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Walk the Rotation

A whiteboard-and-court walk-through of all six rotations and the overlap rules.

Quick look

10 minutes 614 playersNew to the game · Beginner

Choose up to three drills, then let the builder complete and time your practice.

What players are learning

Learn the overlap rules and your starting spot in every rotation.

01

Set it up

  1. Full team on court.
  2. A whiteboard nearby.
02

Run the drill

  1. Start in rotation one and set the legal starting positions.
  2. Walk through where each player goes after the serve.
  3. Rotate and repeat for all six.
03

What to say

  • Legal at contact, then go anywhere.
  • Know who you overlap with.
  • Say your spot out loud.
04

How to score it

Quiz them. "Rotation 3, you're right back, where do you start?"

05

Make it harder

  1. Coach calls a random rotation number and the team has to get there in ten seconds.