Coach clip · July 27, 2026
How do you plan a volleyball practice after a loss? Name the two issues that actually cost you the match, then build the session around them: warm-up games, layered focus drills for those skills, a scrimmage that scores those outcomes, and a cool-down. After practice, write a short summary — what to keep working on and what went well — and share it with the team so the next plan stays connected.
A loss is useful if you turn it into a plan. Looking back at a match, you usually do not need ten fixes — you need the two things that decided the result.
Here is a concrete walkthrough: serving and transition offense cost the team last week, so the next practice is built to attack those two areas from warm-up through a scored scrimmage — then a shareable summary for the team.
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Download free on the App StoreName the issues clearly. In this example: serving, and transition offense. Those become the focus of the plan — not every skill you wish were better.
That matches the planning loop: identify what broke in the match, then choose drills and scoring that attack those root problems.
For serving, stack challenging serving games — for example a serve competition and a serving rotation game so pressure stays high.
For transition, add a dig-to-hit style drill (even if it is not already in your library), run it long enough to get real reps — about 15 minutes with a small group can be enough to start — then a transition game that keeps the same theme live.
A complete session in this example looks like: warm-up games; two serving-focus drills; a transition dig-to-hit drill and a transition game; a scrimmage that rewards transition kills and service aces; then cool-down.
Scoring the scrimmage for transition kills and aces is the same Phase 3 idea — gameplay that chases what you just trained, not a generic 25.
On the court, run drills with clear timing (for example two-minute switches) and add notes while you coach so nothing important disappears at the end of practice.
Afterward, summarize the drills, note what still needs work (serving again next practice), and what went well (overall energy). Copy that summary and share it with the team so the next session continues the loop instead of starting from zero.