Attacking · Intermediate

Open Net Short Game

Train short-shot accuracy against a single defender — short court only.

How to run it

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Attacking side receives easy free balls: pass-set-hit into the SHORT court only. Deep half is out of bounds. Attackers rotate every point. Defender scores on hitting errors or dig + catch (themselves). Offense (scored as a team) scores when defender cannot dig and catch. Games to 7, rotate defenders.
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Coach emphasis: Short shots are touch + placement, not power.

Train short-shot accuracy against a single defender — short court only.

Keep building

Lock in the 3-step beach approach and a full high-contact arm swing.

Teach the two highest-percentage beach shots: short cross (cut) and deep line.

Use slow-mo partner video to fix approach flaws and add cross-body / wrist-away swings.

Train the attacker's read on the setter — go on the setter's hand release, not on the ball flight.

Bridge from warm-up swings to live attacking against a free ball — pass, set, hit cycle with limited misses.

Apply the scoop-throw torque pattern to live swings off a tossed ball.

Many of our drills are adapted from the coaching resources at Better at Beach and the FIVB.

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