Warm-Up · Beginner
Serve-and-Jog Warm-Up
This objective of this drill is to loosen up the body and raise body temperature in preparation for more strenuous activity. It will also increase the athlete's awareness of how current environmental conditions affect the ball. As well as serving you can add any particular skill or movement pattern depending on your focus
How to run it
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Athlete serves and them jogs to the other side of the net to serve again. You can get the athlete to do any sort of movement pattern you would like after each serve. If an athlete does not like to dive you could force the athlete to serve and then run to a certain corner of the court and dive on the sand or if they block they could run to the net to perform a certain block after each serve.
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Coach emphasis: The focus will change depending on the level of the athlete. Beginners should focus on contact rather
Why we run it
This objective of this drill is to loosen up the body and raise body temperature in preparation for more strenuous activity. It will also increase the athlete's awareness of how current environmental conditions affect the ball. As well as serving you can add any particular skill or movement pattern depending on your focus
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