Volleyball Skills and Drills:Setting

"The skill of setting is crucial to every team's success. Your team's setter and all other players who deliver a controlled ball to be attacked by a teammate must be able to set effectively" (AVCA 36).

Body positioning of the setter should be an upright stance, having the feet shoulder-width apart. The feet should be shoulder-width apart having a heel-toe relationship. The shoulders should be over the toes still leaving a slight flex at the waistline and your head is up.  The shoulders should also be relaxed, loose, and forward rather than upright.

There are four different phases for the footwork in setting. The first is simply getting to your target. The ball traveling from the server to the passer and the passer to the target should give the setter enough time to get to the target. The second phase is to be ready to move from the target. The setter should move from the target towards the passer. The third phase is beating the ball to the spot. The goal is to try and see where the ball will land and get there before it does. The fourth and final phase is to stop and set. Stopping and setting can help eliminate the term called floating, which is when the setter jumps from one spot then sets the ball and lands in another place.

The setters wrist should be “cocked” and the fingers should be open to receive the ball. One good technique for the setter is to have their hand in the shape of the ball. Another is to pretend they’re dumping a cooler of water on their own forehead. The entire finger pads should encounter the ball and not just the finger tips. The elbow should be at chin level to allow higher contact.

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Lenberg, Kinda. Volleyball Skills & Drills. Human Kinetics, 2006.