The online volleyball coach board
Set up each rotation, animate the switch from serve-receive to base, and send it to your team with one link. Coach Board is the volleyball coach board that works in the browser.
What is Coach Board for volleyball?
Coach Board is an online volleyball coach board: draw each rotation on a real court, animate serve-receive and the switch to base, and share it with your team as one link.
Open it in a browser on a laptop, tablet or phone. Put your six in their zones, drag out the setter's release and the hitters' approaches, press play, and send the board to the team. Nothing to download.
Rotations are the hardest thing to explain on paper and the easiest thing to understand when you see them move. A rotation sheet shows six dots in six zones; it can't show the setter releasing on the serve, the outside sliding left after contact, or why the middle has to stay in front of the player behind them until the ball is struck. Coach Board is a volleyball coach board that plays those movements back as an animation, so players see the whole switch, not just the starting spots.
Build one board per rotation for your 5-1, 6-2 or 4-2, then duplicate them for serve-receive, base defense and free-ball transition. The court is the 18 by 9 metre court your team plays on, with the net and attack lines marked, and every board lives in one playbook you can organize by team or by opponent.
Coach Board is a web-based volleyball coaching app, so your rotations travel with you: the laptop at home, the tablet on the bench, the phone at the tournament. Share any rotation as a link and players can study it before the next match.
Related: Volleyball rotations explained · The 5-1 rotation · Volleyball drills
Made for volleyball coaches
Animate every rotation and switch
Show where each player starts at the serve, where the setter releases to, and where everyone ends up in base. Loop it until the overlap rule stops costing you points.
Serve-receive, defense and plays in one playbook
Keep serve-receive patterns, base and perimeter defense, and quick-attack combinations on separate boards, organized by rotation, team or opponent.
Drills on the same court
Draw the butterfly drill, pepper or a serving game with the same tool, so practice plans and match plans live side by side for your assistants.
One link for the whole team
Share a rotation as a link that opens on any phone, animation included. Export images for the bench rotation sheet or video clips for the team chat.
Volleyball drills & tactics
Browse the volleyball drills library →5-1 Rotation
Give every player a legal serve-receive spot in all six rotations, get the setter to the target (right of centre, about 1 m off the net) on every pass, and land attackers in their hitting lanes after contact.
View tactic →6-2 Rotation
Keep three front-row attack options in all six rotations while the back-row setter reaches the target on every pass, and run the setter-for-opposite substitutions without losing a rotation to a lineup error.
View tactic →4-2 Rotation
Give newer players a simple, legal serve-receive that puts a setter at the net in every rotation, and build consistent pass-set-hit sequences to two attackers before moving to a 6-2 or 5-1.
View tactic →Beginner Volleyball Practice Plan
Build a platform pass, a basic overhead set, a legal underhand or overhand serve and a three-step approach, then link them in a rally game that rewards three contacts.
View training session →Butterfly Drill
Build serve-receive passing to a target under realistic serving, while training accurate serving and keeping a large group active with minimal standing time.
View drill →Volleyball Passing Drill
Develop a stable forearm platform, teach passers to angle the ball to the setter's spot from any part of the back court, and measure serve-receive quality with a simple pass rating.
View drill →Frequently asked questions
Is Coach Board a volleyball rotation app?
Yes. Coach Board is an online volleyball rotation app and coach board. Place your six players in their zones for each rotation, animate the release to serve-receive and base, and save every rotation to your playbook. Try it free for 14 days at my.coachboard.app, no card required.
Can I use it for a 5-1, 6-2 or 4-2?
Yes. You set the players yourself, so any system works: build six boards for a 5-1, adjust them for a 6-2 with two setters, or keep a 4-2 for a younger team. The library has a zone-by-zone guide to each system.
Can I make a volleyball rotation sheet with it?
Yes. Draw each rotation on the court, export the boards as images for a printed rotation sheet on the bench, and share the animated versions as links so players learn the movement and not just the starting spots.
How do my players get the rotations?
Share any board as a link. It opens in the browser on any phone, animation included, so players can review serve-receive before practice or between matches at a tournament. You can also export images and video clips.
Is Coach Board a volleyball coaching app?
Yes. Coach Board is a web-based volleyball coaching app, so there's nothing to download or install. Open it in any browser on a laptop, tablet or phone to draw rotations, animate them and share your playbook with the team.
How much does Coach Board cost?
Start with a 14-day free trial at my.coachboard.app, no card required. The Coach plan is $9/month, or $90/year, and includes unlimited boards, animation, share links, and image and video export for volleyball and every other sport you coach.
Coach smarter volleyball.
Plan sessions, animate plays, and share them with your team in a click — on any device, no install required.