Warm-Up · Advanced
Voleste — Advanced
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 1 3 of how current environmental conditions affect the ball. Additionally this drill is a good way to get the competitive juices flowing at the start of training.
How to run it
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This drill could be done cooperatively with 2 or more athletes where they attempt to play the ball (with only 1 touch) from square 1 5 7 through to square 8. A competitive version would be to have athletes playing 'deep' voleste in squares 1 and 2 or 3 and 4. You could also mix it up so some athletes playing deep and others are playing shallow. 8
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Coach emphasis: Keep warmup reps game-like and technically clean.
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 1 3 of how current environmental conditions affect the ball. Additionally this drill is a good way to get the competitive juices flowing at the start of training.
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