Serve Receive:  Five Person Progressions

Objectives:
To practice five person serve receive, and understand the relationship between the passers.

Progressions:

  1. Location, coach delivers ball from middle of the court, left side of the court, and right side of the court.
  2. Delivery, coach gives the passers an underhand chip, followed by a half serve, followed by a full serve.

Figure 1:
Full court, with all five passers.

Figure 2:
Left Front, Middle Front, Left Back Triangle.

Figure 3:
Right  Front, Middle Front, Right Back Triangle.

Figure 4:
Right Back, Middle Front, Left Back Triangle.

Figure 5:
Left Front, Middle Front, Right Front.

Notes:
  1. Front line players must focus on opening up to players behind them, allowing them better view of the ball.
  2. Passers should learn to understand the relationship between server location and serve location.

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