Topic – Volleyball – The Set
Preparatory
§ Position your body under the ball (ball must be high overhead)
§ Have legs at shoulder length apart, facing where you want to set the ball to
§ Have your knees bent slightly
§ Have arms held over your head
§ Elbows should be bent at a 90 degree angle and your thumbs should be touching one another along with your index fingers touching one another
§ This should form a diamond shape between your hands
§ Your eyes should be focused on the ball at all times
§ Right before contact with the ball you should bend your knees a little more and get ready to push up with the legs and arms
Execution
§ As the ball comes closer to your body it is time to hit the ball
§ As the ball makes contact with the hands, your arms “give in” a little bit (absorb the ball)
§ Your legs push up to become straight and your arms now extend overhead to propel the ball in the direction you are facing
§ The ball should never touch your palm, it should make contact and be projected away with the fingertips
Follow Through
§ Your legs are now straight, and your arms are extended overhead
§ Your hands and fingertips should be pointing at the direction you sent the ball
The Head
The head should always be in an upward facing position. Eyes should be on the ball the entire time.
The Torso
The torso doesn’t twist or move throughout the skill. It should be facing upright the whole time, and it should make a straight line from the legs to the arms.
The Lower Body
The legs should be slightly bent at the very beginning. Right before the ball reaches the hands the legs should bend a little more. As you are propelling the ball away from the body, you push up with the legs to straighten them; this will give the ball power as it leaves the hands.
5 Teaching Cues
1) Legs beneath you
2) Head up
3) Hands form diamond
4) Look through the diamond to hit the ball
5) Flick fingers at release
2 Lead Ups – Modified Game Activities
1) High School – Put students in groups of 2. Have one student toss the ball to the other. The student who does not toss the ball will be setting the ball. The ball will be tossed underhand to one student, and that student will then set the ball back to their partner. The student will get 5 sets, and then they will switch roles and the setter will become the thrower and the other student will get a chance to set the ball. After doing this rotation two or three times, the students will then set the ball consecutively back and forth to each other. One student will toss the ball to the other then the ball will be set back to the original tosser, instead of catching it they will set the ball back to their partner. The ball will be consecutively set back and forth and the students will strive to get 20 consecutive sets.
2) Middle School – Students will be doing this activity individually. They will each get a volleyball to themselves. They will find an open area and begin tossing the ball overhead. They will start with the ball in their hands and the hands will be overhead. They will work on keeping the ball in their fingertips and just keep tossing it over their head and catching it. They will do this about 20 times as the teacher walks around and observes and makes comments to the students about how to work on their form. Once the students are comfortable with this, they will toss the ball over head and instead catching it, they will try to set it. Then after the set they will catch the ball. They will continue to try this as the teacher walks around and helps the students.
Bibliography
1) Bertucci, Bob, and James Peterson. Volleyball Drill Book - Individual Skills. New York:
Masters Press, 1992.
2) "How to Set a Volleyball" 2009. eHow. 18 Mar. 2009
.
3) Jenson, Julie. Beginning Volleyball. New York: Learner Publications, 1995.
Preparatory
§ Position your body under the ball (ball must be high overhead)
§ Have legs at shoulder length apart, facing where you want to set the ball to
§ Have your knees bent slightly
§ Have arms held over your head
§ Elbows should be bent at a 90 degree angle and your thumbs should be touching one another along with your index fingers touching one another
§ This should form a diamond shape between your hands
§ Your eyes should be focused on the ball at all times
§ Right before contact with the ball you should bend your knees a little more and get ready to push up with the legs and arms
Execution
§ As the ball comes closer to your body it is time to hit the ball
§ As the ball makes contact with the hands, your arms “give in” a little bit (absorb the ball)
§ Your legs push up to become straight and your arms now extend overhead to propel the ball in the direction you are facing
§ The ball should never touch your palm, it should make contact and be projected away with the fingertips
Follow Through
§ Your legs are now straight, and your arms are extended overhead
§ Your hands and fingertips should be pointing at the direction you sent the ball
The Head
The head should always be in an upward facing position. Eyes should be on the ball the entire time.
The Torso
The torso doesn’t twist or move throughout the skill. It should be facing upright the whole time, and it should make a straight line from the legs to the arms.
The Lower Body
The legs should be slightly bent at the very beginning. Right before the ball reaches the hands the legs should bend a little more. As you are propelling the ball away from the body, you push up with the legs to straighten them; this will give the ball power as it leaves the hands.
5 Teaching Cues
1) Legs beneath you
2) Head up
3) Hands form diamond
4) Look through the diamond to hit the ball
5) Flick fingers at release
2 Lead Ups – Modified Game Activities
1) High School – Put students in groups of 2. Have one student toss the ball to the other. The student who does not toss the ball will be setting the ball. The ball will be tossed underhand to one student, and that student will then set the ball back to their partner. The student will get 5 sets, and then they will switch roles and the setter will become the thrower and the other student will get a chance to set the ball. After doing this rotation two or three times, the students will then set the ball consecutively back and forth to each other. One student will toss the ball to the other then the ball will be set back to the original tosser, instead of catching it they will set the ball back to their partner. The ball will be consecutively set back and forth and the students will strive to get 20 consecutive sets.
2) Middle School – Students will be doing this activity individually. They will each get a volleyball to themselves. They will find an open area and begin tossing the ball overhead. They will start with the ball in their hands and the hands will be overhead. They will work on keeping the ball in their fingertips and just keep tossing it over their head and catching it. They will do this about 20 times as the teacher walks around and observes and makes comments to the students about how to work on their form. Once the students are comfortable with this, they will toss the ball over head and instead catching it, they will try to set it. Then after the set they will catch the ball. They will continue to try this as the teacher walks around and helps the students.
Bibliography
1) Bertucci, Bob, and James Peterson. Volleyball Drill Book - Individual Skills. New York:
Masters Press, 1992.
2) "How to Set a Volleyball" 2009. eHow. 18 Mar. 2009
3) Jenson, Julie. Beginning Volleyball. New York: Learner Publications, 1995.
