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Volleyball Drills - Digging

Links to information and resources that offer volleyball drills that focus on digging.
PIT
This is the ultimate coach vs. player drill.
Digging Drill
Digging around with 3 people.
Dig Dig Attack
A very fast drillthat practices digging, transition and the attack.
Hit and recover
Drill forces players to not admire their attacks but to expect that their ball might be blocked and that they should be in position to play it off the block and back to their teammates.
Volleyball Drill - Madness
A volleyball drill that will get your players down, back, up and around chasing balls.
Volleyball Drill - Two Man Dive
A volleyball drill that will help develop digging and passing hard to reach balls.
Volleyball Drill - Pit
A volleyball drill that pits the coach against the players in a receiving drill.
Volleyball Drill - Digging Drill
A great volleyball drill that will help a player learn to dig that ball.
Volleyball Drill - Dig Dig Attack
A volleyball drill that stresses the transition from digging to attacking a ball.
Hitter Coverage
A drill to cover the hit. Drill uses up to 12 players.
Charge the Hole
From the Volleyball Drill Archive, a drill to teach the middle back to fill the seam in the block.
Cross Court Digging
From the Volleyball Drill Archive, practice those long cross court spike returns.
Defense and Roll
From the Volleyball Drill Archive, teaches how to go to the floor after / while digging a ball.
Dig and Role
From the Volleyball Drill Archive, a drill to practice having to go to the floor when digging up a ball.
No Fear Defense
From the Volleyball Drill Archive, a coaches revenge pounds the defenders with attacks until they develop good digging techniques.
Run Thrus
From the Volleyball Drill Archive, practice digging and then running thru after the pass.
Digging Drill
Digging around with 3 people.
Touch Ten
From the Volleyball Drill Archive, a tough drill that teaches defenders to predict and get to those attacks.
Touch Ten II
From the Volleyball Drill Archive, part two of this great drill that teaches aggressiveness and improves reflex time.
Two Person Pit
From the Volleyball Drill Archive, practice digging those long cross court hits.
X=Y
From the Volleyball Drill Archive, this drill teaches players to dig the ball with control.
Digging Drill
Digging around with 3 people.
Dig Dig Attack
A very fast drillthat practices digging, transition and the attack.

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