Welcome to my comprehensive guide on volleyball setting drills!
Whether you're a beginner looking to improve your setting hands touch and accuracy, or an advanced player aiming to perfect your side setting skills, this article is here to help.
In this guide, we will explore the benefits of side setting drills, provide step-by-step instructions on how to perform them, discuss additional variations to challenge yourself, and offer useful tips to optimize your training.
At the bottom of the articles you'll see some tips from five other famous setting experts as well who offer drills and guidance for budding setters who want to learn the game.
Let's get started so we can take your setting game to the next level!
Side setting is a valuable skill for any volleyball player, which allows you to overcome challenging situations when you can't fully face the ball to set it.
Setters can use the side set to outsmart and outfake the opposing block by looking as if they're going to set one of their hitters and instead they side set the ball over the net and over the middle blocker to the middle of the opposing team's court for a point.
In this section, we will explore the advantages of incorporating side setting drills into your training routine.
To keep your training dynamic and engaging, it's essential to incorporate different variations of setting drillss
In this section, we will introduce various drills that target specific aspects of setting, including strength, accuracy, and decision-making skills.
Increase the effectiveness of your setting drills with helpful tips and insights.
From maintaining focus to setting specific goals, we'll share strategies to ensure that you make the most out of your training sessions.
Whether you do drills at home by yourself, or doing them in practice with your teammates, it's best to get in the habit of setting mini goals for yourself to reach in order to complete each drill.
For example, let's say you have to get 50 perfectly passed balls to the target before stopping one drill and going on to the next.
Not only will you discipline yourself to perform the volleyball drills correctly, but you will replicate the pressure you will feel in a game-like situation when you absolutely have to do the skill right.
Click to Reserve your private one-on-one or small group training at https://www.improveyourvolley.com/volleyball-classes.html. Contact info@improveyourvolley.com
In your practices, you may have noticed that different components of skills are taken apart and learned in progressions or separately one at a time.
Many beginner volleyball drills are broken down into their most basic steps and as you learn those, then you progress to more advanced elements of the skill.
So things like footwork, lower body positioning then upper body positioning, armswing mechanics and timing are learned and coached first.
Other things are gradually added to the mix as you improve on the basics, like
This section will provide recommendations on the equipment you may need and where to find it.
Whether it's a medicine ball, a weighted setter ball or a wall, we have got you covered.
For those seeking more information and further opportunities to improve their setting technique, I have curated a list of additional resources.
Are you ready to take your setting game to new heights?
Let's get started!
These are Amazon affiliate links to Volleyball Setter Equipment
Power Net Setter Target Volleyball
Volleyball Setter Training Nets
Different sets, such as the four set and the five set, vary in height and location, creating opportunities for strategic offensive plays. Kenny, Hadley and Izzy
Improving your setting skills in volleyball takes consistent practice, and with the right drills, you can enhance your hands touch, accuracy, and versatility.
By incorporating these setting drills into your at-home training routine, you'll develop the necessary foundation to succeed on the volleyball court.
Remember to
Hear from these five experts...
...about what their fave volleyball setting drills are, why they do them and what you can expect to gain by doing them too.
First up is USA Volleyball Olympic Silver medalist Alisha Glass.
In this video Alisha talks about how easy the "catch and release" contact of the ball during your setting technique should be.
Watch as she demonstarates an "easy-to-do" at-home floor drill which aims to help you improve your setting form.
If you're looking for volleyball setting drills to do at home, the second suggestion focuses on wall drills which I highly recommend doing.
Especially as you move away from the wall, wall drills are good for building hand and shoulder strength and increasing accuracy.
Source: Art of Coaching Volleyball
Kele demonstrates two volleyball setting drills that help the setter "feel" where the middle blocker is going to take-off and land.
The drills are designed to help build a better connection between a middle blocker and her setter.
Source: SetterTraining.com
Christy shows us drills that work on developing hand strength and release quickness for a setter.
Secondly working on setter movement where the setter has to quickly get to a ball, beating the ball to the spot where its going to land, getting "squared" to the the antenna at Zone 4 and contacting the ball before setting it to the target.
Lastly, Christy shows us a couple of drills that work on improving setter vision.
Source: Art of Coaching Volleyball
One of our countries best young setters, Lauren Carlini is now a professional volleyball setter and a member of the US Women's National team.
Watch her as she goes through a setting session her freshman year, at her alma mater the University of Wisconsin.
Source: FRVBC
Chris is a Division I NCAA championship winning setter.
He shows us some great setting drills he has his young setters do in practices and that you can do at-home.
Source: Volleyball 1on1 Videos
Thank you so much for visiting this site and reading the info on this page.
I'd love to know what did you think of this page and the information on it?
Leave it in the comments below. I'd love to join in the discussion.
Do you have a great setting drill you practice all the time and want to share it with our audience? Share it! Or comment on the drills you listened to and learned about on this page. Add your thoughts.
Follow me on Pinterest Volleybragswag to improve your game even faster!
I share alot of individual, partner and easy-to-do volleyball serving drills we do in class with my followers.
Many of these volleyball practice drills you can do at home by yourself or try at your next practice with your teammates.
If you're a B team or JV player trying to make varsity next year...your goal should be to complete 1000 reps a day of at least three of the basic skills on your own...volleyball passing, serving and setting should be at the top of the list.
Your three options are:
Hi there!
Thanks for stopping by. Hope you learned something today that will help you reach your volleyball goals.
Be sure to subscribe to my email newsletter so you can learn more each week!
Stay strong! Stay motivated!
-Coach April
SUSCRIBE
to my email newsletter below!
Dec 10, 24 09:00 PM
Dec 10, 24 04:28 PM
Dec 10, 24 02:55 PM
New! Comments
Have your say about what you just read! Leave me a comment in the box below.