Adjustment Game
Coachability
Legend
- player
- coach / parent
- movement path
How it works
Simulate game-time coaching adjustments and evaluate players' ability to implement new instructions mid-scrimmage.
What you need
- volleyball
- net
- scoreboard
Your focus
Matches often hinge on halftime or timeout adjustments. A team full of coachable players implements changes quickly, giving the coach a real competitive weapon. This drill creates the habit of listening during timeouts and executing immediately after , a habit that must be trained, not assumed.
Run a scrimmage to 10 points.
Call a mid-game timeout. Introduce ONE specific tactical change (e.g., 'All serves go crosscourt' or 'Setter, run a quick set every time the pass is perfect').
Resume play. After the next 5 points, evaluate how consistently the adjustment was executed.
Score 'coachability points': 1 point per player per correct execution of the adjustment.
Debrief: what made it easy or hard to implement the change mid-game?
Helpful cues
- Timeouts are information transfers, silence and listen
- Implementing a change in the next point is the most coachable thing you can do
- Don't revert to old habits just because it's comfortable
Adjust the challenge
Make it easier
Strip it back
Announce the adjustment before the scrimmage starts, not during.
UpLVL it
Add the next challenge
Introduce multiple adjustments at different timeouts; players must remember all of them simultaneously.No account needed
Build a practice plan
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