Volleyball Activities during down time

My spring season has been cancelled, ditto recruiting–nothing but email for the next several weeks.

In terms of my team, we have stuff we were working on, NEED to work on for next fall.  Since we normally get 2 hours/day of practice, that’s a lot of lost time due to social distancing and schools moving online for the time being.  I talked with my team and we’ve got ‘homework’ that they are doing.  Some of it is technical, some of it hopefully involves some bonding between players.  We’ll see.

I’ve seen other coaches wondering about activities.  So I wrote something up.  It’s a bit of a quiz / scavenger hunt.  If you have other good ideas/quiz question, put them in the comments, please.

(5 points each) 1 – Which team won the most US women’s college volleyball championships in the 1990s? 2 – Who are the Oden sisters? (1 pt per sister, 5 if all correct) 3 – Which nation won the first Olympic men’s volleyball medal? 4 – Who is the game Hooverball named for? 5 –  How high was the net when volleyball was invented?

(5pts each, 5 bonus pts for the one judged as ‘best’ of those submitted) 1 – Find a men’s volleyball blooper video 2 – Find the longest girl’s high school VB rally you can 3 – Find a cool beach volleyball clip 4 – Find a VB clip with the craziest/most excited announcer possible 5 – An awesome volleyball celebration (can’t use a championship pile-up)

(10 points each, 5 bonus pts for the one judged best) 1 – Make a 10-15 second video poking fun/imitating your coach in some fashion 2 – Take out all your volleyball shoes, shirts, and kneepads and take a picture.  Who has the most?  (And now that you have them out, wash the kneepads, fold the shirts) 3 – Video one of your parents trying to explain what a ‘rotation defense’ is OR ‘proper blocking technique’—you can’t use a parent who coaches or has played!!! 4 – Create a meme showing the one thing you miss most about volleyball right now. 5 – Give a link to the GIF that best shows your feelings towards social-distance/no school/quarantine.

(25 points, short answers) 1 – Your team’s best hitter is in the front row but she has hit the last three balls into the net.  Should you set her again?  Why or why not? 2 – Using just one sentence for each, explain rotation and perimeter defense. 3 – What is your favorite thing about volleyball practices? 4 – What is your favorite thing about matches and tournaments? 5 – What’s the toughest thing you’ve gone through on a volleyball court?

(15 points, 5 pts for the one judged best) 1 – Create an awesome looking uniform.  You can pick whatever mascot you want. 2 – Make a music playlist for the sound system for practice.  You’ve got 60 minutes of music and it can’t have swear words/must be coach-approved.

(10 points extra credit) Create your volleyball super team.  Who’s playing each position?

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