Volleyball Tip

Volleyball Serving Drill to Increase Serve Accuracy

Campers will learn how to improve their serving skills at various volleyball camps across the United States.

As a coach, one drill that works on multiple skills is a valuable tool. “Sprint and Serve” combines conditioning and serve accuracy for volleyball players to improve on. In addition to being a great drill, our Nike Volleyball Camp directors use "Sprint and Serve" as a fun warm up drill at camp. This drill is effective for players of all skill levels and is great for mastering the fundamentals. Below is a description on how you can implement Sprint and Serve into your volleyball practices.

1. Start the game by dividing your team in two, with a group on each side of the net.

2. Each player should have their own ball for this drill.

3. The goal of the drill is to serve the ball to 6 different areas of the court. The six areas are; 1: right back, 2: right front, 3: middle front, 4: left front, 5: left back, and 6: middle back (as shown in the photo above).

4. On the sound of the whistle, each player will start serving the ball and must hit each area once. After each serve, they must sprint to the other side to retrieve the ball and sprint back to their side of the court before their next serve.

5. Once they have hit all 6 areas players can stop serving or continue, they just don't need to sprint to the other side anymore. If they choose to stop serving they can cheer on their teammates until everyone is done.

Our coaches and camp directors encourage fast paced and high energy volleyball drills to improve each players techniques. Check out more volleyball drills and tips and improve your game in preparation for upcoming volleyball camps and clinics!