Blocking: Blocking Progression

Objectives:
Teach blockers to surround ball and
penetrate the net.

  1. Blockers stand on chairs or boxes to eliminate timing errors.
  2. Tossers throws ten balls to the blockers.
  3. Blockers surround ball with hands and catch the ball and the tosser's side of the net.
  4. For the next set of ten balls the blockers surround balls with their hands and block them down, without batting at the ball.
  5. For the next set of ten balls the tosser hits down balls at the blocker's hand.
  6. For the next sets of ten the blocker gets off the box, start with catching again and then move to blocking the down balls.
  7. For the next sets of ten, have the blocker step close with two tossers, repeating the catch, bat, down ball block progression.

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