Defense - Part 1

Articles In This Section:

· Defense - Part 1

· Defense - Part 2

· Defense - Part 3

· The Westside JCC Defense - Part 1

· The Westside JCC Defense - Part 2

· The Westside JCC Defense - Part 3

· The Westside JCC Defense - Part 4

· REFERENCES

A good philosophy to have when thinking about volleyball is that a team is on the defense whenever the ball is on the other side of the net from your team. Too often has a team or player relaxed after making a play across the net only to find the ball being returned to him or into his court.

Each play begins with the serve; therefore, a defense should be built to defend against the serve. The first basic principle in receiving the serve concerns the positions of players. It is best to have the front-line players at the rear of their own areas, and the back-line players come forward a step or so. In general, this results in players forming a semicircle across the mid-court.

The three back-line players are placed in the center to receive most of the serves. This allows the three front-line players, which in most instances will be two spikers and a setter, to shift easily. The positions of these players will vary slightly after each rotation, depending on which player is a setter and which players are spikers. They adjust their positions laterally in order to move quickly into an offensive formation.

Fig. #21. basic position FOR RECEIVING SERVICE

Fig. #22. BASIC POSITION FOR RECEIVING service (alternate)