Setter dump decision drill

The setter has two options and the opponent decides which one is right: if the block stays in the middle, he sets outside; if it slides along with the hitter, he attacks the second ball himself. This drill does not train the dump itself, but the moment in which you see it.

4 players 8 phases ± 15 min 6 balls, full court with a net From U17 upwards

Phase 1 of 8The setter has the ball; the blocker is in front of him, the defender deep

Your team (S = setter) Opponents: blocker and defender Ball

This animation comes straight out of the Koach app. In the app you play it at your own pace and the positions carry your players' real names.

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How the drill runs

What you are training

The setter chooses between setting and tipping it himself, based on the defense on the other side.

Reading the block while the ball is still on its way to your hands.
The dump: one hand, soft, into the gap behind the block.
Taking the same posture whether you set or dump.

Coaching points

Look at the block before the ball reaches your hands, not after.

A setter who only looks once he is under the ball tilts his head up and gives his choice away. You read the block while you are moving to the ball.

Take the same posture as on a normal set.

A setter who sets himself up differently for a dump gets away with it exactly once. Hands up, feet the same — that way the threat stays alive.

Dump with one hand and with your fingertips, away from the defender.

Two hands almost always becomes a lift or a double contact. One hand is fine, as long as the ball leaves in a single motion.

Dump because the gap is there, not because you can.

A dump into a covered court is a free ball. Allow it when the middle blocker has gone with the hitter; if the gap is not there, you simply set.

Variations

Easier: The block announces its choice out loud, so the setter only has to learn the execution.
Harder: Add a second hitter in zone 2; now the setter has three options and also has to be able to set back over his head.
With six players: A double block and three defenders on the other side. The rally runs on until the ball is down.
As a game: A successful dump is two points, a regular attack one, and a dump that gets dug up costs one. First to ten.

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Read on in the knowledge base: attacking the second ball yourself · the signals that give the set away · read blocking or commit blocking