Switching Tutorial

VOLLEYBALL TAUNTON.

Switching Tutorial

Switching Tutorial

Introduction

Normal Positions

Receiving an Attack

Attacking

Serving

Receiving Service

You can also see a "flat" version of this tutorial which you can print.

3. RECEIVING AN ATTACK

We shall start with where you should be with different attacks to show why switching makes sense:

Blue represents front court, red back court
'S' are the setters
'M' middle players
'O' outside players

	Attack from left	2 man block. front court setter moves back for cross-court hit. back court setter and middle player form a line, and will take most of what comes through or over the block. the outside player is around the attack line to take the tip or the ball off the block (This is a mirror image of attack from the right)
Initial 'resting' position	Attack from middle	ideally a 3-man block with back court covering. in practice, often a one or 2 man block with the front court players dropping back to cover the tips/rebounds off the block.
	Attack from right	2 man block. front outside moves back for cross-court hit. back court outside and middle players form a line, and will take most of what comes through or over the block. the back-setter is around the attack line to take the tip or the ball off the block (This is a mirror image of attack from the left)