![]() Setters go through MANY repetitions to be able to give the ball to the hitter in the exact spot they expect it. It also means Stivrins or Callie Schwarzenbach are open for a kill! Give em the ball!! The setter needs to be able to see this and then of course be able to execute this. That means Jazz Sweet, Lexi Sun or Madi Kubik is having a good match and the middles are worried about them getting kills. Why does it matter? If the opposing middle blocker is leaving early, they are worried about getting to their blocking position for an outside hitter. This drill improves her vision of the whole court and in a match make it more likely she sees when the opposing middle blocker leaves early. As the ball is passed, a person on the other side of the net holds up a number on their hand, the setter needs to see the number while also watching the passer and making the set from the pass. Consider this common drill in practice: Ball is served, setter is facing her passers with her back almost parallel to the net. Collegiate setters will drill and practice to know when a block moves. Not only does she know where the blockers are but she watches them in her peripheral vision to know if they are moving. A setter always knows where the blockers are for the other team. A shorter blocker in front of Lexi Sun allows her to hit over or more easily off of the hands of that shorter blocker. A slower middle on the other team gives Lauren Stivrins an advantage especially when she runs a fast slide behind the setter. Knowing where the good, and not so good, blockers are for the other team allows the setter to choose the best match up for her hitter. Her experience in games and practice includes a knowledge of who is in the front row for the other team, and also where they are blocking. A good head coach knows this and entrusts his setters to make in game decision. This experience leads to winning offensive choices. A setter’s experience gives her a good sense of what blockers are doing and what their own hitters are ready to do. I expect Nicklin Hames is making a large amount of the on the court decisions about what sets she calls as well as which ones she sets. However, in my experience, the setter gets a good amount of say in what she is calling in-game, this is especially true for the experienced setters. ![]() Same idea here with the setter during a long rally.Īfter scouting and watching film, most of the time a coach and setter have worked out prior to the game or during a time out what sets to make in each rotation. During a hurry up scenario, say, a two-minute drill, after a few scripted plays it may be the wide receiver or tight end who says, “I’m open down the seam”, or whatever. Side note: If the rally goes on for multiple times across the net, these roles can switch as it becomes the hitters who are then normally calling out, or making audible calls of what set they want. Each hitter gets a hand signal to tell them what set she will give them off the first pass. She will hide them from the other team with her shirt as she makes signals to each hitter. Here’s a tip: Watch the setter’s hands when her team is about to receive serve. The setter also calls the plays for the team, something she’ll do prior to the serve. This follows nicely with the quarterback comparison who receives the snap (second contact), then chooses which offensive player to throw or hand off to, based on what the defense is doing. The setter, in volleyball, touches the ball on every play (the second contact) and chooses which of the offensive options she will set. ![]() When I start to teach anyone about volleyball and we get to the setter position, I normally start with a quarterback analogy. We’ll discuss how they approach the match, what they practice and their role on the court. ![]() I’ll write about setters, middles, left side hitters, right side hitters, liberos and coaches. This is a series about volleyball written from the different perspective of each position on the court.
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