Zone 3 - Blocking/Setting to the Outside

Focus

Passing, Setting (Overhead Pass), Spiking, Team, Blocking.

Skills

Spiking, Blocking, Passing, Setting.

Purpose

This drill targets the development of a setter/middle blockers movement on court while adding outside hitter practise to the drill.

Difficulty

Players

4⁺

Balls

Cones

Setup
(A) who will be a blocker and a setter, starts at the net in Zone 3. Players (C) & (D), who are right side and outside hitters, start in Zones 1 & 5. (A) starts with the ball in Zone 6.
Step 1
(B) imitates a block at the net, then turns and steps onto the attack line.
Step 2
(A) then tosses the ball up to (B).

(B) should be facing Zone 4 at this point.
Step 3
(B) then sets the ball high towards the net at Zone 4.

(C) starts to move into Zone 4 at this point.
Step 4
(C), who is an outside hitter, two-step jumps and spikes firmly over the net into the court. They then follow the ball and retrieve it.
Step 5
Meanwhile, (A) then tosses another ball up to (B).

(B) is still facing Zone 4.
Step 6
(B) then sets backwards up at the net towards Zone 2.

(D) starts to move into Zone 4 at this point.
Step 7
(D), who is an outside hitter, two-step jumps and spikes firmly over the net into the court. They then follow the ball and retrieve it.
Step 8
Two new outside hitters are introduce. (A) and (B) while (A) and (E) stay the same until rotated by the coach.