September 5, 2009. On day 4 of the 2009 CEV Men’s European Championships, Slovenia, Estonia, the Czech Republic as well as Turkey booked their ticket home as 4th ranked teams in their Pools. The other twelve squads move on to the Playoff Round, which will take place from Tuesday to Thursday in Istanbul and Izmir. In their last game of the tournament Greeks played against last ranked Slovenia. Even when the Slovenians dominated, the Greeks played great at the end of each set and deservedly celebrated finishing first in Pool C.
Volleyball camp Training 1
This is an example of first volleyball camp training. The training sessions at volleyball camps are different, but I will give you an insight into how training session could look like.
Training 1 (6pm – 7pm)
1. Warming up and stretching (15 minutes)
2. Jogging (7 minutes)
3. Football 2×12 (25 minutes)
What is a volleyball camp
Why should you attend volleyball camp?
Volleyball Camps give you intensive training sessions that will improve your skills – no matter what your ability level. Volleyball Camps attract many of the most respected volleyball coaches in the country. This program is open to all players that like to play volleyball. At camps players master the fundamentals, develop strength, technique, agility and gain game play experience. Every single aspect of the game is explained and demonstrated, giving players a solid skill foundation to build upon in their clubs of high school level.
Advanced Camps
Andrea Giani
Andrea Giani (born April 22, 1970 in Naples) is an Italian coach and one of the best Italian volleyball players in the 1990s, winning three World Championships with his national team. He is 196 cm tall.
Even as a kid Andrea showed exceptional physical features. His father, Dario, was a rower who had taken part in the 1964 Summer Olympics for Italy. After having trained with the father, Andrea tried his luck as a football player.But, in 1985 the 14 year old Giani began his career as a volleyball player in the local team of Sabaudia, in the Southern Latium, where he lived. His exceptional qualities attracted attention from the two main volleyball club of Italy of the period: Panini Modena and Santal (later Maxicono) Parma.
Defence from zones 1 and 5
This drill will improve your players defensive play.
Defensive players need a lot of concentration because they will be attacked twice.
Players pass the ball to setter and setter sets the ball to zones 4 and 2.
Players should aim the attack to zones 1 and 5 where defensive players are waiting to defend the field.
After the spike, defensive players have to pass the ball successfully to coach and he performs one more attack while defense has to do their job once more.
Dig and defend succesfully
This drills requires good concentration, skill and movement. I suggest doing this drill with advanced team and not with beginners.
Coach throws the short ball and the player performs dig to stop ball touching the floor.
After the dig player stands up the fastest he can and moves back to position himself for good a defence.
At the same time, on the other side of net, player passes the ball to setter.
Overhead pass and block
This drill can be performed by all players. It’s easy and interesting but if only a few players anticipate it can be even difficult.
It can be performed during the training session or during warm ups.
Players are sorted in two columns and perform overhead pass to opposite column.
When player pass the ball, he has to run to zone 3 and perform block. After blocking in zone 3, he moves fast and performs block in zone 4 and than runs at the back of his column and wait his turn to pass.
Move fast and pass the ball
This drill is made to improve players passing in circumstances that can appear in the game.
Coach is positioned in zone 2 and has a lot of balls.
Player is on the base line in zone 1.
When coach throw the ball in the air, player moves forward and should perform the forearm pass after coach spikes the ball.
Right after that, player moves back to zone 6 and performs the same action.
