Develops ball control and footwork while increasing heart rate. Encourages good up and down trajectory.
Fix technical problems.
Develops ball control, increases the range of emergency touches and can be mentally challenging.
Loosen up the body and raise body temperature in preparation for more strenuous activity. Practice pass and back sets in this high rep drill.
Because this is not a serious drill and the athletes are lying on top of each other to start the drill, it often creates laughter and can be used as an icebreaker
Loosen up the body and raise body temperature in
preparation for more strenuous activity. Forces the athletes to communicate, jump starts mental focus and trains the athlete to think at the same time as performing the physical skills of setting and passing.
Develop an awareness of where the ball is even when it is out of direct sight and reinforces the correct lunge position that athletes should adopt when playing a short ball.
Raise body temperature in preparation for more intense activity and increase awareness of how current conditions affect the ball. Additionally this drill reinforces correct defense techniques.
Raise body temperature in preparation for more intense activity and increase awareness of how current conditions affect the ball. Additionally this drill gives athletes an
opportunity to get some sky-ball practice.
Raise body temperature in preparation for more strenuous activity and increase the athletes awareness of how current conditions affect the ball.
Additionally this drill develops hand eye coordination and encourages good athletic body position and also helps athletes practice the run through pass.