming season. With the way in which guidelines are in Michigan I may give them actions to select from but it surely can’t be drills or lineups so extra 2v2, 3v3, management, ball placement, or hitting/serving video games the place all the gamers are taking part without delay and I’m just about not wanted aside from to clarify setup and guidelines.
There are SOOOO some ways to go along with this!
This coach is mainly speaking about making a pool of video games which might be fairly simple for the youngsters to run themselves. That being the case, I’d assume when it comes to two issues – construction and focus.
Focus
Let me begin with the second first. As I harp on in The Good Drill, each exercise wants a particular focus. I’d usually advise the narrower the higher. When it’s the youngsters operating issues, nonetheless, going barely broader might be higher. For instance, for a slender focus drill you would possibly work on “serve obtain in opposition to deep serves” whereas with the youngsters operating it you possibly can in all probability simply depart it at “serve obtain”.
With that perspective in thoughts, it in all probability is smart to give you a listing of focus factors. Relying in your degree of play, they could so simple as common themes across the main expertise. Or they may very well be centered round totally different recreation conditions and/or offensive performs you they’ll work on. Craft the record to match your targets.
Construction
I’m defining construction right here to be the variety of gamers concerned in your volleyball open gymnasium and any required configuration. The primary half is sort of easy: 2v2, 3v3, and so forth. The second half has extra variability. On the one hand it covers dimension/form of the courtroom. For instance, short-court or slender courtroom (like if you run two video games side-by-side on the identical courtroom). You possibly can additionally think about one thing like Zone 6 is out-of-bounds if there’s a spot you received’t need the ball to go.
However you may have every kind of choices based mostly on participant positions and actions. For instance, you would possibly say slender courtroom 3v3, however require 2 blockers always. Equally, you could possibly play 5v5 both with 3 entrance row gamers and a couple of again row, or the opposite approach round. You possibly can use a Winners sort of strategy to rotate groups, or a Neville Pepper. There are additionally choices like 6 v 6s and Participant Winners. And relying on numbers, there are methods to adapt issues like Winners relative to positions, if you’d like.
Placing the 2 collectively
The factor I personally would in all probability do in a state of affairs like that is give you a base set of video games (buildings) with variations to deal with every of my focus factors. For instance, if serve obtain is the main focus, you possibly can have bonus factors for good passes. If attacking deep is what you need, groups can solely rating if the ball lands (or would have landed) within the final meter of the courtroom. Need to introduce some stress? Arrange a wash recreation the place on the second ball requires a particular participant to do one thing (e.g. serve the opposite workforce out of system, obtain serve, get a kill, and so forth.).
So the underside line is to give you a set of adaptable recreation buildings. Then develop a wide range of guidelines and/or scoring techniques based mostly in your totally different focus factors for every of these buildings. Do this and you’ve got ton of doable video games to your volleyball open gyms. And finally to be used in-season as effectively!
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