What side do you think you side out or attack best from?

FROM THE LEFT SIDE

What is your best/most reliable swing when in system (perfect pass)?

Put another way, what swing scores you the most points and gives you the least errors?

This might be a difficult/advanced question if you're just getting started in volleyball so feel free to write N/A on this one if you can't come up with a definitive answer.

FROM THE LEFT SIDE

Knowing your best attack, write a couple sentences about that path you want to talk or the place along the net you'd want to hit from that could consistently make this swing available and open space for you to hit it effectively. This answer will help steer the next few questions on the assessment.

Where along the net should you attack from? What approach path should you take?

FROM THE LEFT SIDE

What is your SECOND best/most reliable swing?

Put another way, what's the next swing that scores you the most points and gives you the least errors?

FROM THE LEFT SIDE

Do you want to run a relationship set or a fixed point set?

A relationship is a certain relationship or distance from the setter.

A fixed point set is a certain place along the net.

FROM THE LEFT SIDE

If you want a relationship set, how many feet/meters from the setter do you want to contact the ball when you are in-system (have a perfect pass)?

If you want a fixed point set, how many feet/meters from the antenna do you want to contact the ball when you are in-system (have a perfect pass)?

NOTE: The positioning of your attack point should correlate with your best attack. It should give you the most space or the best situations to utilize your best attack.

FROM THE LEFT SIDE

How many feet/meters off the net is your perfect set when you're in system?

FROM THE LEFT SIDE

How many feet/meters above the top of the antenna would be a perfect set for you when in-system?

FROM THE LEFT SIDE

What is your best/most reliable swing when out of system (bad pass or dig to the part of the court)?

Put another way, what swing scores you the most points and gives you the least errors when you are in tough situations?

FROM THE LEFT SIDE

When setter is out of system or in-transition & has to set from far away...

What "shape" of set do you like best?

FROM THE LEFT SIDE

Are there any special plays you like to run or unique situations you like to take advantage of?

Write all of them here and be descriptive. Don't for get to write exact distances and relationships. What words will you say or how will you communicate that?

Describe, in the same detail, your in-system back sets (when you pass from left and go behind the setter to become a right side)...

When the other team X...

When I pass from X...

Then I like to do X...

So my partner should X...

When I dig or pass here, I really like to...

FROM THE RIGHT SIDE

What is your best/most reliable swing when in system (perfect pass)??

Put another way, what swing scores you the most points and gives you the least errors?

This might be a difficult/advanced question if you're just getting started in volleyball so feel free to write N/A on this one if you can't come up with a definitive answer.

FROM THE RIGHT SIDE

Knowing your best attack, write a couple sentences about that path you want to talk or the place along the net you'd want to hit from that could consistently make this swing available and open space for you to hit it effectively. This answer will help steer the next few questions on the assessment.

Where along the net should you attack from? What approach path should you take?

FROM THE RIGHT SIDE

What is your SECOND best/most reliable swing?

Put another way, what's the next swing that scores you the most points and gives you the least errors?

FROM THE RIGHT SIDE

Do you want to run a relationship set or a fixed point set?

A relationship is a certain relationship or distance from the setter.

A fixed point set is a certain place along the net.

FROM THE RIGHT SIDE

If you want a relationship set, how many feet/meters from the setter do you want to contact the ball when you are in-system (have a perfect pass)?

If you want a fixed point set, how many feet/meters from the antenna do you want to contact the ball when you are in-system (have a perfect pass)?

NOTE: The positioning of your attack point should correlate with your best attack. It should give you the most space or the best situations to utilize your best attack.

FROM THE RIGHT SIDE

How many feet/meters off the net is your perfect set when you're in system?

FROM THE RIGHT SIDE

How many feet/meters above the top of the antenna would be a perfect set for you when in-system?

FROM THE RIGHT SIDE

What is your best/most reliable swing when out of system (bad pass or dig to the part of the court)?

Put another way, what swing scores you the most points and gives you the least errors when you are in tough situations?

FROM THE RIGHT SIDE

When setter is out of system or in-transition & has to set from far away...

What "shape" of set do you like best?

How many feet off the net is your perfect set when the setter has to set from the back line?

FROM THE LEFT SIDE

Are there any special plays you like to run or unique situations you like to take advantage of?

Write all of them here and be descriptive. Don't for get to write exact distances and relationships. What words will you say or how will you communicate that?

Describe, in the same detail, your in-system back sets (when you pass from left and go behind the setter to become a right side)...

When the other team X...

When I pass from X...

Then I like to do X...

So my partner should X...

When I dig or pass here, I really like to...

After taking this assessment, and getting your 1st draft of answers, we recommend going to a court and taking 20-30 live swings off of a serve receive with a setter and having a THIRD PARTY (someone NOT involved in the play) tell you on your good swings and your bad swings the distance, above the antenna, from the antenna or setter and from the net.

If you play at a high level, you should also have a blocker at the net for this exercise so you don't get a false sense of pride with tight sets on an open net.

It is VERY difficult to assess this as the active hitter or setter. MOST players are wildly inaccurate in truly defining their best set. Use a third party. Take lots of time to talk about the characteristics of each set until you are certain, you can describe your best set in detail.

Go through this exercise with each serious partner and multiple times throughout your season. Your game grows, develops and changes so these answers might change. Put 3 events or dates in your calendar for going through this exercise.

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