The player starts in zone 6 and overhand passes the ball high. With the ball in the air, the player runs to the net, touches it and runs back to set the ball to the target.
The target can be anything from another player, to a cone, or even to a netball ring as shown in the video.
Ask your players to run and reach the setting position as quickly as possible so they could face the setting direction and jump before ball contact.
When your hitter gets stuffed, five teammates standing and watching is how you lose the point. Good attack coverage turns a blocked ball into a second swing.
Coaches spend hours correcting arms in serve receive when the real fault is almost always the feet. Fix the movement and the platform fixes itself.
Most teams win the dig and then hand the point straight back with a slow, predictable transition swing. The best 2026 sides treat the moment after the dig as their sharpest scoring chance, feeding the middle in transition and running first-tempo attacks off a defensive ball.
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