DefenseFoundational skill work
Three-Player Back Court
Three defenders cover the entire back court and have to move as one unit.
Quick look
12 minutes 4–12 playersIntermediate
Family: Reading and defense Choose up to three drills, then let the builder complete and time your practice.
What players are learning
Learn to move as a connected unit in the back court.
Set it up
- Three defenders cover the whole back court.
- The coach hits from a box.
Run the drill
- The coach hits to gaps, corners, and seams.
- Defenders communicate and shift together.
- Run 20 attacks. Any ball landing untouched costs a point.
What to say
- When one shifts, everybody shifts.
- Talk on every ball.
- Cover the seams first.
How to score it
20 attacks, count balls dug to a target. Any ball landing untouched costs a point.
Make it harder
- Reduce to two defenders covering the same space.