5. HOW TO GET TO YOUR CORRECT POSITION (Part I) - serving
Basically, you need to start in your rotation, and as soon as the ball is served, rush to where you should be.
Start as close as possible to where you are going to end up (under constraints of rotation) - you will be ready to play the receive earlier, and you will be less knackered at the end of the match.
Below represents where and when you should be moving for different rotations.
Rotations 1 and 4
1. Outside Player Serving
- outside player serves.
- the back-court setter needs to be to the left of the middle player
to keep in rotation.
- everyone else is already in their correct positions
- after serving the server and the back-court setter will move to their
correct positions,
2. After Service
Rotations 2 and 5
1. Setter is serving
- setter is serving.
- after serving he just needs to go forward to be in the right position.
- the back-outside player needs to move to the left.
- the front court players bunch together to do less work!
- the setter will run behind the 2 other front-court players.
2. After Service
Rotations 3 and 6
1. Middle player is serving
- middle player is serving.
- back-outside does not need to move.
- front-court outside needs to run behind other 2 front-court players
to reach his position.
2. After Service