Volleyball Coaching Info

Setter Training

Purpose: To train the setter in or out of season. To give the setter a lot of repetitions. To train specific setting situations.

Set-up: 1 or 2 setters, coach, basket of balls.

Drill #1

This drill trains the setter off of the defensive position. Put the setter in right back and another player (2nd setter) in right front. Have a coach attacking cross court from left front on the same side of the net. The setters will start in their base and once the coach tosses the ball they should rotate to their defensive positions.

The attack is dug by either right front or back and the non-digger sets the ball outside. If there are more people have them target for different sets. The pair should set 15 good balls and then switch.

Drill #2

This drill trains the same skills but has the attack and dig coming from a different place. Have the 2nd setter in left back digging an attack from the coach who is in right front. The setter is in right back, and should set a back ball off of the dig. She should work hard on making her body look the same for each set. If the setter has a problem of releasing too soon the coach can mix it up by hitting a few balls down line just to keep the setter honest. The player should set 15 good balls and then switch with the other setter.

Drill #3

Set up this drill exactly the same as drill #1. The only difference is that the player that digs the attack should dig it all over the place (too tight, way off the net, far to the right, far to the left, etc.). This trains the setter to set hittable balls off of bad passes.