Learn ready stance, court movement, and basic passing form.
Players practice controlled forearm bumps, partner passing, and movement to the ball.
Defense: Learn low athletic stance, shuffle steps, and reacting to tossed balls.
Increase pace, decision-making, and rally consistency through scrimmage-style drills.
Players practice transition, reading hitters, and reacting to live attacks.
Defense: Reading hitter cues, faster reaction digs, and team coverage rotations.
focus on building control and teamwork by adding setting, attacking footwork, and transition movement to the players’ basic passing and serving skills. During this stage, players learn proper hand-setting form, develop a smooth pass–set rhythm, and practice the 3-step hitting approach while working on moving from defense to offense after each play. They also begin learning 3-player serve receive, court coverage, communication (“mine,” “short,” “deep”), and simple defensive positioning and rotations, preparing them for controlled rallies and beginner scrimmage play.
Introduce underhand serving and improve consistent passing to a target.
Players work on footwork, serve-receive patterns, and movement between touches.
Defense: Short-vs-deep ball digging, reaction drills, and recovery after movement.