Setting · Advanced
Set and Look
This drill focuses on developing the skill of the setter to turn, look and call the open court after setting up their partner. It also is a valuable motor patter to make automatic as it will prepare the setter for picking up a ball that may come back over off the block.
How to run it
- 1
In this drill the coach or athlete throws a ball to the pair on the other side of the net. The thrown ball can make easy or hard depending on the level of the athletes. Just after the ball is set up for the attack, the individual who threw the ball moves to one side or the other. (left or right) After the setter sets the ball, they get low and turn and look at the defender and make a call of line or angle depending on where the open space is.
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Coach emphasis: If the ball is close to the net (and the block) don't
Why we run it
This drill focuses on developing the skill of the setter to turn, look and call the open court after setting up their partner. It also is a valuable motor patter to make automatic as it will prepare the setter for picking up a ball that may come back over off the block.
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