The VolleyPod presented by The Art of Coaching Volleyball
Jul 3, 2026 · 31 min · 12 segments
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Charlie Lane StormGuestOkay.
All right.
My favorite competitive game drills, okay?
Games, if you wanna call it, drills, if you wanna call it that.
They're not one-touch drills like that, so it's not competitive as, you know, who can get the most passes or whatever.
This is playing to win, playing to win the rally, and these are my four favorite competitive drills.
And a lot of times you'll use it at the end of the season, you know, when you're gearing up to just be super competitive, and, uh, I don't know, tell me what you think.
You ready?
Cool.
Sure.
Now, do you always do these kind of at the end of practice? Do you do these at the beginning of practice, or does it depend?
I do 'em all throughout, personally.
Like, I like to start with six on six, you know, a lot of times, and I like to play a lot of six on six.
So we don't just do these at the end.
Um, but these would be more like anchor drills for, like, you know, we had worked on some aspects and we are, you know, putting it now into sort of live play, that type of thing.
So, okay, are you ready? My first one is called four circles.
Okay.
All right.
My favorite competitive game drills, okay?
Games, if you wanna call it, drills, if you wanna call it that.
They're not one-touch drills like that, so it's not competitive as, you know, who can get the most passes or whatever.
This is playing to win, playing to win the rally, and these are my four favorite competitive drills.
And a lot of times you'll use it at the end of the season, you know, when you're gearing up to just be super competitive, and, uh, I don't know, tell me what you think.
You ready?
Cool.
Sure.
Now, do you always do these kind of at the end of practice? Do you do these at the beginning of practice, or does it depend?
I do 'em all throughout, personally.
Like, I like to start with six on six, you know, a lot of times, and I like to play a lot of six on six.
So we don't just do these at the end.
Um, but these would be more like anchor drills for, like, you know, we had worked on some aspects and we are, you know, putting it now into sort of live play, that type of thing.
So, okay, are you ready? My first one is called four circles.
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