Teaching Youth Volleyball Skills & Fundamentals

with Bre Johnson, Marshall (MI) High School Head Coach Learn how to communicate in a more user-friendly language to younger athletes to help them achieve skills See how to use color dots as a visual tool to get your players moving and shuffling into good positions on the floor Learn how to use helium-filled balloons to teach youth the correct way to approach and attack a volleyball As anyone who has coached beginner volleyball to young players knows, keeping the attention of the players is job number one. Bre Johnson understands what it takes to teach youth volleyball to all skill levels. In this video, Coach Johnson demonstrates how to teach basic skills to players as young as 5 years old, as well as older players that are just taking up the sport of volleyball. She demonstrate drills to train players on how to pass, set, hit, block and serve. What makes her coaching style so effective is that, while breaking down the skill, she uses fun terms for each of the physical movements of a skill so that players can remember the progression of each skill.