6-2 offense?

Question

well i never was taught the 6-2 offense because i never played club and we played a different offense at the middle school i went too...soo we had tryouts this week for freshmen volleyball and pretty much everyone except for 5 girls (including me) didn't know the 6-2. i know its hard to explain but can someone please try and help me!! im really confused, im a middle hitter, but i sometimes (very rarely) go to the outside position.

thanks!

Answer 1

lucky for you, i played middle hitter and we played a 6-2 in club. lol. ok so anyways, say that you are serving in position 1. you'd serve, and keep serving til the other team gets a side out. the you go on defense, which you know. then you rotate and go to position 6 and play defense. (back row is easy. no switching or anything unless your coach tells you to.) you do the same for position 5. then when you get to front row and are in position 4, you stand up at the net and in the middle, where a middle hitter would stand. the person who is in position 3, the outside hitter, should stand behind you and to the right of you. she cant cross you before your team serves, or its an automatic sideout. ok, so as soon as your server contacts the ball, the person behind you, the outside hitter that was in position 3, will run to her spot to play outside hitter. and you jsut stand there. middle hitter is easy cuz you dont have to worry about switching, ,everyone just runs behind you. next rotation. so now you're in position 3. the two ppl on either side of you, outside and right side hitters will have to switch behind you as soon as the server contacts the ball, no earlier or it is an automatic sideout like i have told you already. all you have to do is stand at the net, ready to block and you're good! and when you're in position 2, its the same as position 4, just on the other side. stand at the middle and up at the net, the person at position 3, the right side hitter will run to her spot and you're ready to go. hope this helps!

Answer 2

Go here  http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=h...

there's a diagram of where everyone stands during serve receive in each rotation and where they move to after the serve comes over.

Answer 3

Most middle school teams play 4-2, with two setters one in front row and one in back row. The one in front row switches into the setter's position for three rotations and the one in back row does "regular" defense.

6-2 is similar to 4-2 in the number of setters. The difference is that with 6-2 the back row setter does setting and the front row setter gets "converted" to a hitter, so that you have three hitters in the front row (but only two full-time defenser in back row).

When in offense, front row players should be switched to the "right position" to do what they do the best, except when taking serve-receive most teams would ask players to complete the first play before switching. In this scenario, you as a designated middle hitter but receiving at position-4 (or position-2), might have to hit one outside before switching to middle, unless your outside hitter is clearly not receiving and calling to switch with you.

Some teams would also switch back row players to make them specialist of a certain area's defense, which doesn't seem to be a major concern of you yet :)

Have fun playing volleyball.

Answer 4

in addition to the diagrams the previous person linked, here are some quick tips (because for a first timer, it really takes practice to get it down)

1. keep track of who is on either side of you and who plays opposite your position, this will help you try to keep track of the rotation order

2. when you are in the front row and your team serves, switch to your position as soon as the ball is served

3. when in the front row and the other team serves, switch after your team send the ball back over the net (or as you are running a play)

4. when in the back row, keep in mind the setter will always be in the back row too, and will always occupy the back right position once the ball gets over to the other team's side of the net.  (same swithcing timing as in the front row).

5. if youre playing middle back on defense, your responsibility  is to get deep deflections off your team's block.  is you need to stay deep unless youre expecting a tip or freeball.

outside hitter employs the same principles, but you will always end up on the left side of the court.  when on defense in the back, you need to be ready for the angle hit from the other teams outside hitter.  you also need to cover the short balls on your side of the net, your position should be just a few steps behind the ten foot line.

hope that helps.