Tip for setting in volleyball.....help me!!?

Question

i don't play vball on a team but it is my favourite sport......

do you have any useful tips on how to set a volleyball properly? whenever i set the ball, it always hits my fingers the wrong way and i end up with sore fingers...

thanks

Answer 1

If your fingers are getting sore, that means they're getting jammed. A lot of people make the mistake of setting with their hands flat. If you want to practice on how to position your hands, get your volleyball. Put one hand over the volleyball like you're trying to pick it up with one hand. That's how your hands should be like when you set.

Answer 2

Try and do little sets against a wall... Doing this for a few minutes every day should help you.

Answer 3

try and keep you elbows bent and contact the ball above your forehead

Answer 4

let the ball bounce on your arm

Answer 5

make sure your hands are at your forehead and not already above your head.  Also, be fast and call the ball early.  Our setter ALWAYS calls help to late and the ball drops.  So call early and BE FAST.  also extend to your target REMEMBER SHAPE THE BALL

NO STIFF FINGERS

Answer 6

1. Start in the ready position facing the target. (Hands bent, and waiting for the ball)

2. Bring your hands up, right above your head and call for the ball.

3. Form a triangle with thumbs and pointerfingers (hands should not be touching) Make your fingers curved as if your were holding a ballon in them. If you play piano you shape your hands like that.

4. Place hands directly in front of the face close to the forehead. This position is called NEUTRAL and is always the starting position for the set.

5. On contact, set by extending the arms and legs. As your hands hit the ball step forward, towards your target, with you dominate foot.

(When you set the ball cantact the ball on the pads of your finger tips. (the part of your fingers you hit keys with on a keyboard))

Avoid following:

1. Facing where the ball is coming from.

2. Don't hit contact the ball on the tips of your fingers.

3. Do not catch the ball or let it sit in your hands for a short time or else you will be called on a lift.  The same will happen if you set the ball below your head. If  you are called on a lift the other team gets a point

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Tips:

1. HANDS UP EARLY SHAPED LIKE THE BALL

-Wait for ball with hands 3 to 4 inches above forehead.

-Thumbs and index fingers form a triangle through which you can see ball (triangular window).

-Rest of hands above your head as if you were holding a balloon

2. ONE AND FREEZE

-The correct contact point is just above the forehead (hairline).

-When contacting the ball, the hands move in one direction only.

-Freeze with arms fully extended in the direction you want the ball to go. (Hands are the same distance apart upon completion as they were during coantct.)

-Hands follow the ball.

3. FOREHEAD AND HIPS

-The correct body position is with the ball, forehead, and hips in a vertical line.

- piont your hips and shoulders to your target

4. LONG DISTANCE SETS

-With your right foot forward and knees bent, place weight on the back foot (left) and at contact, transfer weight to the front foot (right). apply a stonger push to the ball with your hands and legs. (raise up faster)

Answer 7

always start with your elbows bent, hands above your shoulders and fingers spead, when the ball comes at you, hit the ball with your fingertips, and close them up like a flower. Follow through and you should be all set.

Answer 8

Setting Basics:

1. Start in the ready position facing the target.

2. Spread fingers in the shape of the ball above the head.

3. Form a triangle with thumbs and pointerfingers (hands should not be touching)

4. Place hands directly in front of the face close to the forehead. This position is called NEUTRAL and is always the starting position for the set.

5. On contact, set by extending the arms and legs.

Avoid following:

1. Contacting the ball with the palms of the hands.

2. Facing where the ball is coming from.

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Tips:

1. HANDS UP EARLY SHAPED LIKE THE BALL

-Wait for ball with hands 4 to 6 inches above forehead.

-Thumbs and index fingers form a triangle through which you can see ball (triangular window).

-Rest of hands form the shape of a ball.

2. ONE AND FREEZE

-The correct contact point is just above the forehead (hairline).

-When contacting the ball, the hands move in one direction only.

-Freeze with arms fully extended in the direction you want the ball to go. (Hands are the same distance apart upon completion as they were during coantct.)

-Hands follow the ball.

3. FOREHEAD AND HIPS

-The correct body position is with the ball, forehead, and hips in a vertical line.

4. FACE THE TARGET

-With your right foot forward, square off to target with shoulders and feet before you deliver set

-Face your sweet spot (for outside sets - the point on the left sideline that is 3 feet from the center line) for all of your sets

5. LONG DISTANCE SETS

-With your right foot forward and knees bent, place weight on the back foot (left) and at contact, transfer weight to the front foot (right).