VOLLEYBALL TAUNTON.
Switching Tutorial UK
Key
Outside front
Middle front
Setter front
Outside back
Middle back
Setter back

3. RECEIVING AN ATTACK

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