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The "Six and Two" - Part 1
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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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This system is based on a lineup of six spikers, two of whom are also used as setters. As in the "Five and One," three spikers are in position to hit from the three net positions. The setter is brought up from the back line to take his post between the center spiker and either corner spiker. When this setter has reached the front line in the rotation order, he becomes a spiker, and the player opposite him in the lineup is brought in from the back line as the setter. This attack pattern is superior to the "Five and One" in several respects:
1. Three spikers are at the net 100 per cent of the time. In the "Five and One" three spikers are at the net only about 50 per cent of the time, making it impossible to use the basic attack pattern throughout a game. 2. The setting responsibility is shared by two men, whereas one setter carries the entire load in the "Five and One." This is a vital advantage. 3. There is no shifting of positions by the front-line players. This provides a stronger position for receiving the opponent's serve. It is true that bringing the setter from the back line is hazardous at this point. However, most top teams bring a back-line player to the net as a fourth blocker regardless of their offensive system. In the "Six and Two" the setter is also the fourth blocker on defense. The Westside Jewish Community Center of Los Angeles used the above system in 1959 and finished in the runner-up spot in the National Open. The Westside team deserves a lot of credit for this innovation, which marked the first successful use of a new offensive system in about ten years. So good was their execution that they came within an eyelash of dethroning the great defending champions, the Hollywood YMCA Stars. Certainly the hair-raising double final matches between these teams treated fans to the most exciting volleyball witnessed at a national tournament in many years. The Westside personnel is particularly suited to the system. The entire team has exceptional maneuverability, speed, and ball-handling skill. Eugene Selznick and Ronnie Lang, the team's most powerful spikers, double as setters. This is unusual but effective. It further stresses the all-around ability of the squad, which is perhaps the best defensive team in the country. Eugene Selznick, coach of the Westside JCC and the United States' only All-World player, furnished the information from which the following figures and explanations of the Westside attack were made. These figures show the Westside positions for receiving the serve and moving into an offensive pattern, with the setter moving to the net from each of the three back-line positions. When the setter rotates to the left forward position, he becomes a spiker, and the man playing opposite him in the lineup rotates to the right back position and becomes the setter.
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