Double Sided Volleyball

Volleyball Terms For Setting a Volleyball, Improve Your Game Knowledge

Being a volleyball setter really gives you a chance to be involved pretty much with every play. It's a lot of fun but especially for those who don't mind taking on larger loads of responsibility. During a match hitters only have to focus on 'their hitting" but a setter has to be a "big picture" player who can see how the game is developing for all of her spikers not just one. Below you'll find some volleyball terms that describe a few advanced type of sets that you should add to your volleyball setting knowledge.

outside set - The outside set is delivered by the setter to one of the two outside hitters, the left front or right front player. The outside set is like the "outlet pass" in basketball, it's the "go-to" a setter has when she is in trouble or finds herself without any quick set options. If the setter is in defense and digs the first ball and another player has to step in her place to set, this player will nine times out of ten set to the outside to one of the outside hitters.

four set - A four set is pretty much the first type of set a left-side hitter learns to attack. It's a high ball with an arc of anywhere from 12 to 15 feet set outside to the left front hitter where it should come down a foot off the net and just inside of the front of the left antenna.

Because of its height the four set gives the opposing block time to get outside to set up a double block in front of the left side hitter, but the left side attacker also has time to transition off the net to prepare herself to make a good strong approach in order to contact the ball high, hard and around the block. A spiker hitting a four set should make a spike approach that keeps her behind the ball so that she can see the court and where the block is, as opposed to approaching too soon so that she is underneath the four set and is forced to only look up, where now she can't see the block or the court and has no way of knowing where the best place to hit is. This happens when outside hitters don't trust the fact that they are fast enough to hit the four set, so they start their approach or creep in too soon and end up completely underneath the ball, which limits their vision of the opposing team's court.

five set - A five set is a high ball with an arc that reaches anywhere from eight to ten feet that is a back set usually for the right front hitter. The five set for the right front hitter is what the four set is to the left side hitter. It's a little lower because the setter is much closer to the right front player so the ball doesn't have as far to travel. It's also for that reason that the right side player needs to watch their timing so they don't start their spike approach too soon because they have less time to adjust once they are up in the air. They too need to time their approach so the five set ball stays in front of them, they can see the block, the open spaces on the court, and can rest assure that they have a "view to a kill'.

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April Chapple is the editor of Inspiring Female Volleyball Players.com and the volleyball news hub Volleyball Voices.com. More information about volleyball terms can be found at http://www.inspiring-female-volleyball-players.com/volleyball-terms.html. Copyright: You may freely republish this article, provided the text, author credit, the active links and this copyright notice remain intact.

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