# Volleyball Serve Receive Drill: No Easy Points!

> Master serve receive drill: no easy points! with this drill. Develop ball control skills, movement, and accuracy with proven coaching points for practice.

## Quick Specs
- **Sport**: Volleyball
- **Duration**: 10-15 Minutes
- **Intensity**: Medium
- **Web URL**: https://volleyballxpert.com/drills/details/no-easy-points-serve-receive
- **Court Diagram**: https://volleyballxpert.com/images/volleyball/drills/350X250/87.png

## Objective
Develop consistent technique, court awareness, and team communication in ball control, blocking, defense, hitting, middle hitter, outside hitter, passing, pass-set-hit, serve defense, serving, setting through high-repetition game-like execution.

## Setup & Court Layout
- Players: 1 server, 6-player serve receive team, 3 blockers

- Court: Full court, standard 6v6 serve receive rotation setup

- Equipment: Volleyballs, net

- Roles: Server initiates, serve receive team passes/sets/hits, blockers challenge at the net

## Step-by-Step Instructions
- Receiving team lines up in their first rotation serve receive formation.

- Server initiates play with a serve.

- The receiving team must pass, set, and attack.

- Blockers on the serving side attempt to block every attack.

- The serve-receive team must achieve 3 consecutive hard swings in a row (balls attacked over the net with pace and in-bounds) before they can rotate positions.

- Switch servers when the receiving team successfully rotates.

- Continue until the receiving team rotates all the way around through all positions.

- Suggested reps: Run drill for 15–20 minutes or until every player has completed a full rotation.

## Key Coaching Points
- Passing First: Remind players that everything starts with a strong, controlled pass.

- Setter Decision-Making: Ensure the setter delivers hittable balls to multiple options.

- Communication: Call the ball early in serve, receive, and attack transitions.

- Consistency Over Power: Quality swings matter more than highlight hits.

- Common Game Situation: Simulates pressure serve receive against blockers, preparing teams for real-game rotations where points must be earned.


This is a high-intensity, game-like drill that ties together serve, receive, setting, hitting, and blocking while rewarding teams that value a perfect pass.

## Variations & Progressions
- Adjust Swing Requirement: Increase or decrease the number of consecutive swings (e.g., 2 for beginners, 4–5 for advanced).

- Alternative Goal: Instead of swings, require the setter to run the middle or right-side attacker three times in a row.

- Scoring Variation: Award points for kills or blocked swings to create a competitive element between offense and defense.