Assuming that your volleyball Libero is your best ball control player, you should put your Libero in a position to contact as many balls as possible in serve receive and in defense. Not doing this would be like letting your middle blocker set in a few rotations because you didn’t want your setter running very far or you didn’t stack your serve receive so she could get into position to set the second contact or you put her in the serve receive formation as a passer and she was served to. It makes no sense, you’d want your setter setting every ball humanly possible because that is her skill and her job and the same goes for the Libero. For this very reason I get my Libero in the middle back in serve receive in all 6 rotations.
The two most important skills in the game of volleyball are ball control/ serve receive and serving. If you can control these two area’s in the match you are likely to win the match. Without a good pass then you can’t get a set or a good set and with out a set or a good set then you don’t get an attack or a good attack and without that it is difficult to score points. So, following this logic I try to ensure that my ball control is the best it can be and I put my Libero where the majority of the balls go and where she can get to the balls that don’t come right to her. It is easier for a Libero to get to any ball on the court if she is centrally located in the middle of the court. It would be very difficult for a Libero to pass a ball on the right side of her court when she is left back and visa versa. If the Libero is in the middle of the court then she is equal distance to all balls and therefore can get to more balls and do the job she is on the court for.
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I would like to talk to you about this topic further. Please e-mail me. I would like to see diagrams if you use the old school MB follows Setter rotation.
Bill,
I have the OH follow the setter. I am out of town this week doing the last volleyball camp of the summer but when I get back into the office I can send you a diagram of the rotations so you can see how the Libero and outsides are the primary passers with the Libero in the middle back in each rotation.
I look forward to your diagrams. Have you ever used the old school MB follows Setter rotation?
Bill, I just posted a diagram of how I get the Libero in middle back in all 6 rotations. I use only my outside hitters and Libero to pass but in the rare case when I have a great rightside I can use her to pass as well. There are lots of options here and I like that my outsides, which are traditionally very dynamic, can attack from anywhere at any time in this serve receive which makes us more dynamic offensively speaking and less one dimensional because the outside doesn’t just hit and receive on the left side of the court 90% of the time.
Hope it all makes sense. Not the best copy but it is what I have at the moment and wanted to get this to you ASAP.
Thank you for the diagrams. I will study them. Yes, it would be nice to use the RS to pass on Rotation 4. Again, Thanks!
Is there any way to get an orginal or better resolution copy of this rotation?
Can I ask what level you are using this method? JrHigh, JV, Varsity…all 3?
I have used it with 14 and under, 16 and under, high school teams, high performance teams in international competitions as well as collegiate teams.
mwvballa, can you please say whats written in the notes to the right?
Even though the setter is front row we can still stack the same way as in rotation 3 to make it look like she is still back row. The setter does not have to stack there obviously because she is front row but it is another option and often catches unaware opponents off guard by doing it this way. It is especially useful with a fast setter who can stack on the left side and who is also an offensive threat.
Is there any way to get an orginal or better resolution copy of this rotation?
I’m sorry but this is all I have at this time.
Can you please send me the diagrams of your libero in the middle all six rotations, again. I cannot find them posted here.
Coach if you go to my website you can find the information you are looking for. I’ve moved everything off this site and onto http://www.volleyballcoaching101.com.
Let me know if you can’t find it there, I’m happy to help. Thank you for coming to my volleyball sites!
Warmly,
Mari
I found the serve receive diagrams on your website. It is fantastic to have something to refer to quickly when you want to have the libero in middle back on all six serve receive rotations. One quick question! In diagram 2, Should OH2 have the circle instead of OH1? OH2 is the front row person in diagram 2 of the 5-1 and 6-2 serve receive formations.