Im so confuseddddd! :P?

Question

i dont get the volleyball positions. can someone explain them? in simplish terms cuz ive never played. and another thing i dont get..how come the two front outside people switch after the balls in contact? i was so confused today people were like yellng at me to switch with the other girl and i was like wthh where do i go?? and sometimes it was the outisde and the middle girl that switch. how do you know lke when to do that and whyy?

thank youu if you help.

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Answer 1

They switch because you are going to your assigned position.  Like if I were outside and my friend was setter, but she just came to the front row because of rotation.  I'm already in the right side position, but I have to get to outside, just like she needs to get to setter position.  When the server gets contact with the ball, then we switch to play defense.  We do that so we can play the positions we are most comfortable with and because of rotation, we move to different positions but we eventually go to our position.   Get it!  Kind of hard to explain but I did the best I could.  Any other questions or more clarification, just add details and I'll be happy to.

Edit: I don't know why she said that because that sounds weird.  Like if you win the point, then you go back to where you were to do the same switch again, but not in the same point.  I don't know, maybe your coach wants you to do that, but I have never done that before.  Like you said, you'll get the hang of it soon, your new at this.

Answer 2

The players switch because they are going to their disignated positions to try and get the side out and/or the point.  A lot of girls really don't know what their positions are until freshman/sophomore year because girls are still growing into their bodies.  So  I wouldn't worry about it too much, but the more practice you have, the easier it will come.  If you really want to learn more on the switches, I would look up volleyball terms such as a 5-1 (one setter) or a 6-2, (2 setters).  I hope this helps a little.  Good luck!

Answer 3

here is a site that might help you. it has alot of other stuff in it too, but just scroll down close to the bottom where it says "formations."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volleyball

this explains everything about rotating in volleyball. It also just takes experience. You'll get the hang of it after a few times on the court. Good luck

Answer 4

There is the backrow positions:

left back, middle back (sometimes libero) and right back

Front row:

outside hitter(left front), middle blocker and opposite(right front).

the back row people are usually the best passers and the front row people are the hitters who are usually taller. The setter goes into the front too once the ball is in play.

the front row people switch because they are not in the right position. This is so u can play YOUR position. You would switch when you are not in your position

Answer 5

When you are in the front row, they want you to switch to the position they want you to play.

It sounds like they are running a 4-2, which means the setter is in the front row.  They want the setter to be in the middle all the time.  You have to line up in the correct position at the moment of the serve, but you will switch after that.  If you are in the middle, you will need to switch to the outside as soon as the ball is served so that the setter can be in the middle.  

If I have confused you more, please feel free to email me.

Answer 6

For most schools(not mine, we have a different defense), base looks like this:

Left Front  Middle Front   Right Front

Left Back  Middle Back  Right Back

Depending on what position you are, everyone must switch to their base, unless in serve recieve, where you go back to your base once the ball goes over, so you can play defense.

What position are you? Are you an outside hitter, a middle, a setter, a right side? If you're an outside hitter, no matter if you are in the frontrow or backrow, always just go to base on the left side. Normally base for the left back and right back is behind the ten foot line and the middle back is deeper. If you are a hitter in the front row, you guys are up at the net.

Also, base is NOT how you will start out in a game. Usually if you're running like a 6-2 rotation, like most high schools do, everyone will start out like this:

Right Front(2nd setter)  Middle Front  Left Front(outside)

Left Back(outside)     Middle Back  Right Back(setter)

If your team has serve, the setter will start out serving, and the right front and left front will switch to get to their base, as everyone else will be in base already. You stay in base every time, until you rotate or are in serve recieve, and your coach should probably tell you how to do it. Setters are always on the right side, outsides on the left, middles in the middle. When everyone rotates, it looks like this:

Left front(came from left back)  Right Front  Middle Front

Middle Back   Right back(setter)   Left back(coming from front row)

So everyone will switch back to their base when they have serve. When you keep rotating and the setter is in front row, and right front comes to backrow, right front becomes the setter, unless your coach wants the setter to stay the same, then will just set in the right front position.

So when people say switch, it means just go to your base depending what position you're playing, just always remember outsides go the left, middles in middle, and setters on the right.

I learned all this in 8th grade, and trust me I was like WHATTT? But now I totally get everything.

Answer 7

It's called a 6-2, meaning that there are 6 players on the court and 2 of them are setters. If your team is serving, right after contact is made with the ball, players go to their assigned position, this is called base. If your a setter, your base is on the right side, if your a middle, your base is obviously in the middle, and if your an outside hitter, your base is on the left side.

Good Luck!