KCC 10MPA – Volleyball Program

Topic Lesson Content

1 Passing & Digging the Ball

Warm up: Octopus

Drill 1: Throw & Dig to self

● Students practice throwing the ball up and digging to self
● 10, 15, 20 times ( pairs take turns – 1 ball 2 students)
● Bounce ball on forearms – how many?
KTP’S
● Eyes on the ball
● Elbows straighten
● Wrist extends
● Forearms contact ball
● Palms together, thumbs flat
● Lean/move forward in the direction you want the ball to go
● Shoulder shrug

Drill 2: Partner Dig

● 1 student tosses the ball overhead to partner.
● Partner digs back
● 5 high arc digs, 5 low arc digs (10, 20 etc)

Drill 3: Digging over the net.

● Divide partners into two groups. 1 partner lines up at the end of the
nets, the other group spreads themselves out along the nets.
● Partners lining up on the end of the net have the ball. They move down
the nets digging back and forth to students standing on the other side of
the nets.
● Rotate lines.

2 Setting the Ball

KTP’s
● Diamond fingers
● Hips in front of ball
● Shoulders under ball
● Eyes on ball
● Face direction
 Drills 1:
● Setting to self
● Students throw ball up and set to self
● Partner setting – without dropping ball
● Setting into a hoop – 4 teams – relay race.
● Groups of 3 – setting in front and behind

3 Digging & Setting

Warm up: Snowball Tag

● Place cones in a square.
● 3 students ‘it’ with the balls
● They must tag a student using the ball to get them out.

Drill 1: Digging/setting in Three’s

● Students form a triangle and practice digging in different directions
● Line of 3’s. Dig, set, dig, set. Forwards and backwards

Drill 2: Digging & Setting into a Hoop

● Students form into 5 or 6 groups
● Students line up on one side of the net. 1 person from each group
stands on the other side of the net holding a hoop.
● Student A throws ball to Student B who digs/sets it over the net aiming
for the hoop.
● Students rotate.

4 Serving

KTPs – Underarm Serve – most reliable/accurate

● Flat palm
● Face direction
● Make a fist (thumb on the outer)
● Swinging pendulum / elephant trunk
● Hit the ball underneath – follow through

Drills:
● Partner serving. Catch & Serve
● Serving across courts
● Serving relays
● Keep the ball alive (4) Serve, dig, set …..
5 Spiking & Blocking

Warm up: Lying on one side of court facing partner. On whistle jump up run to
the other side to beat your partner. Must be lying down.

Groups form a circle – keep the ball up – digging or setting.

Drill:
● Partner throws ball up, other partner spikes it to the ground
● Spiking against the wall – base of hand makes contact first, then fingers
spin the ball away

6 Rules and scoring

● Continual practice of above skills

● Students start to practice in a game setting
● Discuss tactics and strategies

7 Team warm ups and Class Tournament

8 Team warm ups and Class Tournament

9 Class Tournament

10 Class Tournament