Team Goals for Volleyball (That Make Your Team Stand Out)

Setting realistic goals for your volleyball team is the beginning of the glory. It is a step that will help your team reach unparalleled heights of success in the time to come.

Team goals not only provide direction but also foster unity and motivation. They are the compass that guides your team to success. 

Team Goals for Volleyball to Make Your Team Different

Let’s see what type of volleyball goals you can set and what steps you need to achieve these goals.

Develop your Signature Volleyball Strategy

Make a volleyball strategy that is not so common on the field. It will surprise the opposition while helping you make a mark in the game.

Innovation in volleyball strategies often comes from creatively using the rules and the unique skills of your players to your advantage. Here are a few innovative strategies that you might consider:

Some of the innovative strategies that you can use are:

The Stack or Bunch Formation

In this strategy, your players start in a tight formation (or “stack”) and then quickly spread out as the serve is made. This can confuse the opposing team and create mismatches in the defense.

The Jump Float Serve

This is a serve where the player jumps and hits the ball with a “floating” motion, causing the ball to move unpredictably in the air. This can be very difficult for the opposing team to receive.

The Quick Dump

This is a play where the setter, instead of setting the ball for an attacker, quickly “dumps” the ball over the net into an unguarded area of the court. This can catch the opposing team off guard and score easy points.

These are just some of the strategies that your team can follow. Always remember that you can make your own signature strategy with which you can surprise the opposition at any given time.

Having a Winning Spree to go Unbeaten in a Tournament

Make a goal for your volleyball team that you should go unbeaten in a specific tournament. You can start with a small tournament and scale up your goals towards bigger tournaments as your team progresses.

Going unbeaten in a volleyball tournament makes your team a real champion. Other teams will know that beating your team is a real deal which can even make them panic once they face you.

Hang out with Fans

Fans are the backbone of any volleyball team. That is why it should be a major goal of any team to hang out with their fans at some point in time.

Going on a fan day out comes with various advantages. Your fans would get to know that your team respects them.

And when this is the case, your team will see a major surge in your popularity as more and more fans come and join your team in subsequent tournaments.

Improving Teamwork With Better Communication

Think of your team as a well-oiled machine. Every part must work in harmony for the machine to function effectively. Effective communication and cooperation are the oil that keeps this machine running smoothly.

It’s like a game of ‘telephone,’ where a message must be passed along without distortion. If there is a fault in communication, then you will see that your team may even cease to exist in the long run.

I have seen multiple teams getting disoriented this way. They fail to communicate with each other, and things pile up to the extent that the team does not stick together anymore.

To avoid this, focus on improving teamwork. At the end of the day, you need a functional team to apply your team goals on.

Increase the Overall Fitness Level of the Team

Set a minimum fitness level for your team that every player must follow. If they don’t, they don’t qualify for the game. Having a fitness threshold is critically important for your team.

Endurance, strength, and flexibility are the holy trinity of volleyball fitness. They’re the three essentials of the game that cannot be ignored in any case.

And a fitness threshold also keeps your team motivated all the time. Players can hit the gym together to work on the common fitness goal that is now an essential prerequisite to staying on the court.

Team Bonding Activities that Make Volleyball Fun

Plan some fun activities outside the court. It could be a movie night, a beach day, a casual hang around playing fun volleyball games for practice, or even a food cheat day. I can’t emphasize these activities enough.

These activities are the binding force of any volleyball team. They keep you safe from any potential burnout that you may face on the court.

Unfortunately, I have seen many volleyball newbies not doing any fun activities with their teammates just because they think it’s a waste of time. However, in reality, these activities keep you motivated for the game and are the true performance booster.

Make a Signature Celebration Style for the Team

Have a signature celebration style for the season that the whole team follows when you score any point or win any match.

If the style gets acknowledged by other people, you can even make it your permanent style of the team and celebrate your small victories that way in every season to come.

Remove Any Potential Vulnerability From Your Team

Every team has at least one problem that they want to correct. In my team, where I played for more than five years, it was the serve for quite a while.

Most of us are sucked at making good serves. While we tried to get away with it in the beginning, things did not look promising in the long run.

So we decided to fix it once and for all. We had extensive practice sessions, not to mention that we did not hesitate to jump on beginner volleyball drills even. Eventually, we became exceptional servers that teams used to practice avoiding aces when they had to play against us.

The goal is to remove any vulnerability from your team that your opposition could exploit. If you do this, then your volleyball team embarks on the journey of greatness.

Enhance the Mental Toughness of the Whole Team

Mental toughness is like the armor that protects a warrior in battle. For a volleyball player, this battle is in their court. 

Get yourself involved in the mental strength and conditioning program with all the teammates so that you are ready to perform at a time when it is needed the most.

When your team has good mental capabilities, you get ready for big tournaments.

In any competitive tournament where you are going in a neck-to-neck competition with another team, your skill set becomes secondary. It is where your mental toughness kicks in and brings your team home.

Set Personal Goals That Make Your Team Even Better

All the players of the team sit together to make goals for everyone else on the team.

Now all the players compete within the team to reach the goals that their teammates have set for them.

The first player to complete all of their goals wins the competition. This is an amazing strategy since your personal goals become team goals, and everyone is in pursuit of making you a better player, which is a positive thing for the whole team.

Emphasize Pre-Match and Post-Match Rituals

Rituals before and after matches can contribute significantly to team cohesion and motivation. Pre-match rituals may involve team huddles, specific warm-up routines, or motivational speeches. These rituals help to focus the team, prepare players mentally for the game, and strengthen the team spirit. 

Post-match rituals, on the other hand, might include cool-down exercises, team meetings to debrief the game, or simple team bonding activities.

These rituals are crucial for processing the outcome of the game, whether it’s a win or a loss. They help players reflect on their performance, learn from mistakes, and appreciate their achievements, which fosters a positive and growth-oriented team environment.

Hold Regular Team Evaluation and Feedback Sessions

Regular evaluations and feedback sessions can be instrumental in a team’s progress and development. These sessions involve a comprehensive review of the team’s performance in previous matches, with an emphasis on identifying strengths and areas for improvement.

Individual player performance should also be evaluated, with constructive feedback provided to help each player improve.

Feedback should be specific, actionable, and delivered in a supportive manner. Regular evaluation and feedback sessions foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement within the team, which is essential for long-term success.

Focusing on specific skill sets that Are Needed For Every Team Member

Here are some specific skills that each member of the volleyball team can focus on in general to make the team even better:

• Increase the average number of kills per match
• Improve serving accuracy of the whole team
• Enhance average vertical jump
• Increase Blocking Efficiency
• Establish and Maintain a High Passing Accuracy
• Improve Transition Speed
• Develop Consistent Rotation Strategies
• Increase Team’s Digging Ability

Final Words

While you focus on team goals for your volleyball teams, its important on focusing on individual goals as well.

At the end of the day, the team is as good as the players present in it. That is why focusing on short term and long term volleyball goals is as important as prioritizing team goals.