Setting is thought of as the easiest skill out of the 6 basic skills of Volleyball. However, in the realm of competitive Volleyball, setters face difficult situations during the game which increases the difficulty of setting a ball to where he wants the ball to go. Besides the setter setting the ball, sometimes, the receivers would also have to set a ball from the spikes in the event when the ball is too high. However, most of the time the ball would easily trim past their fingertips. I’m here to give you some tips and tricks on how to set the ball, regardless of your position or situation.
Firstly, the simplest way to start off with setting a Volleyball is to imagine throwing a ball from your chest level, towards another person, as if you are playing netball or basketball. Basically, you will open your hands widely and flick your wrist towards your partner. That is exactly how setting should be done, except that you are raising your hands over your head. The position where your hands should be setting the ball at is at the 11 to 12 o’clock position of your body. Apart from your upper body, the goal is to make use of your lower body by pushing the ball off your hands with your ankles, such that your whole body is one single system. However, normally when people do a float serve, a spike or a jump serve, the common mistake that people do is to think that the ball is an easy ball and therefore they will simply set the ball normally, just like how they will set a ball by throwing the ball up above their heads. This will lead to the ball flying straight back over their heads, leading to a loss in point. What people should do instead is to use some force to direct the ball to where you want the ball to go. In some cases, all your fingers may not be touching the ball altogether, but that is perfectly fine, as long as your wrist is flicking the ball hard enough to wherever you want the ball to go.
As for the setter, setting a ball to wherever you want the ball to go should be a piece of cake unless you are placed in difficult situations such as when the ball is super high or when you decide to take some risks and play certain techniques with your players. The key thing to take note is still the basics of keeping your hands high up and flicking the ball first. Another thing to take note is that a jump set is pivotal to getting a better support to adjust the ball to where you want it to go as it incorporates the use of your core muscles to stabilise your whole body, and with only the flick of your wrist, you can direct the ball to where you want it to go. You should also train your jump set with a double leg jump as well as a single leg jump as it will help you to be more flexible to tackle different types of balls that your receiver throws at you, and it will also help to change the tempo of the game and suit it to your team’s playstyle.
As for the libero, I recommend the libero to learn to do more single leg jump sets as this will help the setter and spikers in their offence. This will help the setters as a jump set from the backcourt to the frontcourt by the libero can allow the setter to do a dump or a spike towards the opponents’ court, while a jump set by the libero can help the spikers to spike with a better tempo and speed, if the ball is being received over the 3m line. Lastly, a jump set from the backcourt to the frontcourt by the libero can give the libero an edge for the libero to drop the ball across to the opponent’s court by catching them off guard and thus to win a point.
Firstly, the simplest way to start off with setting a Volleyball is to imagine throwing a ball from your chest level, towards another person, as if you are playing netball or basketball. Basically, you will open your hands widely and flick your wrist towards your partner. That is exactly how setting should be done, except that you are raising your hands over your head. The position were your hands should be setting the ball at is at the 11 to 12 o’clock position of your body. Apart from your upper body, the goal is to make use of your lower body by pushing the ball off your hands with your ankles, such that your whole body is one single system. However, normally when people do a float serve, a spike or a jump serve, the common mistake that people do is to think that the ball is an easy ball and therefore they will simply set the ball normally, just like how they will set a ball by throwing the ball up above their heads. This will lead to the ball flying straight back over their heads, leading to a lost in point. What people should do instead is to use some force to direct the ball to where you want the ball to go. In some cases, all your fingers may not be touching the ball altogether, but that is perfectly fine, as long as your wrist is flicking the ball hard enough to wherever you want the ball to go.
As for the setter, setting a ball to wherever you want the ball to go should be a piece of cake, unless you are place in difficult situations such as when the ball is super high or when you decide to take some risks and play certain techniques with your players. The key thing to take note is still the basics of keeping your hands high up and flicking the ball first. Another thing to take note is that a jump set is pivotal to getting a better support to adjust the ball to where you want it to go as it incorporates the use of your core muscles to stabilise your whole body, and with only the flick of your wrist, you can direct the ball to where you want it to go. You should also train your jump set with a double leg jump as well as a single leg jump as it will help you to be more flexible to tackle different types of balls that your receiver throws at you, and it will also help to change the tempo of the game and suit it to your team’s play style.
As for the libero, I recommend the libero to learn to do more single leg jump sets as this will help the setter and spikers in their offence. This will help the setters as a jump set from the back court to the front court by the libero can allow the setter to do a dump or a spike towards the opponents’ court, while a jump set by the libero can help the spikers to spike with a better tempo and speed, if the ball is being received over the 3m line. Lastly, a jump set from the back court to the front court by the libero can give the libero an edge for the libero to drop the ball across to the opponent’s court by catching them off guard and thus to win a point.
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