What are some good volleyball drills to do alone?

Question

i live in a very small town with few people so i have to practice alone. i usually just set, bump, and swing at a wall, but i don't know how much good its actually doing and it gets very boring after a while.

Answer 1

bump the ball on your hand and practice like that.

Answer 2

Depending on what you want to improve on there are many different practices you can do. One that my coach taught me is that you spike a ball down to the floor at an angle so that when it comes up it hits the wall and comes back to you.  When it's still in the air spike it again and again.  this will help your spikes go down when you go up to the net.  be careful for it is very fastpaced and will wear you out.  

                For stronger spikes, higher setts and better serves try lifting weights with your arms.  this will help with your overall playing.  good luck!

Answer 3

Another really good drill to learn ball control is this:

You need: Yourself and the ball (easy enough right :) )

Take the ball and pass it to yourself in the air, over and over again.

Then take the ball and set it to yourself over and over again.

Then take the ball and do bump, set and fist. You are going to hit the ball with your fist straight up in the air. You can keep adding more and more do bump, bump, set, right fist, left first or so one. Good Luck!

Answer 4

I feel for you. I was an only child and luckily I had a good friend that was learning volleyball with me so we peppered until arms were going to fall off. As an only child though, I'll use my imagination and try to come up with some things. One for setting, one for hitting, and one for passing.

You should always use old balls for this. The constant bouncing in these drills, unless you have access to a gym, will ruin them quickly.

Passing:

Let's call it "the Speed Control Drill"

Needed:you and a ball

Take a ball, throw it against a wall, nice and high. Pass that as close as you can to a designated area on the same wall. (pretend it's a setter, so make it your height.)

Take the same ball, throw it harder against the wall, pass it to the target.

Continue throwing hard and soft and vary the direction. You will learn how to take some power off the ball on hard-driven serves and you'll learn how to power soft free balls.

Setting:

Let's call this the "Target Control Drill"

Needed: You, a ball, and a trash can or two

Place a garbage can somewhere off the wall, anywhere is fine at first. Bounce the ball off the ground so that it bounces upwards off the wall (The pass). Approach the pass keeping the wall to your left to simulate the pass coming from your left. Receive the pass and set the ball into the trash can (The set) Try to get 10 successful sets out of 50 and increase that number the better you get.

As you get better, move the garbage can around to any difficult spot, you can also set up "a court" with chalk and set the OH, MH, and OPP. getting this control down is important. Coaches can teach you tempo sets once you get the control.

Hitting:

Let's call this the "Dual-hand training" Drill.

Needed: A Ball and You

Stand about 10 feet from the wall and set yourself straight up. Hit the ball down so that it hits the floor first, then the wall. The ball will return to you if done right. Get better at using one hand, then practice using the other non-dominant hand. Try to keep the ball going without stopping for 2 minutes.

As you get better, increase the time-limit. This will help you become more proficient at using and controlling your lefty (if you are right handed) and add another hit to your arsenal making you a more lethal force as a hitter.

Key to this drill is control. If you have no control, the drill won't last long. Don't get frustrated, you'll get it.

Hope that helps. I tried to make these drills as game-like as possible. I'm sure some others will add some of their tricks as well.

Answer 5

Haha 2 Points For Me!!!