Volleyball Drill Name - Short Court

Goal - Easy warmup activity and/or tournament to help athletes get lots of ball control touches.

How to play - Create teams of two. Use the player mixing chart to create the teams. The teams play short-court Monarch of the Court, with the court split in half. After each round, the players report the score and then the coach can mix teams again by using the player mixing chart.

Variations - Instead of using the player mixing chart, coaches can create short-court teams that stick together throughout the tournament. In this case, the coach can mix the opponents to ensure each team plays each team, or have the winning teams move up and the losing teams move down.

Depending on the amount of players participating, the following versions could work also:

8 players: Side A: Two teams, playing 2 vs 2. Side B: Two teams, 2 vs 2.

10 players: Side A: Two teams, playing 2 vs 2. Side B. Three teams, playing Monarch.

12 players: Side A: Three teams, playing Monarch. Side B: Three teams, playing Monarch.

14 players: Side A: Three teams, playing Monarch. Side B: Four teams, playing Speedball.

16 players: Side A: Four teams, playing Speedball. Side B: Four teams, playing Speedball.

How to keep score - After each round, players report their score and then mix into new teams. After the end of all the rounds, the player with the most points win.

Time - Each round should take only a couple of minutes.

Benefits - Lots of ball control touches.