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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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The "attack patterns of the future" outlined above are impractical for use by most American teams at the present time. With the exception of all-star Armed Forces teams, all of the top teams are YMCA or club teams which do not undergo a really intensive training schedule. Many players, even on National Championship teams, are past their physical peak. Their family and career responsibilities make it impossible for them to go "all out" for volleyball perfection, in spite of their desire to do so.
Nevertheless, progress is being made. More younger players are taking up the game. More schools and colleges are adopting volleyball at the varsity level. Great progress has been made in the quality of play in the Armed Forces. Intensive tournament volleyball has far more followers in every part of the nation than ever before. Eventually, the writer expects to see very few short men in the game at the championship level. Only exceptionally talented specialists or those who can learn to put the ball away as spikers will survive. This does not mean that the setter will be less important. It means that every player must develop all-round skills and no longer be content with only one specialty. There will probably be an increase in use of the deep set and in spiking on the second play of the ball. This calls for a marked improvement of the spiker's ability to hit the ball from any position. It calls for even greater improvement in general ball-handling skill. There may be a few gradual rules changes in the next few years to bring closer together USVBA rules and the International Volleyball Federation rules. Any changes toward present International rules would tend to restrict the defense and give the offensive team more freedom. This could be a step in the direction of more spectator appeal. Whether or not future rules changes favor the offense, there will undoubtedly be better, faster, more exciting volleyball for player and spectator alike in the years ahead.
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