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Attack patterns of the top world teams
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Articles In This Section:· Offense · Successful team offense depends on teamwork and co-ordination · A good offense must be simple enough to hold errors to a minimum · To function at its best even the most powerful offense needs a trace of deception · The style of offense must be adapted to the team personnel · The "Three and Three" (three spikers and three setters in alternate position in the lineup) · The "Four and Two" (four spikers and two setters) - Part 1 · The "Four and Two" (four spikers and two setters) - Part 2 · Summary
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1. As reported by several observers, perhaps the most
outstanding difference in offense from the U.S. style of play
arises from the ability of all spikers to hit the ball hard and
effectively from almost any position with either hand. This
skill, along with superior ball handling, permits these teams
to spike on the second play in more than half of their attack
situations.
2. There are no setters who are not also hard-hitting spikers. Almost all players are over 6 feet tall. This means that there is little or no shifting of front-line players to get into position. All players set and all players spike. This factor allows for almost unlimited variation in the attack. 3. When the first pass is set directly to a spiker, it usually goes wide and average height to one of the corner spikers. If he is covered by the block, he can jump-set across to the opposite corner spiker. This is not an uncommon play in U.S. volleyball, but International Rules make it more effective. Since no back-line players may block, the defensive team has difficulty in consistently getting more than one blocker into position. 4. Often a back-line player is brought to the net to set to any one of the three front-line spikers, as in the "Five and One" system discussed earlier. A favorite play from this situation is diagramed in Figure #17. The center forward and right forward take their position together near the center of the court. When the first pass goes to the setter, both of these spikers run toward him, the center forward just to his left and the right forward circling just behind him to his right. The setup man feeds the ball to one or the other, always using the low quick set with the spiker in the air almost simultaneously with the ball. The object, of course, is to get the ball down ahead of the block. Fig. #17
X—Spiker; O—Setter; Path of player
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