Volleyball Team construction Exercises

"Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships." --Michael Jordan

Teamwork comes from having a cohesive team, and in any team sport, getting along with those on your team is essential. On my club team yesterday, we had an entire practice dedicated to team-building.

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The first operation complicated the team sitting colse to in a circle. There was a small bowl of M&M's in the center, and everybody took as many as they concept they "needed." When each teammate had their candies in hand, for as many M&M's they had, they said something about themselves not linked to the sport.

Volleyball Team construction Exercises

For example, one of my teammates said that she loved butterflies and that her room was coated with posters and paintings of them. Another teammate said that she and her grandmother were born exactly 50 years apart.

The second operation complicated each member getting a blank paper volleyball. In the middle panel, you write your name. On the top panel, you write what you as an personel can bring to the team. On the lowest panel, you write what your role on the team will be.

For example, on the top of my ball, I wrote loyalty and integrity, because I will be loyal to my team and I will hold to my word. On the lowest panel, I wrote down intensity, because I am always in the game and I play to win. Once everybody had written down everything, everybody presented their ball to the team and then taped it onto a poster with the team name on it.

The third operation was writing down some key things that made a good team on the poster. Our team had determination, pride, and passion.

Lastly, on the back of the poster, the teams wrote down some things that would certainly not be tolerated. Our team had tardiness, disrespect, and cliques.

The poster then serves as a metaphor for success. In order to have a successful season, any given team must do all that there is on the front and let the things on the back stay out of the way.

Another way to build a team is to have a sharp task you all must complete. It can be as straightforward as learning the names of all the brothers, sisters, pets, etc of all your teammates. It can be a group scheme where you have to create the highest building out of spaghetti noodles. It can be that all members of the team have their arms and ankles tied together and they have to walk over the football field.

I'm not saying that without teamwork you won't win games. Many decent teams have very exiguous teamwork. But the great teams have all things from talent to teamwork.

And remember, hard work beats talent when talent fails to work hard.

Volleyball Team construction Exercises