Transcript The 4-2 Offense

The 4-2 Offense
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The 4-2 Offense: Overview
The 4-2 offense is considered to be the
easiest offense to learn
In the 4-2 offense, four players are
attackers (A) and two are setters (S)
It is called a simple offense because the
setter is one of the front row players
Only forwards may spike from in front of
the attack line; so if one forward is the
setter, only two can serve as attackers
Executing the 4-2 Offense
1. Serve reception is when your team is
receiving the serve from the opponents
2. Covering the attacker is the action
taken to efficiently cover the court during
a spike by your team that may be
blocked by the opponents
3. A free ball formation is the position
taken by your team to receive a ball that
is neither a serve nor a spike
1. Serve Reception
The 4-2 Offense
1.1 Serve Reception: Overview
 In any serve reception formation, the setter does
not want to receive the serve under any
circumstances
 Until the ball is contacted on the serve, all
players on both teams must be in their correct
rotational positions
 After the serve is executed, players can assume
any position on the court, with the exception
that only forwards may attack or block from in
front of the attack line
1.2 Serve Reception in the 4-2
 In the 4-2 offense, the setter always sets from
the middle of the court close to the net
 However, the setter must line up to receive the
serve in their correct rotational position
 So the serve reception formation varies
depending on whether the setter must line up at
the left (LF), center (CF) or right (RF) forward
position…
1.3 Diagram: Setter at LF
A
RF
S
RB
A
CB
A
LB
S
LF
A
CF
Diagram 1.1: 4-2 offense, serve reception,
setter in the LF position
1.4 Diagram: Setter at CF
A
RF
A
RB
S
CF
S
CB
A
LB
A
LF
Diagram 1.2: 4-2 offense, serve reception,
setter in the CF position
1.5 Diagram: Setter at RF
S
RF
A
CF
A
RB
A
CB
S
LB
A
LF
Diagram 1.3: 4-2 offense, serve reception,
setter in the RF position
1.6 Serve Reception: Setter’s Role
Note that in the diagrams, the setter
always hides at the net and begins in the
correct rotational position
As soon as the serve is contacted, the
setter moves to the centre front of the
court, giving two options: a forward set or
back set
The setter remains in this position
directing the attack until the next serve…
1.7 Serve Reception: Switching
In Diagram 1.2, the setter is the center
forward (CF) and no switch is necessary
In Diagrams 1.1 and 1.3, the setter must
switch from an outside position to the
center of the court
In each of these last two cases, the center
forward attacker is in position on the same
side of the court as the setter and
switches to become an outside attacker
1.8 Serve Reception: Alignments
Teams must be aware of the potential for
overlaps in these two alignments.
Red lines are drawn in the diagrams to
indicate the problem areas of overlap
The center back (CB) must remain behind
the forwards, and the setter must be sure
to remain closer to the sideline than the
centre forward until the ball is served
1.9 Serve Reception: Responsibilities
The player receiving serve must call for
the ball before the ball crosses the net
All players must turn and face the player
who has called for the ball
No player should receive any serve that is
chest high or above (back row players
should allow this serve to go out)
Diagram 1.4 indicates the areas of
responsibility during serve reception…
1.10 Diagram: Serve Reception Areas
RF
RB
S
CB
LB
LF
Diagram 1.4: 4-2 offense, serve reception,
areas of responsibility
1.11 Serve Reception: Rule Summary
All Players
 Decide who will receive the ball as soon
as possible after contact by the server
 Call for the ball before it crosses the net
 Turn and face the player receiving the
ball
 Help call the ball out-of-bounds for
other players on the same line as you
1.12 Serve Reception: Rule Summary
Front Row Players
 Allow balls that are higher than chest
level to be played by back row players
 Do not move back more than one step to
play the ball
 Call the ball out on the sideline for the
back row player on your side of the court
 Be ready to move forward quickly on
short serves
1.13 Serve Reception: Rule Summary
Back Row Players
 Allow a ball that is chest height or higher
to go out of bounds
 Call the ball out on the sideline for the
front row player on your side of the court
 Be more aggressive in receiving from the
left back position when the serve is
between the left and right backs
 Always position yourself between the
front row players
1.14 Serve Reception: Rule Summary
Setters
 Never receive the serve under any
circumstances
 Call short serves
 Call for the pass and extend the hand
closer to the net high as a target for the
passer
 Face the left sideline with your right foot
forward in the stride position
2. Covering the Attacker
The 4-2 Offense
2.1 Covering the Attacker: Overview
Once your team has received the serve
and has passed to the setter, you attempt
to complete an offensive attack
Meanwhile, the opposing team is
attempting to prevent your team from
completing a successful attack
Your team must be ready and cover the
court regardless of the result of your
attack…
2.2 Possible Attack Outcomes
 There are five possible outcomes of
every attack. The results that end in a
dead ball are:
 The attacker spikes the ball to the floor for a
point
 The attacker spikes the ball out-of-bounds
or makes an error
 A blocker blocks the ball out-of-bounds or
makes an error
2.3 Possible Attack Outcomes, cont.
 In the fourth and fifth attack outcomes,
the ball remains in play:
 Either the defensive team digs the ball and
prepares for a counter-attack, or
 The blocker(s) successfully block the ball
and it remains on your side of the court
 If the opposing block is successful, the
ball usually falls quickly to the floor in an
area directly behind the attacker…
2.4 Covering the Blocked Attack
Therefore, the area directly behind the
attacker is the critical area for your team
to cover when an attack is successfully
blocked by an opponent
Two of your players must make a tight arc
behind the attacker, while the remaining
three players position themselves in the
spaces between them (see Diagrams 2.1
and 2.2)…
2.5 Diagram: Attack By Your LF
RF
RB
S
CB
LB
LF
Diagram 2.1: Spike coverage when your LF is attacking
2.6 Diagram: Attack By Your RF
RF
RB
S
CB
LB
LF
Diagram 2.2: Spike coverage when your RF is attacking
2.7 Covering the Attacker: Frontcourt
The person closest to the sideline is
always the centre back
The player closest to the net is always
the setter, who sets the attack and follows
the set by moving to the coverage position
Both players must be in a low defensive
position to have as much time as possible
to react to the ball
2.8 Covering the Attacker: Backcourt
 The two offensive players towards the sideline
opposite the attacker’s side shift toward the
attack side to cover blocked balls that drop
deeper into the court
 The back row player on the same side as the
attacker shifts closer to the sideline and calls
the ball out-of bounds if the block rebounds over
the sideline
 If the ball goes past or is deflected by the
block and is dug by the defense, your team
must quickly assume the base defensive
formation
3. Free Ball
The 4-2 Offense
3.1 Free Ball: Overview
Any time the opposing team is playing the
ball and attempting to set an attack, your
team’s blockers are at the net anticipating
their next action to be a block
When it becomes obvious that the
opposing team does not have enough
control to complete their attack, your
team must prepare to receive a free ball…
3.2 Free Ball: Seeing Lack of Control
Lack of control is often indicated when:
The first pass does not go toward the net
A player other than the setter must handle
the second ball
The set is made to a distance of more than 10
feet off the net, or
The attacker is out of position
3.3 Free Ball: Formation
The free ball formation is very similar to
the W-formation used to receive serve
The only difference is the setter is already
in position at the centre front of the court
The setter usually calls “free ball” to
communicate with the team that no block
is necessary
Your team should immediately move to
the free ball formation…
3.4 Free Ball: Moving to the Formation
The setter remains at the net
The two attackers move straight back to
the attack line
The centre back moves close to the
attack line at the centre of the court
The remaining two backs fill in the
spaces in between the forwards
3.5 Free Ball: Attackers’ Roles
The attackers’ first priority is to receive
the free ball; their second priority is to
attack
As soon as they are sure that they will not
have to receive the ball, they move to the
sidelines and prepare to receive the set
It is critical that the attackers do not ‘wing
out’ like this (see Diagram 3.1) until they
are positive that the free ball will be
passed by a teammate
3.6 Diagram: Moving to Free Ball
2
RF
RB
1
CF
(S)
LF
CB
LB
1
2
Diagram 3.1: Movement from base defense to free ball
3.7 Free Ball: Attackers’ Roles, cont.
The number 1 on the diagram indicates
the direction of the attackers’ first
movement straight back to the attack line
The number 2 is the ‘wing out’, or second
movement to a position outside the
sidelines in preparation for an attack
Once the free ball is received, your team
sets its own attack and proceeds with
appropriate coverage
The End
The 4-2 Offense