Coach enters ball to passer.
Passer passes to setter, then hits what they would normally hit.
Good attack shots in a +1 zone score 1.
Weak attack shots are a wash.
Attack shots that error score -1.
Attack shots into 6 score -2.
Goal varies but normally team scores 15 - 20 to get out of drill.
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