Defense:  Dig & Dig & Dig ...

Objectives:
Practice movement on defense, keeping ball in play and reading a hitter.

  1. Defender starts at the net on the left side.
  2. Defender transitions off the net to spot 1.
  3. Coach hits ball to defender at spot 1.
  4. Defender digs ball back to Coach.
  5. Defender transitions to spot 2.
  6. Coach hits ball to defender at spot 2.
  7. Repeat until Defender reaches spot 5.
  8. After spot 5 Defender goes back to 4 then 3 then 2 then 1.
  9. Repeat as long as ball is kept in play.
  10. Give player a goal for either number of touches or times through, up and back counts as one.

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