What Is Setting In Volleyball? Skills and Drills I Teach My Players

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What Is Setting In Volleyball? Skills and Drills I Teach My Players

Discover what setting in volleyball involves, from proper technique to effective training drills. I'll teach you the skills I use to develop winning setters.

What is setting in volleyball? A set is an overhand contact of the ball, usually the second contact in a rally, made after a pass in serve receive or after a dig in defense to redirect the ball to a hitter in the front row or back row by a setter to run the team's offense.(photo by Shots by Shanty)

What is setting in volleyball?

A set is an overhand contact of the ball, usually the second contact in a rally, made after a pass in serve receive or after a dig in defense to redirect the ball to a hitter in the front row or back row by a setter to run the team's offense.

Wall passing and setting drills volleyball players do in my trainings can be done daily at home with a goal of at least 250 - 500 reps of various drills to keep your passing or setting technique, angled platform work, ball contacting skills and control of the ball.....extremely sharp!

Most of you know what is setting in volleyball if you've gotten to this page.

Here are some volleyball drills for you that you can do at home or in practice with a friend or teammate you are working out with at home or on their own or even during an open gym at your school.

Watch as Kenny and Jaylen work on controlling the ball to a consistent spot on the wall and then control the ball to themselves, then finally they control the ball to each other...repeatedly.

Pick a brick, a specific spot on the wall or mark a big X in chalk on a wall or use a basketball net or backboard ...no matter what... anybody walking by.... should be able to see exactly where the spot is that you are aiming for EVERY...single....time .⁠

Do 3 to 5 sets of 100... five feet from the wall ....then side step two feet and repeat. Then step back and repeat.⁠Complete 300 to 500 passing repetitions ⁠

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Jaylen and Kenny did that…

What Is Setting In Volleyball? When you do setting volleyball drills at home by yourself or in practice with your teammates, try to get in the habit of setting mini goals for yourself to reach in order to complete each drill.

My tips on How to do wall passing drills...

Volleyball wall passing and wall setting drills can be done daily at home with a goal of at least 250 - 500 reps of various drills to keep your

passing or setting technique,
angled platform work,
ball contacting skills and
control of the ball.....extremely sharp!

Pick a brick, a specific spot on the wall or mark a big X in chalk on a wall or use a basketball net or backboard ...no matter what you decide to use as your target... anybody walking by.... should be able to see exactly where the spot is that you are aiming for EVERY...single....time .⁠

Do 3 to 5 sets of 100... five feet from the wall ....then side step two feet and repeat. Then step back and repeat.⁠

Complete 300 to 500 passing repetitions

When you do setting volleyball drills at home by yourself or in practice with your teammates, try to get in the habit of setting mini goals for yourself to reach in order to complete each drill.

This is how you can discipline yourself to perform the drills correctly, but you will create your own pressure, the same that happens in a game when you absolutely have to do the skill right.

Ready to turn that disciplined mindset into action?

Before we dive into these setting drills, make sure you understand proper setting technique (which I break down step-by-step in my article 'Setter in Volleyball: Building Your Foundation From the Ground Up').

What Is Setting In Volleyball:
Essential Drill #1 - Dig and Control

What is setting in volleyball for the advanced players looking for drills to do to improve this skill. When you set the ball with one hand then have to raise your elbow and have to hit the ball with the same hand you're working on getting your hand to the ball quickly while reaching high and controlling the ball. Georgetown univ hitter Giselle works on her quick armswing.

Before we get into a high intensity pepper drill I like to do a series of setting warmup drills that focus on ball control and body control.

Since my coaching philosophy is about all my players being good at doing all six basic skills well, I like for all my players to review setting "sets" and be able to get reps in our warmup volleyball drills setting high balls, huts, Gos, side sets, back sets and be able to jump set all of these options.

When you go to the "next level" you need to be able to do everything so this is how we prepare to do "everything."

A key part of what is setting in volleyball involves developing control with each hand independently.

This next drill isolates one-handed setting technique, helping you understand why hand control is so crucial for accurate sets.

What Is Setting In Volleyball:
Essential Drill #2 - One-Hand Setting

This is an advanced warmup setting volleyball drill where you dig a down ball with one hand and set immediately yourself a two ball then hit a controlled ball to your partner who digs it right back.

If you can't dig it with one hand you can dig it the classic way to yourself then set the two ball before hitting it.

When learning what is setting in volleyball, many players don't realize how important jump setting becomes.

Now that you've developed ground-based control, we'll elevate your game - literally - with jump setting drills starting with basic huts.

What Is Setting In Volleyball: Essential Drill #3 - Jump Setting Basics

This is one of the first we do in our series as we go from simple to more complex.

After setting high balls we go to huts and after standing huts we add a jump set.

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As you can see, understanding what is setting in volleyball involves progressing from basic techniques to more complex skills.

These drills will help you develop the control, accuracy, and confidence you need to become a more effective setter.

Ready to take your setting skills even further? Start by mastering proper body positioning with my detailed guide 'Setter in Volleyball: A Step-by-Step Guide to Proper Technique.'

Then, when you're ready to expand your setting vocabulary and learn about different set calls, check out my article on 'Setting in Volleyball: Essential Skills and Drills I Teach My Players.'

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Many of these volleyball practice drills you can do at home by yourself or try at your next practice with your teammates.

If you're a B team or JV player trying to make varsity next year...your goal should be to complete 1000 reps a day of at least three of the basic skills on your own...volleyball passing, serving and setting should be at the top of the list.

What Is Setting In Volleyball To Improve Ball Control Skills:
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These setting drills for volleyball players are to improve your volleyball setting technique and overhand ball control skills for setters and non setters.
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If you're a beginner looking to improve your setting touch and accuracy, or an advanced player aiming to perfect your side setting skills. this info will help.
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These 5 volleyball warmup drills for setting help improve jump set timing and precision along with back setting accuracy and controlling the ball to the target.
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2 volleyball setter drills for non setters and setters who need to improve their setting hands, setting touch on the ball and setting accuracy to your target.
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These setting volleyball drills will help improve your setting technique and will help make your hands softer by doing these repetitions daily.
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Serving slang is not just about individual techniques; it also relates to overall game strategy. A coach might instruct a player to serve a "short serve" or a "deep serve" to target specific areas of the opponent's court or exploit weaknesses in their serve receive formation.

Ari, my private training client and I are working specifically on serving on jump float cross court serves ...short to Zone 2

There's so much we work on to get to this point where she can contact the ball with

the same toss height and same toss location
the same armswing speed
the same timing for when her serving hand contacts the ball
the middle of the hand contacting the middle of the ball every single time
getting use to watching her serving hand contact the ball at the highest point of her jump ...before she starts to land
and finally contacting the ball in the precise spot on the ball so it goes where the coach wants the player to put it so in this case ..a short serve in the farthest short right corner on the court also called Zone 2.

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