The Two vs. Six drill
Steve Aird Cincinnati University
For Active.com
The Two vs. Six drill is designed to get players reps against a full defense. It also offers practice for a full defense to prepare against multiple attackers.
The team can serve the two attackers or a coach can enter balls to control the difficulty. The two attackers have to communicate with the setter; they can run set patterns or be creative and audible to keep the defense guessing.
We typically rotate the teams of two to provide different looks to the defense and get everyone an opportunity to be creative offensively. Players generally enjoy this drill and if they value the opportunity to compete, you can see big strides in defense and offense
Keys to the drill:
- Two players split the court with a setter at the net whose sole responsibility is to set balls
- A full defense is on the other side ready to defend
- Coach enters a free ball to the two players who pass and attack
- Team of two needs five kills to get out of the drill
- Team of six needs to keep that team of two in the drill as long as possible
- Team of 6 needs to block balls, dig balls and control the ball