Virus

This is a drill that works specifcally on the toughest play in beach volleyball.

Set up

# of players : 4-8 players
Ideal : 4 players
Equipment : 1 ball +
Average duration : 15-35 minutes

One player runs off the net for a diffcult set and the other attacks a high ball that comes from behind his head.
Both sides of the court should be split in half with a line drawn from service line to service line.
P1 starts with a ball in hand in the middle of the court. P2 stands on the side line at half court. P3 is waiting ready to play defense on the other side of the net but the same half of the court. The same formation should be ready to go with P4, P5 and P6 in the opposite direction.
P1 starts by throwing a challenging but playable ball towards the back of the court. P2 chases this toss and tries to put up a hittable set. P1 tries to attack this set but only into the designated half of the court. P3 tries to dig and catch any ball that comes over.
Each player is on for seven balls at each position. The setter and the attacker are the only ones scoring…
Kill = 3 points … Jump attack that is dug and caught = 2 points … Anything other than a jump attack that is dug and caught = 1 point … Hitting error = 0 points.
The player with the most points at the end of all rotations wins.

As always, standards will be different for different levels but the goal is to make the second touch an attack or, at the highest levels, a jump attack.