Any ideas for coaching 5th grade volleyball????

Question

I am coaching 5th grade volleyball for the first time and need some ideas for skill practice games. I'm not really looking for drills, just games. For example, if I was coaching soccer we might play red light/green light while having the kids dribble the balls down the field. I really want to make this a fun experience for the boys and girls on my team. Thanks!

Answer 1

You could have them play Queens Court, it helps out with most of their skills, and it's fun.

Answer 2

i dunno...i dont do little kids...

give them candy!

Answer 3

there's this one game named battleship, there's two teams on each side of the net. They each pick one server to start off the game and go to the other side of the net. The rest of their team lays in various spots on the opposite side of their courts on their stomaches. Each server serves the ball trying to hit the people laying on their stomach. When a person is hit they go to help their teams server on the other side. Once all the people on the ground get hit, that team wins!!! i think i may have explained more complicated than it is, but's it's a very fun game. Good luck coaching and have a good season!!!! My little sister is in the fifth grade and has been playing a while and the most important thing to teach them is good serve recieve. Also how to slide. Good luck again!!!

Answer 4

You are in luck. The Federation of International Volleyball (FIVB) has a program it calls "mini volleyball" that helps coaches teach volleyball to young children.

Go to http://www.fivb.org/EN/Programmes/minivo... to learn more.

There's more to it that what I can write here, so I encourage you to follow the link, but here's an introduction....

The philosophy behind teaching Mini-Volleyball as an initiation to "regular" Volleyball is derived from the answer to the question "How do we make Volleyball more accessible?".

The simple answer:  "By adapting the game and teaching to the youngsters' abilities, and NOT THE REVERSE".  Thus, both teacher and student have an easier time of it.

A new approach to teaching and playing Volleyball:

*  Designed for physical education classes

*  Simplified techniques

*  Adaptable to facilities

*  Focus in on learning through participation

MINI-VOLLEYBALL is a discipline recognised and encouraged by the FIVB. It is THE game for children aged 9-10 up to 12-13 years. The rules are established by each National Federation in order to enable matches between players from different clubs or schools. The “common, necessary” rules reflect the level of Volleyball development in the country concerned.

Mini-Volleyball is played by girls and boys in teams of two to four players, on a court measuring 4.5 to 6 metres in width, 9 to 12 metres in length and divided by a net of 1.9 to 2 metres in height. The objective of play is to send the ball over the net to touch the ground of the opponent’s court whilst preventing the same action of the opposing players.

Play begins with a service and the opposing team has three touches to return it. The team winning the rally scores a point and the right to serve. The same player serves for as long as his/her team wins the rally. A change of server occurs when the other team wins the service, each player taking turns to serve.

A team wins a set when it marks a specific number of points (from 15 to 25). The team wins the match if it wins two sets...

Answer 5

idk any "games" like what u mean, but everyone always loves queen of the court

Answer 6

i dont raly no mabie u could try

Answer 7

I just finished a 5 week camp for 2nd through 6th graders.  We taught them everything.  I was really surprised about how much they learned.

We lowered the net to just under 7 feet.  (The women's net is roughly 7'4")

We taught the overhand serve.  We started them at the 10 foot line and if they got it over, they took a step back.  By the end of the camp, several were near the real service line.  Please do not let them take steps.  It makes it harder to actually serve.  And please no fists.  It may help get more power initially, but it will hurt in direction.

We did passing.  We started with tossing it to them and they would catch the ball with their arms straight out.  After about 10 minutes, we would switch to cushioning the ball.  Have them hit it with their forearms, but tell them to see if they can get the ball to only travel about 1 foot.  That encourages small swings at the ball.  About 10 minutes and then passing the ball.  About 10 minutes and then we put in a target.  Have them pass to the target.  

For setting, we had one person sit down and the other person almost on top of them dropping the ball into their hands.  They catch the ball and toss it back up to their partner.  We then have them switch to one knee and do the same thing.  Catch and toss it back.  We then had them stand up and do the same thing.  We then have them sit down and actually set the ball.  And then kneel and set and then stand and set.  

For spiking, we actually lowered the net about 6 more inches.  We only did a 2 step approach.  A big right and a little left was enough to confuse most of them early.  We did about 5 minutes of just approaching.  We started them throwing tennis balls over the net using their approach.  We then held the volleyball and had them hit it out of our hands.  And then, we tried doing a short toss and let them hit.  

We did a drill with 3 players on the court.  Every player had to play the ball before it went over.  If each player hit the ball (and only used 3 hits) and hit it over, they got to stay and do it again.  

When we used 6 on 6, we had the rule that if the ball came over the net on the first contact, it did not count.  It had to have at least 2 hits or we stopped the play.  We had every player serve 2 times no matter what.  (They LOVE serving.)  

The main thing I want to emphasize is FUN.  If you correct them, show them and make is sound like you are not being critical.  You are being instructional.  (I only got upset with my group once.  We played a very young and inexperienced group in a scrimmage.  The coach was their setter.  And she had to do some very illegal sets if there was a referee.  She had to do it to give her players time to try to get ready.  My team was taught to not set like that and the other coach was doing it.  My team was upset.  I lectured them on sportsmanship.  Or actually their lack of sportsmanship.  They got the idea I was not pleased.)

If you want to do games, I really like the idea of having every player serve 2 or 3 times no matter what.  And not keeping score.  Of if you keep score, keep the number of 3 hits on a side.  If they did a rally, the teams could score several times on one play.  They really FORCED 3 hits that way.  They could not score a point unless they used 3 hits and they could score more than 1 point on a play if there was a rally.

Answer 8

dont worry too much about techinque, more on having fun. some fun games to play is red light green light while setting to your self, or 3 man peppering.

good luck!

Answer 9

i happen to be in 5th grade so we might want it fun to learn for start.

you should always show the basics first.

try doing that by showing them how to serve give some time to practice on their oen then show them there pistions in the game.

by that then you can step by step them in a real game.

then when they the hang of the game you can try to let them do it on tthere own but if they aren't doing good point them in the write direction.

by the end of the year you'll have them guys playing like proffessionals.

Answer 10

first you want to start with the basics, then make it fun and exciting. there are lots of different games/relays that my coach lets us do.

1. Queen of the Courts---- the team is split up into groups of three, one group goes to one side of the court[ side 1] and another group on the other side [side 2], and the rest of the groups are lined up on one side of the court[side 2].  the coach throws the ball over the net to [side 1], that group has to hit it over the net (play like you would in a game) okay well if [side 1] hits the ball and it goes out or if [side 1  dosent hit the ball, then the group on [side 1] leaves the court and goes back to the end of the line, and the group on [side 2] goes to [side 1] and the group next in line goes to [side 2]........

if [side 2] hits the ball out or dosent hit the ball then they leave the court and the next group in line goes in.

2. Serving Relay

the team is split up into two even groups. one group on one side of the court and the other group on the other side. each group starts serving the balls over and if someone misses a serve (it goes out or hits the net) then that person has to run to the other side of the court andsit on the ground and try to  catch a ball that their group served over. it ends when one group has no one left to serve.

Answer 11

it all depends on what skill you want them to develop.

if you want a killer serve or spike, place something on the other side of the net they could aim for and knock down.

if you want them to set, have them stand in 2 rows and tell them to pass the ball to each other by popping it up in the air. that will develop setting, aim and teamwork.

if you want them to rally, have them break open an pinata using the volleyball. rules are they have to use proper technique. just finger tips, fist or forearms to volley the ball. If they do well the crack open the pinata.

Answer 12

1 be fair

2 help every1

3 dont pick favorits

4 have fn =]

Answer 13

One game is where you pick the teams and they get on the oppisite sides of the net and they all have a ball, when they serve it any time it hits the net or goes out they go to the opponets side of the net and lays on their stomaches until their team hit them with a serve. When they do the person on their stomache that got hit goes back to their teams side and starts serving again. Whenever one team runs out of players then the game is over and whoever ran out of players lost and the other team won. (P.S. this is to help on their serve and aim.)

Answer 14

uhm just teach them the basics at first! show them how to bump and set and serve... let them bump and set back and forth for a while, and just make it fun! they'll love that! after you show them the basics, which should be like a week, have them scrimage and just give them free balls... let them try to do it on their own, and after the ball hits the ground show them what they are doing wrong, it helps a lot and it makes it alot more fun. they'll love it! im teaching my cousin how to paly and shes in fourth grade, she loves to practice with me and my friends, ad thats how i do it... so try it! hope i helped a little!

as for some games, play games where they have to use teamwork, like my coach always has us play this game, where two people link arms, and there are like 5 or 6 pairs of people, and two extra people, one runs after the other trying to tag them and hte other links arms with someone, and then there are three people linking arms, so the person on the otherside has to run and try not to get tagged... its really fun...