Volleyball Setting Fundamentals You Should Know About As A Setter

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Set A Volleyball Setter Basics: A Beginner Guide To Perfect Setting

Players learn how to set a volleyball which begins with quick feet moving you to line your body under the ball and your ball shaped hands over your forehead

The Setter Volleyball Position
Five Traits Good Setters Always Have 

The player in the setter volleyball position gets to every second ball in a rally to set that ball to a hitter who attacks it for a point or sideout.  

Volleyball Setter Position: Who Runs The Offense and Leads The Team?

Like quarterbacks in football, the volleyball setter position requires the setter to run the offense by deciding the volleyball plays her offense will run.

Setter Volleyball Player Roles, Rules and Responsibilities Explained

The setter in volleyball calls the volleyball plays and leads the offense like quarterbacks do in football and like point guards do in basketball.

The Setting Ball Control Volleyball Drill We Do With Seven Players

Discover the variations of this ball control volleyball drill that we do in Volleyball Voice Boot Camp classes and learn why we do them. 

Essential Volleyball Setting Drills Taught By 5 Pro Setter Specialists

Five volleyball celebrities Alisha Glass, Kele Eveland, Christy Johnson Lynch, Lauren Carlini and Chris P. Austin explain their favorite setting drills.  

Being A Left Handed Volleyball Setter in the Front Row Has Advantages

Learn A Few of The Advantages of Being a Lefty Setter in the Front Row

Volleyball Back Row Attack: An Offensive Strategy For Setters To Use 

These volleyball back row attack rules explain what can happen when your setter decides to set one of her back row hitters during a rally. 

Why Does A Setters Volleyball Set Vary In Speed And Height In A Game?

Learn the reasons why a setters volleyball sets differ in speed and height during a game which will depend on the offense the coach will have the team run.  

Volleyball Offensive Plays: Set Combinations Setters Use in Offense

Learn the offensive volleyball plays and strategies the setters call so her hitters know what to hit, when and how. 

Volleyball Setting Terms Explained For Setters Who Run Offensive Plays

Different types of sets have different names and both setters and hitters have to know these volleyball setting terms so they can run their offensive plays. 

Volleyball Vocabulary 5 Words Players Use To Call Slow Offense Plays 

This volleyball vocabulary describes a selection of slower volleyball sets that players first learn so that they know how to run their team's basic offense.

Volleyball Words 
5 Setting Terms Setters Use For Fast Offensive Plays

These 5 volleyball words are setting terms describing how a setter delivers quick balls to hitters varying height and speed to create a faster team offense. 

Offensive Volleyball Tactics: Strategies and Plays That Setters Run 

Offensive volleyball tactics, volleyball plays and volleyball offenses that setters run. From easy to complex, learn the strategies setters use to run the team. 

A Volleyball Setters Training Checklist On How To Set A Volleyball

Be the volleyball setter who can consistently set the ball to your hitters.

Four Ways To Improve Your Volleyball Setter Training, A Setter Tutorial

Learn How To Set A Volleyball Better With This Step-by-Step Training Review of Each Body Part

A Setter Volleyball Checklist With Tips To Improve How To Set A Ball

Learn how to improve your setter volleyball technique with these tips that breakdown what to do with each body part. 

The Volleyball Setter Position; Setting the Three Set aka The 31

The volleyball setter runs the offense and her position is one of leadership and responsibility.

The setter leads their team's attack on their opponents, relays tactical information from the coach to her teammates and is the spark plug with the ability to see the big picture when it comes to directing her team's offense.

When a team is on serve receive, the setter is responsible for running the offense, which requires him or her to inform each of their possible hitters what set they are going to give them.

Volleyball Setting Drills: Seven Person Setting Drill

Here's what it looks like as a seven person setting drill.

During your practice warmups after you do the traditional setting back and forth, try combining a group of two players with a group of three players for some cross court setting reps.

In the group of three, after the setter sets, they shuffle step to join the group of two on their right.

The player on the far side doesn't move until they're told to or tagged by the person who just joined the group.

Working on:

* Proper technique while setting under pressure.

Everyone works together as a group of seven because everyone needs to work together to control their ball making sure it travels back and forth in a straight line while still performing the assigned two sets, in this case a two to yourself and a four to their partner.

Volleyball Setting Drills: Set A Two To Yourself And A Go To Your Partner

One player is on the ten foot line facing their partner on the end line.

They begin overhand setting the ball until I call out the  "set" they are to perform.

The first call is - a "4" set.

The "4" is the high ball set #setters set to the left front player. Both players set the "4" back and forth until I make the next call. 

Things I'm looking for:

The "4" is a high ball 8 - 10 feet in the air that has a peak at the height of its flight - like an "A" which should happen midway between the two players.

This set, shaped like an "A", when done correctly should drop right on the head of the partner. .

Everyone including middles should set a "4".

Check my article “Volleyball Practice Drills For Setters and Non-Setters” for more variations of this drill.

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