Is your setter consistently setting to tight or way off the net?
There may be more to it than “squaring-up.” Not that squaring-up doesn’t have a very important place in setting (and in volleyball, generally speaking).
But, for this post’s sake…
Take a look at her feet. If all of her sets are tight, tell her to try to step forward more with her right foot. And the opposite is true. If all of her sets are too far off the net, she may be stepping too far forward with her right foot.
Here’s an example of how we like to work our passers out individually.
- Start out with standard platform passing
- Once she’s feeling good about her rhythm, move on to some basic digging technique. Step back, hop forward.
- Then, throw in some serve/receive with a ball cart as the target (this is tough!)
- Practice perfecting the float serve
- Get moving with some “active passing” (see our active passing video)
- Work on playing some defense with a hitter on a box, smashing balls angle
There you have it… enjoy!
This volleyball drill can be described as a cooperative skinny court drill or 4-man pepper with a net. It’s a very good drill for ball control. Each dig, each set, each hit must be carefully executed to keep the ball in play.
1. Split the court (lengthwise)
2. 2 players on each side. One is at the net (setter) and the other is a few feet behind the 10-ft line (passer/hitter).
3. The 4 players work together (similar to pepper but with 4 players instead of 2) to keep it going.
4. Dig-set-hit; Dig-set-hit.
Clean. Simple. Fun.
Try it with your team and let us know if you have any suggestions for variations!
