I have roughly three weeks to prepare (physically) for volleyball tryouts. What can I do to improve endurance?

Question

I have only a short time before tryouts begin for my city's travelling team.

How can I improve my endurance beforehand? I realize three weeks is a short time to improve endurance, but what can I do to begin?

Besides endurance, what should I be practicing to prepare?

Any other tips are deeply appreciated. Thank you!

Answer 1

mountain climbers...cannon balls....sprints....swiming....stairs/bl... lots of things you can do...a way to get better on serves is serve right after doing a endurance excerzie and it will get your arm in good shape

Answer 2

Well there are 2 areas where you should be concerned; muscular endurance and cardio-respiratory endurance.Don't forget to stretch your major muscle groups before any fitness session.Stretch then,1.warm up by running in place or jumping mildly.2.then the actual exercise and then 3.cool down,(stretching and breathing workout).don't overload during your first work out,take it slowly,by the 3rd day your muscle groups will be telling you that they are ready(the second day they will be screaming at you if you overdue it,but that's OK as long as you give them one day to rest so the acid buildup has a chance to work its way out of your muscles.) Running and jumping are your best bets,but if you can play a good 4 hours of 2 on 2 volleyball matches,its about the same as running 3 miles.

Answer 3

practice getting to the ball. ask a friend to throw it to you and you have to run and get it. also you can get in shape, like take a jog around the neighborhood. practice bumping to yourself. then practice setting the same way. good luck making it!

Answer 4

you need to practice approaches for spiking the ball and make sure that you have all the basics down. just be active everyday until then...3 weeks won't make too much of a difference though :-)

Answer 5

I was in the exact same boat you were. I only have 3 weeks to prepare for my school's volleyball tryouts and i did great after doing what my friends told me to. First of all, i attended sports physical therapy sessions with my friends. You dont need to do that, but it shows you how to build strength and endurence in some volleyball areas. At the physical therapy, we hopped multiple flights of stairs every day. Here's what you do:

1) hop up each stair step with 2 feet together (walk down to the bottom again after doing every method twice)

2)hop up each stair step with ONLY your RIGHT foot

3)hop up the stairs with only your LEFT

4)run up the stairs and skip every other step as you go

5) repeat steps 1-3 but skip a stair as you hop up this time

6)after doing steps 1-3, run up the stairs while skipping every other step (repeat step 4)

NOTE: Be very carful when doing these exercises and WATCH YOUR STEP. Once you start getting tired, things might get a little hazzy for you if you just started doind this exercise. Be sure to do this every day because it builds endurence and durabiliy on the court. Doing that exercise will also help you jump higher so you get better hits when playing volleyball.

Or, if you dont want to do this routine, you can always run 1 mile every day. After 1 week, add another mile. That way you'll run 1 mile in week 1, 2 miles during week 2, and 3 miles during week 3. That's the perfect way to build endurence and speed.

Answer 6

you can start by swimming. it's great at improving endurance.

start with as many laps as you can do without getting too out of breath and increase the amount of laps everyday.

also work on your leg and arm muscles. you use both all the time in vollyball.

Answer 7

my coach told us at camp before tryouts to run for at least 15 minutes or bike for 45 minutes each day. and jumprope 5 times each day. also practice your hitting, serving, passing. and setting.