OK..6:2 rotations?

Question

Well, my team is set up on the court kind of like a W with a tip hanging off (setter):

.......1

2........3

......4....

5........6

Let's say I'm 4 (middle hitter). and it's our turn to serve, so 6 goes to serve. What am I supposed to be doing?I know that two and three are up to the net, ready to block, but what do I do? Do I switch with 5 and then go back to base (4)?

Ok, and when it's time to rotate, I go to 5. Now what do I do when it's our time to serve?

Same with 2 and 3, except when the other team is serving.

So right now, I only know what to do when my team is serving and I'm at spots 2 and 3.

Ah! I got some previous help but I figured out it was a 6:2, and none of the explanations on the web have been helping me.

Answer 1

any time that your team is serving and you're a middle hitter and you're in the front row, you're up blocking at the net. either ppl will be switching behind you or they wont. if you're in spot 4 on the court, then sumone should be switching behind you so that they can play outside and so that you can be in the middle. when you're on defense and in spot 4, then a setter should be pushing you up to the net. if not, then you're playing short. when you're in spot 2 or 3 on defense and the other team is serving, you should be getting short balls. when you rotate to back row, you stay back row. you dont go back up to play at the net, you stay back and get defense. and since you're playing a 6-2, and the setter sets from back row, there are only two players getting defense in the back row, so you have to spilt the court. when you're on defense and the other team is serving, another front row player will push back so that you have 3 back row defensive player. hope this helps and doesnt confuse you even

Answer 2

It is not quite clear whether you are playing 6-2, or 5-1.

If the setter was in front row and you were in back row, as you depicted in your chart (and you mentioned that you would switch with 5), it is actually 5-1.

When playing 5-1 and you have three non-setter players in backrow, but not playing center back, you as the middle hitter/ blocker should switch with 5 assuming 5 is the other outside hitter who can hit a better pipe than you. Most teams would play center back so that you should come back to the middle of baseline and be the "last line of defense", while 5 move closer to the 10 feet line.

If the setter was in backrow and you were in front row, and the setter was "sliding" into the setter's position after 6 hits the serving, it is a 6-2 and you should be up to the net ready to block.

Answer 3

any time that your team is serving and you're a middle hitter and you're in the front row, you're up blocking at the net. either ppl will be switching behind you or they wont. if you're in spot 4 on the court, then sumone should be switching behind you so that they can play outside and so that you can be in the middle. when you're on defense and in spot 4, then a setter should be pushing you up to the net. if not, then you're playing short. when you're in spot 2 or 3 on defense and the other team is serving, you should be getting short balls. when you rotate to back row, you stay back row. you dont go back up to play at the net, you stay back and get defense. and since you're playing a 6-2, and the setter sets from back row, there are only two players getting defense in the back row, so you have to spilt the court. when you're on defense and the other team is serving, another front row player will push back so that you have 3 back row defensive player. hope this helps and doesnt confuse you even more! lol.