Volleyball Lesson Plans

Sixth graders bump a volleyball between the students in their small group as they spell their weekly vocabulary words. They check off the words on their vocabulary list as they are able to both spell the word correctly and keep the ball in action. They participate and spell for their evaluation.

A combination of Tennis and Volleyball, this activity will help with court positioning and the volley shot in tennis. They practice volleying the ball and working together in teams.

Students get an opportunity to show control of force and accuracy using a volleyball bump.

Students take an active role for their own exploration. They are given the tools that enable them to find information about a specific topic on their own. Students choose from the different units that they have studied at the time: football, soccer, volleyball, gymnastics, bowling, basketball, hockey, tennis, lacrosse, etc.

Students practice calling out irregular verbs to each other as if they were passing a ball over an invisible net. They follow a set of instructions and rules for playing this irregular verb volleyball game within the classroom and with their classmates.

Fifth graders bump and set the ball into a target, as well as volley each other for a certain amount of times. They play games to test their accuracy and to see how many times they can bump or set back and forth to each other. Students are reminded to do nothing unitl the teacher says go.

Tenth graders investigate measurement in a problem solving context.  In this geometry lesson, 10th graders explore a problem in which they are challenged to determine the number of volleyballs that will fill a room.

Seventh graders identify and define potential and kinetic energy, as well as discuss the meanings of each and talk about various examples for each. Then they go outside or to the gym to put their new knowledge into action. Students discuss the forms of bumping and serving a volleyball and then, demonstrate both forms of energy through holding the ball (potential energy) and serving and bumping the ball (kinetic energy).

Students follow a series of instructions so that they can successfully perform a two handed overhead pass in volleyball.

Students practice playing a net sport similiar to volleyball. They work together to score more points than the other team. They make suggestions about who to change the game as well.