Volleyball Down Balls Drills

These volleyball down-ball drills will teach down-ball hitting techniques.

Volleyball Down Balls Drills

• Two Way Pepper

  This drill is to practice ball control over the net while keeping players focused on where the volleyball is coming from.

• Cross Court Pepper

  This warm up drill practices ball control over the net with a partner.

• Ball Control: 25 Contact Drill

  This drill is to practice ball control, communication, teamwork, and warm up for hitting.

• Ball Control with Back Row Attacks

  This drill is to practice back row attacks to desired locations as well as increase communication skills.

• Tag Team Warm up

  This is a good running warm up for teams with large numbers of players.

• Back Row Running Warmup

  This drill is good for warm up while practicing communication and ball control.

• Down Ball Challenge

  This volleyball drill will practice hitting and digging down balls.

• Volleyball Partner Pass and Down Balls

  This drill will practice using and controlling a down ball.

• Volleyball 24 Touches - Ball Control

  This drill is to practice ball control as a warm up to hitting, while working on communication and teamwork between players.

• Ball Control: Pass, Set, Downball

  This volleyball drill teaches how to hit a down ball to a desired location as well as work on communication skills between players.

• Volleyball Ball Control: Two person Four Square

  This volleyball drill increases accuracy in down balls to desired locations while also increasing communication skills between players.

• Volleyball Ball Control Elimination

  This elimination drill teaches players how to pin point exactly where they want their hit to go.

• 12 Ball Wash Drill

  This drill teaches back row attacking and how to defend back row attacks.

• 4 x 2 Pepper Drill

  This drill will help practice ball control using different types of contacts.

• 3 Skill Pepper with Partner

  Advanced pepper game where players pass and set to themselves before down balling it to their partner.

• Warm-up with Wall

  A warm-up time for each player to warm up arms and shoulders before practice begins and at the same time be working on basic skills and ball control.

• 3 Player Down Ball with Movement

  This volleyball drill focuses on hitting a down ball to a specific area after a series of touches.

• Volleyball - 2 Player Pepper Drill Multiple Hits

  This pepper drill is great for working on ball control as it works on a variety of contact types.

Volleyball Down Balls Drills

These volleyball down-ball drills will teach down-ball hitting techniques.