Attacking · Intermediate

Spike Exhaustion Challenge

This drill focuses on developing spike endurance and maintaining a high elbow on the spike even when tired.

How to run it

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In this drill the athletes who is attacking moves around a cone (placed about 10ft back from the centre of the net) and spikes balls that are set from a partner (or coach) at the net. After each spike the athlete running the drill picks up another ball and proceeds to either throw or depending on the level of the players, drive it at their partner who has moved to the other side of the cone. Athlete must get a certain number of balls (which can vary from approximately 6 - 12) over the net without the ball touching the net.
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Coach emphasis: Keep attacking reps game-like and technically clean.

This drill focuses on developing spike endurance and maintaining a high elbow on the spike even when tired.

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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