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Well if youre playing 4s and you know buddy hits missiles you have your setter come up and hope he gets a block touch so you still can get the ball back to em or in any case sending your setter up to block and still getting only 2 touches to get it back over just play it strong side with some top spin most hitters like that have a weaker return game than most
The biggest tip i received while blocking was to watch the shoulder of the hitter to know exactly where he is hitting. Not a lot of blocking videos I've come across don't talk about that.
Depends on the pace of play and level you're playing at. Collegiate volleyball and up you often don't have the time to track shoulders visually, or the attackers are equally as skilled at hitting cross body shots so I wouldn't always say that's your best bet for blocking skilled attackers.
Can you tell me what wrongdoings my team is doing during the game if I send you our videos for only one set for about 10 min? We so much appreciate it! I can only send it to your email P.S. we are recreational women amateurs
Could you elaborate on the difference between "best player" and "high percentage attacker"? On the net, is the best player not the one who consistently gets the point, aka has the highest percentage in the team? Because "best player" includes defense+receiving+blocking (not including setting, since we're talking about where the ball should go from the setter here) besides attacking, right?
I’ll give you an example. You can make the argument that for a team like UCLA, their best player is their outside hitter Ethan Champlin, 3x 1st team all American. Let’s refer to him as the best player. While he’s a go to guy. Middle blocker merick Mchenry is a stud hitting over .500 on the year. So while Champlin may be your best player, going to mchenry in high leverage situations because you know you can trust him with his high attacking percentage is a good choice as a setter. Moral of the story, if you have someone that doesn’t get as many attempts as your best plays but is still very efficient ( usually middles) getting them involved when you need side outs is a good strategy.
@@mitchsterkenburg Thanks for the response, but I'm not sure I get it; Maybe I'm a little slow on the uptake here. If McHenry from your example had a higher percentage than Champlin in a given series of games, that would make him my best attacker, right? Concretely: If I were a setter, I would consider the player with the highest point-conversion percentage as the best attacker, since other aspects of the game are not, or at least less relevant to consider when I'm distributing balls to attack, right? So why would I prefer to go to my overall best player, if there's another player who maybe lacks defensive skill, but converts more (typical for middles)? Shouldn't I lean on them more than the otherwise better player?
@@kilian7919 hitting percentages are often distorted by volume and transition plays. Middle typically have really high hitting percentages because of their lower volume. Tough for pins to hit above .400 because so many scramble plays and back row attacks. So I wouldn’t say the highest percentage attacker would be considered the best attacker all the time. In many cases, yes usually one of the best but not always. Most importantly hear, in the best player vs. highest percentage attacker conversations it’s really splitting hairs. But the point behind the message is to trust your middles when you need a big point.
@@mitchsterkenburg aha, see, that makes perfect sense; Glad I asked the follow-up. Thanks for clarifying, I needed the hint on the relationship between position and resulting relative percentages within the team and within positions. In my team (we had a garbage season), I have the feeling that a relatively low conversion from attacks by our MBs held us back. Based on the fact that they very rarely had rates higher than our OHs/OPs, which should not be the case. That will need to be bigger focus for next season then. Cheers!
I have a hearing disorder and really appreciate you for adding your own subtitles to this video. It really improves the quality of watching for me. Thanks!!!
There also is another type of hybrid serve. You toss you ball nice and high with rotation, like a topspin serve. You also approach the same way, but then you kill the rotation and do a jump float. Japanese setter Masahiro sekita does this really well, you can find videos on RU-vid where you can watch this. From his toss he can do both a float and a topspin, which makes it very hard for the receivers to position themselves right. His topspin is on the slower side, compared to other international pro players. But I don't know how much of that comes down to the technice as opposed to sekita being quite small for a volleyball player and also a setter (not practicing hitting as much as hitters) and stuff
What about all the balls that go high off hands? I feel like if anything I'm always getting punished for being way too far up on the 6... I'm pretty much always focused on either getting pushes to the corner, deep cross shots, etc. But it might be that I play at a lower pickup level where people aren't really bouncing or tall enough to hit shorter shots
In our matches there will inevitably be a few balls that go high off the block and deep out of the court. We are willing to sacrifice a few of those a game, but by positioning yourself in a more shallow position central to the court your able to pick up a lot more balls that come to your radius instead of having to guess which way to go, left or right. You will your way into a lot more digs and it simplifies defense in the backrow. Not to say this strategy works at all levels, but I would imagine the pickup level you play at doesn't always have a closed block which would make it even more advantageous to push up on defense in the six.
Sorry, not reading all comments to see if you addressed my concern. This video discuss men's volleyball. There is no disclaimer of men or female or level. I find at other levels reading basics differ. I concur all the recommendations in the video is valid for those that can put the ball down. Yet at younger ages, including boys, the attack differs. I would think that the reading differs, thus the positioning differs. Making a videos of different ages, gender, and or levels, may provide more video content for your site? Have an awesome day!!! (Liked & Subscribed)
Without a doubt, defensive strategy and overall volleyball philosophy varies significantly depending on the level you are playing. I will definitely keep that in mind in future videos.
If the ref stated the centerline is a dead ball then the call would be point for the serving team. If it’s not stated then it would be a different call.
