What is a great workout to do to get ready for volleyball season?

Question

What are some good drills or things to do to get in shape and get a better vertical for volleyball? Tryouts are in about 5 months. I need to know all that i can to improve so ican make varsity instead of JV this year.

Answer 1

You can to wall jumps where you literally face a wall and jump like you are blocking. try doing this for like two minutes straight it is difficult but will increase your vertical and help you in blocking. You can also do leg lifts. Any kind of excercise that will increase the strength of your calf muscles would be good. Good luck!

Answer 2

It's great that your running and lifting weights! Try doing high knees or butt kicks while you run, and do one-leg lunges. Work your core with planks, crunches, and sit ups. Lay on a mat, put your hands behind your head, and lift up your legs a little to work lower abs. Jumprope is also a great way to get in shape, because not only does it help cardio-wise, but you get some jumping in too. In volleyball, you use your legs a lot, so try to strengthen then with squats and lunges. One of the best things you can do is to do a jumping routine. Stand on a box and jump down then jump as high as you can when you land. There are many other jumping excercises you can do too. If you have a powerful jump, it will make you a better player.

Answer 3

The most thing that i would say would probably run A LOT. and practice hitting the ball over something. also, work on your abs. That is the main thing you use. Also do sprints, wall jumps, push ups, and if you have a basketball goal then try rim jumps. Set the goal as high as it goes and jump touch the rim and keep doing them for as long as you can. This will help your legs get stronger and your jumps get higher. you need to be able to jump very high so, maybe jumping on a trampoline might help. i play volleyball, and it helps a lot!!

Answer 4

I am in training right now for a college scholarship which are hard to come by around here because volleyball isn't that popular. I don't feel like sitting here for a couple hours and typing out my routine so I'll take you back to the website that I adapted my own routine from before the college sent me theirs:
http://volleyball.about.com/cs/exercises/a/workout_2.htm
Just go through each day of Hammon's workout and adapt it to whatever your own needs are.
Oh and remember too much long distance running can actually hurt your vert.

Answer 5

Do a lot of cardio.Like sprints or something because if u are a spiker u get tired easy of jumping.Workout ur legs try do do weights.Doing squats will help u jump higher.and of course hit the ball to a wall a lot until u get it completly mastered

Answer 6

Work on your abs. That is the main thing you use. Also do sprints, wall jumps, push ups, and if you have a basketball goal then try rim jumps. Set the goal as high as it goes and jump toach the rim and keep doing them for as long as you can. This will help your legs get stronger and your jumps get higher

Answer 7

What works for me is a lot of upper body work: lifting weights, push ups, etc. Also do exercises like sit ups too to keep your abs strong. Good Luck. Hope you make Varsity!! =)

Answer 8

well i like to run for 10 min every day and do 15 push ups it builds stamina and upper body strenghth that is what i do and i have made the team 3 years in a row

Answer 9

You could do Cardio practice your setting with a basketball for strength in your fingers that's what we did. You also could lift weights for arm strength. There are tons of things you can do but I just can't think of them right now.

Answer 10

Our school conditioning did a whole bunch of sprints/suicides. We did block jumps too. I did a whole bunch of crunches, push ups, squats and wall sits.