VOLLEYBALL TAUNTON.
Switching Tutorial UK
Introduction
Normal Positions
Receiving an Attack
Attacking
Serving
Receiving Service
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4. ATTACKING - the penetrating setter

As mentioned earlier, one of the reasons for having set positions is because only front court players can hit front court, so if we can get the back-court setter setting, he will have 3, rather than 2 players to set to. Obviously, if the back court setter receives the first ball, then he cannot dig it to himself, and in these situations you will only have a 2 man attack. If the back-court setter does not receive the first ball, he will be able to move forward to the front court, whilst the 'normal' setter can drop back and be the third attack.

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  • attack from the left
  • standard 2 man block (see later)
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  • in this case the back court outside player receives the ball and sets to the front court
  • the back court setter starts to move to the front-court to where the ball is going to be set to
  • the back court setter starts to move back, out of the way, to act as the third hitter
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  • the setter receives the perfect ball and has an option of 3 front court people to set to.
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  • in this case the setter sets to player behind who hits it.
  • the setter has already started to move back and has turned around to face the action, in case a ball comes off the block.
  • a problem is that it is temporarily thin at the back, and the back court players have to do a fair bit of covering
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  • everyone has returned to where they should be