Contents
The five-block outline
The generator always composes the same frame, then splits the minutes by the chosen duration (45, 60, 75 or 90 min):
| Block | Role | Where the drill comes from |
|---|---|---|
| Warm-up | Wake up the forearm platform, the footwork and the shoulder, with no high-intensity jumping | The physique and reception themes, never a « high intensity » drill |
| Block 1 & Block 2 | The technical heart of the session, by the chosen focus | The focus themes (see below) |
| Game | The opposition: team play, rotations, or a small-sided game (mini-volley) | Team play & rotations, or mini-volley — no focus draws this block, so it never runs dry |
| Cool-down | Adapt to the group (stretching, review) | Free, no imposed drill |
The warm-up floor is guaranteed: every band has at least one non-intensive warm-up drill, so the block always fills. A drill appears only once per session.
The generator and the five foci
You choose a focus, and the two main blocks draw from its themes. The five foci are exactly the app's configuration (they pair what a coach pairs in a session):
- Reception & setting — ball control (the forearm pass + the overhead set), the foundation.
- Serve & reception — the pair that opens the rally (the serve and the serve-receive it calls).
- Attack & setting — the setter-hitter connection.
- Block & defence — the block and floor defense, read together.
- Physical — volleyball's own conditioning.
The same outline lives in the app, on the session: set the age band, the duration and the focus, Paak composes, you edit, you save. It is free; printing the session sheet and club-authored drills beyond 5 are in Paak One.
For the young: play first
The OFSPO/J+S mini-volley pedagogy starts and ends with the game: « play the ball high to yourself, then to your partner, then over the net ». Catching is an allowed regression before continuous play. For u9, the specialised focus leans on ball control, because at that age volleyball is played small-sided, at a low net.
The format (mini-volley, net height, ball) is written into each drill's coaching points, naming the federation that sets it. See Categories, formats & net.
Frequently asked
How many drills are in the library?
Why does the « game » block never run out?
Can the warm-up hold an intensive drill?
Sources
- OFSPO/BASPO mobilesport, volleyball technique and mini-volley pages (Förster 2016), mobilesport.ch.
- Paak training configuration (training-sport-config.ts, VOLL foci and themes) and volleyball-drills.ts, generated from the app pack.
- Paak volleyball corpus, files 00 (corpus map) and 03 (technique, drills, pedagogy), verified September 2026.