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Overhead Volume

Ball machineNTRP 3.0–4.010 minvolleyfootwork

Why this drill

Confidence overhead is purely a function of repetitions, and matches provide about three per set. The machine provides sixty in ten minutes — a season of overheads in one basket.

Setup

Machine lofting lobs to the service-box area. Start at the net, cones deep in both corners.

The drill

Sixty overheads in sets of ten: first set from a standstill, balls smashed after the bounce; then progressively — out of the air, deeper lobs, alternating corner targets, and finally starting each rep touching the net before skipping back. Count corner-zone hits in the last three sets.

One thought to take on court

Point your off hand at the ball and hit up through it — an overhead is a serve you've already tossed.