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Your team is tied at 22. It’s the fifth game of the state
championship and you badly want to beat your cross-town
rivals.

Everything looks good, except one of your players goes down
with an ankle sprain. You take a long look down your
bench – rookies, all of them. Things could be lost –
unless you have taken the time to make sure that your
greenhorns have learned the basics.

Training your players to contribute as quickly as possible
is the key to making sure that your team isn’t caught in a
compromising position. Get them on the court in practice
as often as possible and put them through the same paces as
you do your starters. Where to start? Place an emphasis on
learning the fundamentals.

The skills should be presented to the athlete in a sequence
that best gives them the opportunity to contribute as
quickly as possible in game situations. What’s the first
skill they should learn? Passing, of course.

A player needs to know how to start a play before anything
else. They could end up being on the wrong side of the
opposing team’s best power and they best know how to get
into the ready position and dig the cannon coming their
way.

Now you need to teach the rookies how to dish out what they
are receiving – big hits. If you can shape their attack
skills quickly, you could have an extra weapon when one of
your starters goes down. Make sure they learn to approach
the net properly, and they will start hammering the ball to
the floor in no time.

Since most of your setters will be identified during the
learning process, this should probably be the last skill
you focus on with learning players. While each player
should know and be proficient in this skill, there are only
one or two setters on the court at any one time, and
probably no more than two setters on an entire team.

Coaches – get all your players into game shape as soon as
possible. Not just the regulars, but the rookies, too!

You’re going to need them at some point during the season,
so teaching them to dig the ball from their knees, make the
picture perfect set and then slam the ball to the floor is
going to make your team a champion!

You will find All of the drills you need to teach your
rookies the ropes in our brand new e-book, “Winning
Volleyball Skills.” Including TONS more tactics to
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