Warm-Up · Beginner

Overhead Passing

Train the overhead pass / hand-set as a connection touch in a 3-player line.

How to run it

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P1 tosses to P2 who passes overhead to P3. P2 turns to face P3. P3 throws to P2 who passes overhead back to P1. Continue 15 passes, rotate. Progression 1: continuous (no catch). Progression 2: two balls — P3 passes a long ball back to P1 so P2 doesn't have to turn.
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Coach emphasis: Hands above the forehead. Push with the legs.

Train the overhead pass / hand-set as a connection touch in a 3-player line.

Keep building

Train athletes to beat the ball to the spot, slow their feet, and let platform angle solve direction.

Train passers to read serve direction early, move their feet first, and arrive balanced before contact.

Build a clean, repeatable hand-set through deliberate contrast drills that isolate each fault.

Teach setters to travel with the ball using the correct footwork pattern for each direction.

Build the full library of scramble touches so athletes have an answer when the rally goes sideways.

Foundational passing technique drill — high feedback, slow tempo, fix faults before adding speed.

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

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