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The "Five and One" (five spikers and one setter) - Part 1

X—Spiker; O—Setter;

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The "Five and One" is an offensive system in which the lineup is composed of five spikers and one setup man.

Figure #15 shows the setter shifting from the right back position to the front line to get in position to set to any one of the three front-line spikers. From any of the three back-line positions the setter always shifts into the position shown in Figure #15. (Even when he is the server, he immediately moves into the same front-line post.)

When the setter is in one of the front-line positions, there are only two spikers at the net. In this case the setter always shifts to the center forward position as in the "Four and Two," and the offense actually becomes the same as the "Four and Two" until the setter again rotates to a back-line position. In other words, the basic attack pattern of the "Five and One" can be used approximately 50 per cent of the time.

The objective of the "Five and One" is to inject more deception into the attack by the use of three spikers on the net. The center spiker is used primarily as a decoy, with the set going to him often enough to keep the opposing blockers from "ganging up" on the other two spikers. All sets to the corner spikers are, of course, kept wide toward the side line. Each spiker expects to receive every set. This makes for ex­cellent faking and makes it extremely difficult for the op­ponents to get more than two blockers into any one play. Especially effective is the occasional use of the low quick set to the center spiker. In this play the ball is set just above the net, and the spiker runs and takes off "with the set" so he is on top of the ball before a block can form.

Figure #16 shows the set going to the right forward spiker. The attack pattern is identical when the ball is set to either of the other spikers. The setter moves immediately to cover up his spiker in case of a block, and the back-line player nearest the point of the spike moves in slightly to assist. The opposite back covers the remainder of the back court.

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