Minimum height for setter??

Question

What is the minimum height for one to be an efficient setter and outside hitter? (please don't give me answers like "It doesn't matter about height..bla.blah.blah) Thank-you! Also does anyone have some tips for volleyball tryouts so the coach will notice me? thanks again.

Answer 1

i 'd say maybe 5 feet 6 inches

Answer 2

welll gosh everyone already beat me to it. blah. im going to post a short anwser anyway. so there! lol

my school's setter is 5'3 and shes really good. shorter is better sometimes b/c if  a pass is not very high its ok b/c they can set it easier. and on the topic of jumping.

I know someone who's(my age-16) 5'1 or maybe 5'2 who can jump with her hands over the net and block.she plays front & back row. boy that makes pissed b/c im 5'11 and she jumps almost as high as i do- and she has to make up like 10 inches. grr. so if you're quick and have efficient hands,  if youre short you can get low balls and if you can jump -you can jumpset the high ones. so i dont really think it matttttters.

Answer 3

usually setters are the shortest besides the def. specialist or libero.. hitters need to be a little taller, though.

to get noticed...work on FORM!!! coaches love that

Answer 4

For setter I would say no shorter than 5'6"

And you want your outside hitters to either be tall or have a good vertical jump, so i would say no shorter than 5'7"

Answer 5

well i am like 5'0 and VERY small and i have been hitting outside. I may be SHORT but i am a high jumper so It evens it out. i can easily jump and reach over the net! for setter i didn't think it mattered? sorry i am giving u the junk you said not to give. But our team setter is 5'2 and she is excellent so idk what to tell you besides that! by the way how tall are you? please e-mail me that! thanx!

Answer 6

1. Alright...here's the thing: there REALLY is no minimum height for being a setter. Obviously, the taller you are, the better, but I've seen an amazing 4 foot 11 setter. She was fast as h**l and had beautiful hands and played with all out effort. Height helps but what's most important is just skills. Setters especially need to worry about their skills rather than their height.

2. Hitters in general have greater potential with greater height. Depending on what level of play, you'll get different answers on minimum height. In high school girls, I'd say 5'5". For Collegiate Division 1 Women's Volleyball, I'd say 6'0".

3. Height cannot be controlled. If tryouts are soon, then it's hard to bulk up in that amount of time too. However, you can always start getting in shape before tryouts by running everyday for a bit. That way, during tryouts you'll have more stamina, which lets you put in more effort for a longer period of time. Coaches like effort/coachability - the more you listen and the more you try, the better you'll seem in their eyes.

Answer 7

Well, I would say the minimum height to be a pretty good setter is about 5'2" or 5'3". I say this because our setter on my Varsity team is about that height and she does okay, just need to have good hands and legs. Our BETTER setter though is about 5'6". For an outside hitter, we have a girl that does okay and she's about 5'3" also but again, I would say 5'5" or 5'6" minimum height to be effective because you do want some height up there for blocking. The AVP's smallest players are at least 5'5" though. I'm trying not to say height doesn't matter like you asked lol but if you have a BIG veritcal jump height then you can be on the smaller end and still do well.

To get noticed at try-outs, these are good things to be and to work on other than skill and talent because these are almost more important than being a flat out good player. But aside from what I've listed below, work on ball control a lot. Your passing and setting hands should be able to put the ball wherever you want and if you can you're so valuable. Work on all the basics though of passing, setting, hitting, digging, and some blocking, all with control. They also like strong and consistent servers.

A great team player. Stay in your area but back-up teammates by hustling to shanked balls and communicating with them about what the ball is like "Short! Tip! Free! Out! and positions like Backrow! Middle!" and be loud about when you want the ball if you're a hitter, my coach today told us the most obnoxious with their voice gets the most balls, lol.

Outstanding work ethic: Meaning, you don't give up ANY ball without a fight. You hustle to a ball your team mate hit way out or throw yourself on the floor (if needed) to get a really short tip. don't let anything hit the floor without a fight and even if it does, at least you made the effort. Coaches hate it when you just stand there not paying attention and don't hustle for a ball. Even while in the court if it goes out and a partner goes after it, run with them so they don't have to bump the ball backwards all the way back in the court, you're there to back them up.

A player with a good attitude: Here's a real example of why you SHOULD keep a good attitude no matter what: A girl on my team gets very bent out of shape if she hits a few balls out of bounds or if she can't get timing to hit and once she gets in that mood, she can't pull herself out. She's rude to other players because she ignores them when they try to high-five her or she won't listen to friendly criticism from the Coach nor players. My coach asked me after practice if I noticed her attitude and I said yea, and that is was upsetting a lot of people and makes us feel uneasy and the coach says "Yea, she'll have to be JV this year" when this girl was supposed to get a Varsity spot. You never know who or how many others are paying attention to little things like that. If you're having an off day, shrug it off. If you do, you'll get past the block and play better. Give teammates high fives when they do something good, laugh, play, have fun. Help other players out if they don't understand something. Just don't dwell on your own playing or you'll never have fun or get better.

Play smart: Don't just "hope" you get the ball back over. Play smart. Don't play blindly, the other team, more times than not, gives away hints of where they will be spiking. Really listen. Read the opponents body language. If a server comes up and just serves the heck out of your team, a six point run, and then you go through rotationsand she's back up, keep in mind where she kept serving, how, and to whom she was serving and adjust to it. That's a great word to stick by, ADJUST. I know this is all corny but you have to buy into it if you want to get better. No matter what, adjust to things. Don't make excuses of "oh she got by me with that tip". Realize the repetition of some players and then you'll be able to be at the right place at the right time. Also, when you have the ball, read open court on the other side. If there's a hole in the middle all the time or an open corner in the back, try to get the ball in there rather than easy balls right to the middle back.

Be open to learn: If you're cocky (which falls in to the attitude category) or think you're hot stuff and are the best, coaches won't like that. You WILL mess up sooner or later. The ability to accept criticism and work on what's wrong and fix it is worth so much more than a talented player that has a bad attitude. If your coach pulls you aside and tells you how to do something, you don't have to kiss his/her butt but just say Ok and that you'll work on it and do so.