Warm-Up · Beginner

Partner Emergency Touches Rotation

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

How to run it

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Rotate through the menu: Tomahawks (joined hands overhead), Pokeys (single knuckle), Slaps (open hand), Handcuff Battle (one-arm dig only), Speed Pepper, Peel Digs (move backward into the ball), Lay Down Digs (sprawl through the ball). 7 rounds total.
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Coach emphasis: Every touch is a real option. Train them clean now so they appear instinctively in a rally.

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

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.

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

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

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

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