Passing · Intermediate
Pass and Switch
This is a good passing drill that is suitable when you have an uneven number of athletes. It gives the athletes high repetitions in passing but additionally athletes get a chance to reinforce the skill of the sideways and backward movement in the sand.
How to run it
- 1
One coach or athlete passes the ball to 2 athletes who switch back and forth with each other to forearm pass the ball. Athletes could initially move to their right to switch for a set of about 12-20 repetitions then switch to moving to their left for the same number of repetitions. You could add an additional athlete to the passing line or even have two lines doing the same drill back and forth to each other.
- 2
Coach emphasis: Keep passing reps game-like and technically clean.
Why we run it
This is a good passing drill that is suitable when you have an uneven number of athletes. It gives the athletes high repetitions in passing but additionally athletes get a chance to reinforce the skill of the sideways and backward movement in the sand.
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View drillMany of our drills are adapted from the coaching resources at Better at Beach and the FIVB.
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