Transcript Int 2 / Higher P.E.

Int 2 / Higher P.E.
Volleyball
In volleyball we use all of these principles. We USE SPACE in a number of ways to beat
the opposition.
We DENY SPACE at the net by blocking at least one line of attack – stopping a hard hit.
This block also denies space in the back court allowing our defence to concentrate in other
parts of the court (Block Shadow).
We MAKE SPACE by attacking from wide positions – spreading the block and the defence
Leaving space to hit the ball into.
We MAINTAIN SPACE in defence- the team space- keeping the ball in the team space
makes it easier to work as a team.
We CREATE PRESSURE by always serving ‘tough’ – into space, at weak receivers and
using pace on the ball.
WE VARY THE TEMPO of play – playing slow in defence by giving the ball height to give
our team TIME to build the attack. Playing faster in attack to give opponents less TIME to
cope with our attack.
Volleyball - SSC
• How did we collect data?
• Video
• Observation schedule (G.O.S – whole
game looking at all 6 phases, S.O.S. –
Specific skills or specific phases)
• Looking at both individual player and team
effectiveness
Quick re-cap
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What is meant by a structure?
What is meant by a strategy?
What is our chosen / preferred structure?
What are the names of the roles /
positions on court?
• Who normally gets the 2nd ball?
• Describe one responsibility of the setter
during an attack?
• Describe one responsibility of the setter
defensively?
• Describe one responsibility of the swing hitter
during an attack?
• Describe one responsibility of the swing hitter
defensively?
• Describe one responsibility of the backcourt
player / server when receiving serve?
• Describe one responsibility of the backcourt
player / server offensively?
Roles and Relationships
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BLOCKER/SETTER
Very demanding role – very high involvement touching
the ball every attack.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
SPEED 1) To move quickly to the blocking position to DENY SPACE.
2) To move quickly to the ball to set the attack.
POWER -
1) To jump high in the block so DENYING MORE SPACE.
ENDURANCE -
1) To be able to do all the above in long rallies and long games.
TECHNICAL DEMANDS
1) Good quality volley to accurately set the attack so MAKING SPACE and
giving TIME for the attackers.
2) The ability to do this both with a forward and reverse volley and
DISGUISE our attack.
3) A quality block to DENY SPACE to the opposition attack.
Roles and Relationships
1.
BLOCKER/SETTER
MENTAL DEMANDS
1) Making the correct choice of set each time taking into account
the various factors
i.e.
a) Find your best attacker
b) Set the easier ball under pressure
2) Reading the opposition attack and reacting accordingly‘HIT’ ATTACK or
‘TIP ATTACK’
Roles and Relationships
2.
DEFENDER/HITTER
Less demanding role – may not be involved in every
attack.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
SPEED 1) Quick movement into defensive positions to DENY SPACE.
2) Quick movement to ‘HELP’ in defence and so MAINTAIN TEAM
SPACE.
POWER -
1) Jump High – allowing attacker to hit down into more court space.
2) Hit Hard – attacker can hit ball more quickly into gaps EXPLOITING
SPACE.
ENDURANCE -
1) Do all the above in long rallies and long games.
TECHNICAL DEMANDS
1) Accurate 1st pass to allow Setting strategies to be accomplished.
2) Good floor defence – DENYING SPACE & SLOWING TEMPO.
3) Variety of attack shots – Hit, Tip, Jump Volley to allow Attacking
Strategy.
Roles and Relationships
2.
DEFENDER/HITTER
MENTAL DEMANDS
1) ‘Correct’ choice of attack shot depending upon
a) Quality of Set
b) Opposition Block
c) Opposition Defence
2) Correct reading of opposition – line, diagonal, hit or tip.
Roles and Relationships
3.
READ DEFENDER/SERVER
May not touch the ball in defence but has to
work on every defence
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
Great demands on speed and agility
SPEED 1) Quick movement to defensive positions to DENY SPACE.
2) Quick movement to ‘HELP’ in defence and so MAINTAIN TEAM
SPACE.
ENDURANCE -
Involved in every rally moving side to side
depending on the attack direction.
TECHNICAL DEMANDS
1) Good floor defence – DENYING SPACE & SLOWING
TEMPO.
2) Strong accurate service – Creating PRESSURE
3) Accurate 1st pass – allowing all attack options.
Roles and Relationships
3.
READ DEFENDER/SERVER
MENTAL DEMANDS
1) Read attack line – line or diagonal and DENY SPACE
Roles and Relationships
Volleyball is an unusual game in that each player on court must rotate through all positions
on court so each player must be able/prepared to play ALL 3 ROLES TO fulfil ALL 3
FUNCTIONS.
This is a great deal to expect from all your players.
Coaches recognise this and try to find ways around the problem.
Rather than trying to improve ALL 4 PLAYERS in the DEMANDS of all 3 ROLES coaches
encourage SPECIALISATION.
This takes advantage of the Strengths of your team members and helps you hide the
Weaknesses of these individuals.
Roles and Relationships
SPECIALIST SETTER
By using the individual with the best player profile – PHYSICALLY, MENTALLY and
TECHNICALLY to set your attacks you gain a number of benefits
1) Consistent, Accurate Setting for the Attackers giving them the best chance of
accomplishing the teams attacking strategy.
2) Hide weak setters – if you can’t set you don’t set.
3) Utilise good attackers – don’t waste a good attacker by asking them to set the
attack.
Roles and Relationships
SPECIALIST ATTACKERS
By using the individuals who best suit this player profile – PHYSICALLY, MENTALLY and
TECHNICALLY you can
1) Have a safer and more effective net attack.
2) Hide poor attackers.
Roles and Relationships
SPECIALIST DEFENDERS
Players often find a preference in defending in one of the 3 defence positions.
This often reflects their ability to meet the Player Profile of each defensive ROLE.
By matching Player to position you will benefit defensively as a team i.e. the faster more agile
defender should be in READ/DEFENDER position.
The defenders with good technique for controlling the power hit will take the main attack line as
Attacker/Defender.
By making these defensive Personnel changes you will make more defences – get more
attacks back into the air – give yourself more chances to win points – frustrate the opposition
into errors.
So by using Specialist Players you can make immediate improvements to your teams
performance. If you get the best players for the ROLE then they will be best placed to
accomplish the teams preplanned strategies – CARRY OUT THE GAME PLAN
EFFECTIVELY.
Should you then wish to improve the specialist players themselves within their position to
further take advantage of their strengths your training should be based on the SPECIALIST
PLAYER PROFILE – THE ROLE – THE FUNCTION
Phases of play?
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1. Service
2. Service Reception
3. Set
4. Attack
5. Block
6. Transition
SERVICE
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Server should use their serve powerfully
It should be accurately grounded into space
SERVICE RECEPTION
Squeezing the heart of the court. Swing hitters and backcourt player
can take a step inwards and outwards if necessary to receive serve.
Strong lines of communication here (hips) and also forces serve wide,
more difficult to do.
SET
The 2nd touch of the ball comes from the setter, swing hitter
directs the ball to them to set up an attack. The setter will
decide which channel of attack the SET will be played into
and therefore which swing hitter will attack the ball.
ATTACK
The final touch comes from the attacking player.
They will decide on which attacking shot to use (spike, volley, tip etc)
This final shot will depend on the accuracy of the SET and the
positioning of the opposing block.
BLOCK
TRANSITION
If the ball bounces off a block and into the air, defending team will
use their 3 remaining touches to set up an attack. (NB block does not
count as a touch!)
The 3 mains units are:
• Defensive Unit – created by the swing
hitters and backcourt player by ‘squeezing’
the heart of the court to apply pressure to
the opposing server by denying open court
space.
• Attacking Unit – fundamentally created by
the swing hitters and setter. This unit can
use the whole net to attack along.
• Blocking unit – normally performed by a
swing hitter and the setter. Timing of jump
is important to ‘present ‘ the block
successfully.
Principles of Play
• Width, depth and mobility
Width
• Width in attack in the 1 – 2 – 1 structure
• This is created by the 2 swing hitters for the
setter to target the extreme left or right of the
court. This give the team 2 options and a degree
of flexibility, which can make it difficult for the
opposing team to pin point the danger and react
to it. This is particularly the case is the setter
play a reverse volley.
• This means that there are a range of attacking
opportunities and a selection of the 3 channels
of attack.
• Width in Defence in the 1 – 2 – 1 structure
• Is also created by the swing hitters working
closely with the backcourt defender. In the
service reception or transition phases, the hitters
can be positioned out wide to ensure the
sidelines are covered. This can only happen if
the backcourt defender is skillful and quick in
covering the ‘heart’ of the court.
SH covers sidelines and create width. BC the moves in to cover
the heart.
Depth
• In the 1 – 2 – 2 structure, depth in attack in created
by playing:
• (a) Penetrating setter
• The team would play this if their strongest setter was
in position 6 and not position 3 of the setter. Setter
and backcourt defender switch after service. Even
when players are ‘out of position’, mobility of players
from depth can provide consistency to the structure
of the team and a successful attack can still take
place.
• (b) Backcourt hit
• Played behind the back line by the backcourt
defender. This is needed if a powerful hitter has
moved into this position and also provides depth
by giving the team a 3rd attacking option. It is
also useful if the Set has not gone to plan the
defensive unit can jump and hit the ball from a
deep position.
Depth
• Depth can be created in 3 ways:
• (a) The backcourt defender covers the baseline during
service reception.
• (b) The swing hitters will come away from the net
during service reception and transition phases to help
cover the sidelines. They will also support the backcourt
player by squeezing the heart of the court.
• © During the blocking phase, the backcourt defender
and remaining swing hitter will cover out with the
shadow of the block.
Mobility
• Mobility is important because the team
needs to be able to adapt or change the
structure altogether if required.
• Your teams strengths and weaknesses will
be on show during all competitive
performances, as will your opponents.
• Therefore if things don’t go to plan,
adaptations (short term) or even changes
(long term) may have to occur
Communication
• The communication between Volleyball players is known
as the ‘Line of communication’
• This will take place as team mates support and
cooperate with one another.
• Team communication needs to promote positive verbal
encouragement and continual success will develop
determination and loyalty for each player.
• Verbal commands and calls need to be clear, particularly
during service reception to setting and from set to attack.
• More importantly, poor play from the group or an
individual will ‘test’ a teams resilience and ability to stay
positive and upbeat.
• Therefore, a verbal and physical line of
communication between players will help
create and hold a structure together at all
times.
• Opponents intentions can also be picked
up by patterns of movement after verbal
commands.
Using deception and Disguise
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Fake / dummy
Reverse volley
½ volley
1 and ½ volley
2 ½ volley
Backcourt hit
• Deception only really comes from the 2nd and 3rd
ball as the first is for our benefit and allows us
time to readjust our structure to form an effective
attacking unit.
Strengths and Weaknesses
• Individual S and W are important to consider as we
all have different roles to fulfill on the court.
• For example an individual may possess particularly
good physical attributes which will allow them to be
an effective blocker (explosive power for jumping),
attacker (strength for striking the ball hard) or
defender (agile to receive service). Or there may be
weaknesses in the team e.g. lack of power thus
unable to jump and perform an effective block or
not good at receiving the ball. Overcome this?
• Only have one blocker at the net?
• Hide weak player at the net during service
reception?
Strengths and Weaknesses of
the 1 – 2 – 1 structure
SERVICE
Strength
Blocked vision by front court players at net.
Target on weak player or setter.
Weakness
Quick return from opponents can exploit the space behind the 3 front
court players.
SERVICE RECEPTION
Strength
3 backcourt players cover the heart of the court forcing the opposition to serve
down the line. Each part of the court is covered well and good line of
communication (hips no need to talk)
Weakness
Lines f communication must be clear to avoid confusion.
Only 1 target to play the ball to at the net (only 1 setter)
Only 1 backcourt player to cover baseline.
SETTING
Strength
Designated setter ready at the net with options.
Setter to control the tempo of play.
Clear roles
Lines of communication
Can set from 2 and a half – SH comes in between the middle of setter and other SH
and is now called the ‘middle hitter’ . Thus setter does not have to play a tricky
reverse set – can play fwds for 2 attacking players to move in
Weakness
Setter has to be able to play the ball in both directions (Fwd and Bwds)
Setter only in position for 1 rotation.
Possibility of 3 non setters unless switch
ATTACK
Strength
2 swing hitters for choice.
Many attacking options – 3 channels and possibility of 3 attackers
2nd ball attack
Backcourt hit / attack allow for a wider variety of attacking shots that can
be played. Spike, volley, tip etc.
Weakness
1 channel may be blocked.
Backcourt player cannot jump and cannot come over back line.
Can be slightly predictable.
BLOCKING
Strength
3 blockers
2 very minimum
Close the window
Creating the post
Weakness
Exposure to the rest of the court if all committed in block.
Difficulty if post is not set correctly.
2 blockers – timing of the jump or lack of power
TRANSITION
Strength
Identify roles for area of responsibility
Weakness
Quick return will exploit slow movement of the team.
• In addition, the 1 – 2 – 1 formation
everyone has a distinct role and
responsibility, whereas in the 2-2
formation there are 2 defenders and 2
setters which can cause a lot of confusion
if communication is poor.
Other difficulties in our 1-2-1
structure
• Communication error
Poor communication will result in no one
going to the ball and an ace or both
players going for the ball. This will lead to
the opponents playing the ball into these
areas to win points.
• Weak player
A weak player that our opponents were
trying to play the ball to. Although we can
hide the weak player in service reception,
it means that other players are having to
cover areas of the court, leaving potential
gaps for the opposition to play into.
May move the weak player towards the net
or in the corners of the court or even
penetrating the setter if necessary.
• One good setter
Penetrating the setter to move the player
into their preferred role and give the team
their strongest setter. Accuracy of the set
is vital in the attack.
Overcoming these weaknesses
• To overcome these weaknesses changes
can occur within the team / structure.
• If communication is poor between two or
more, players come up with a plan; before
of during the game decide who will go for
the ball i.e. Defender always gets first ball
or eliminate players altogether to avoid
confusion.
• If there is a weak player in your team then
they will be a prime target for the
opposition. Or indeed your team may only
have one good setter.
• This can be overcome by moving towards
the net, corners of court of penetrating
setter.
HW Past Paper Question
• Describe, in detail, a SSC you have used
(4)
• Discuss some of the Strengths that either you or your
team/ group experienced when applying this SSC
(6)
• Describe your weakness(es) when applying this
Strategy, Structure or Composition. Discuss the effect
that this had on your performance
(6)
• Describe how you adapted your Strategy, Structure or
Composition to reduce the effect of these weaknesses
(4)
Methods of data Collection
• Video analysis – what are the merits of
using the video to collect data on our
performance in volleyball?
• Observation Schedule – these can be
completed in ‘real time’ or in conjunction
with the video. The information from the
schedules will suggest strengths and
weaknesses within the structure.
Questions
1. Why is it important to collect data on your
performance in volleyball?
2. Draw an example of a general
observation schedule and a Specific
observation schedule
3. Pages 31 – 35 gives you examples to
choose from.
• 4 give the merits of using these type of
observation schedules (pages 36 – 37)
Tomorrow
• Review the strategic adaptations we can
make to our 1 – 2 – 1 structure in the short
term to achieve success.
• How we can change our structure from 12-1 to the 2-2 and look at the strengths
and weaknesses of this structure.
Strengths and Weaknesses of the
2-2 structure
• Service
• Strength - block opposition vision of
service.
• Weakness- Opposition can exploit space
in the middle of the court with a quick
return.
• Service Reception
• Strength - Only 2 at back court, less
confusion when receiving serve, cover
quarter of the court.
• Lines of communication between SR and
setter are clear.
• Weakness- Less width on court, weak
defenders become more exposed. Only 1
player to cover the whole court, what is
one is the weak player? The heart of the
court is not covered.
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Setting – strength
2 setters thus more options for disguise
Setter in 1 place for 2 rotations.
There are targets to hit from SR
• Weakness
• Communication between setters is vital.
• Whole team must be aware of setting
options.
• Attack
• Strength - Only 1 front court attack
obvious by who gets the set
• Back court penetrating set option can be
used
• Weakness - Only 2 from court attackers –
1 of which will set to back court attacker
that cannot jump.
• Only have 1 SH in play and 2 back court
options – this can be predictable.
• Blocking Strength - Front 2 always block 2
back court covering and cross court.
• There are only 2 options for the cross
court and line defenders – les confusion.
• Weakness - 1 player has to move right
across the net to block, takes time to do
this.
• Transition
• Strength- Identified space on court, ¼ of
court – each area of responsibility is
clearer.
• Weakness -Back 2 have bigger area to
cover.
Homework due for Thursday
• Discuss the differences between the 1-2-1
and the 2-2 structure.
Methods Of data Collection
• Explain the benefits of each type of observation
schedule. Pg 36 - 37
• Read pages 38 – 39 and answer the following
questions
• What weaknesses in our structure may be a
problem?
• What will our training programme focus on?
• Give a detailed explanation of what our training
programme will focus on.
Training programme
The training / improvement plan will last for 6 weeks, will
take place 3 times a week, involve gradually building in
pressure to ensure a game like context, will involve the
whole team and allow us to evaluate progress.
Team Strengths – Setting
Team Weaknesses – Blocking and Attacking
Content of our Training Programme
for Blocking only
Our training programme looked at:
Isolating skills – this involves looking at individual skills
like tip and blocking. Improve the quality of the skill and
benefit from ‘stronger’ skills becoming more fluent and
consistent.
Isolating phases of play – important phases of play can
be simulated into a drill the intention being improving the
quality of the phase. We have looked at blocking.
Improving physical fitness – our training also needs to
look at certain aspects of fitness that are vital in
volleyball, Power, Speed, Agility for example.
Blockers
Drill 1
Blockers are elevated on chairs to the
correct height.
Passive blockers and focus on the ‘close
the window’ technique.
Setter
Blockers do not require the physical
aspect of power for blocking here.
Blockers are also confined to one spot.
Attackers
Attacker plays the ball up for the setter
who then sets the ball forward. Attacking
player plays the ball over using a variety
of attacking shots (tip, spike, volley, dig
etc)
Blockers
Setter
Drill 2
Blockers are now active and on the
ground and therefore require power
in this legs to jump high to present
the block. They also require good
communication and reaction time to
time the jump and react to the
attack.
The block is moveable
Setter now plays either a forward or
reverse set to the attacker
(communication is key). This makes
it more game like.
Blockers
Setter
Attackers
Drill 3
We added in another blocker to produce a
3 man block. This is even more game like
with 2 SH and a setter.
Communication and knowledge of roles in
important as the SH must know when to go
for the block and when to cover cross court
in case of a successful block.
There is more pressure in this drill.
Drill 4
The same practice as before
except the rally continues
making the situation even
more game like going
through the phases of play
not necessarily in the
preferred / identified roles.
Drill 5
The final drill is a 4v4 game which
lets us work on our skills developed
in the practice and also allows us to
see if the training programme has
been successful.
All the drills allow us to
work on attack and
blocking phases of play.
Content of our training programme
for Service Reception
• Drill 1
Position 6 serves (underarm or overarm) to
position 1, position 1 then selects a dig or
volley depending on the type of serve to
then play to position 2, position 2 then sets
along the net to position 3 and position 3
plays an attacking shot to position 6 to start
the drill once more.
All players remain fixed in their position until
the teacher directs the team to rotate to
start the drill once more.
Mimics the skills required in service
reception – position 1 must select the
correct pass to play an accurate sot
towards the net.
Drill 2
This drill is the same shot selection as drill 1.
however players now need to follow their
pass.
This mimics the mobility that is required for
players in the service reception phase. Once
you have passed the ball movement must
occur where necessary.
Target /goal – to have one complete rotation /
loop of the ball with successfully passes
and runs. 1 minute to complete a minimum of 5
successful loops.
we may also vary the type of passes to be
played: position 6 can only serve using the
underarm serve, position 1 can only play a dig etc
Drill 3
• Butterfly drill
Position 6 serves to position 1, position 1 this time
Passes to position 3 (the setter), position 3
Sets the ball along the net to position 2 (the swing
Hitter) who then plays an attacking shot towards
Position 6.
Players must follow their pass quickly and passes
Should all be high to allow time for the change in
Direction.
Drill always stops and
starts with the position 6 serving.
Target – 1 minute to get 3 successful loops of the
Ball/condition on the types of passes used.
Drill mimics the service reception phase as it allows
Players to fulfil their assigned roles and responsibilities
In the service reception phase; first ball after service
Played to the setter, setter sets long net etc.
Drill 4
Here, the Swing hitter on the left – serves to the BCD, the
BCD plays the ball to the setter, the setter then must
communicate effectively to choose the channel of attack
and work closely with the SH to complete the attack
phase.
Players remain mobile to support one another and to
ensure strong lines of communication (hips)
This drill mimics service reception as the setter and both
swing hitters must communicate effectively to ensure an
accurate pass to prepare for the attack.
Attacking shot is also developed here as the SH’s now
must prepare for an attack over the net – emphasis on
spiking (placed and power), shoot and tip volley.
Suggested targets or goals we could set ourselves in this
drill?
Drill 5
As the previous drill however a team is now positioned
on the opposite side of the net to block an attack made
from the team.
If the ball is unsuccessfully blocked then the rally
continues on the opposition side.
Conditioned game – must start the drill and then the
rally continues.
Mimics the service reception phase as players need to
work closely together to communicate (verbal, non
verbal and hips) all crucial here.
Suggested targets or goals we could set ourselves in
this drill?
Our programme looks at:
• Isolating skills – develop individual skills to
improve the quality of the skill and benefit from
stronger skills becoming more fluent and
consistent.
• Isolating the phases of play – important that the
phases simulated through the drills thus
improving the quality of the phase.
• Improving fitness – training also helps to
develop certain aspects of fitness e.g. power,
agility, speed etc.
What will make our training a
success
• We move on to the next practice once we have
mastered the first
• Each practice gets progressively more difficult
and more game like
• Training involves the whole team
• We can evaluate progress through measuring
our success against the targets/goals we set
ourselves during training and indeed during the
competitive games.
Why monitor our T.P.?
When addressing our Weaknesses ( going through our training programme) it is
important to monitor our progress, using the same methods that we used to firstly
collect data.
-It allows us to see if improvements have been made and thus the programme has
been successful
-It allows us to identify if the programme is specific enough to the weaknesses, if it is
we will see improvements.
-Allows us to identify if the correct initial starting level was correct. If it is
improvements shouls also be seen.
-To see if short term goals were achieved.
-It also allows us to make adaptations or change something within the programme to
ensure improvements are being made.
-It also allows for comparison of data during and after the T.P and can be kept as a
permanent record of evidence.
PLAN OF ACTION 1
PLAN OF ACTION TO IMPROVE
Once you have identified problem in carrying out your pre-planned strategies you have to
produce a plan of action to improve your performance as a team in those areas.
The plan will have to take into account:
1. How long have we got to find a solution.
2. The specific nature of the problem.
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TIME – How long have we got to find the solution.
a)
IMMEDIATE SOLUTION
If we find as a DEFENSIVE unit we have difficulty defending the TIP ATTACK – We can’t wait
until training to improve this – We must make an immediate change to our performance or we
lose the game.
We can do this by pushing our READ/DEFENDER (Position (1)) closer to the blocker to defend
the TIP ATTACK.
This will change the team formation in defence
From 1-2-1 to 1-1-2
If you don’t make this change your team will lose the
Game. Your team needs to have this flexibility of strategic
approach.
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PLAN OF ACTION 2
b)
IMMEDIATE SOLUTION
If we find as an ATTACKING unit we have difficulty winning points due to our HIGH SLOW
PREDICTABLE ATTACK we can make an immediate strategic/positional change to make us
less predictable so giving us more opportunities to win the game.
We cam move our setting position form (3) to (2) giving us a middle net attack as well as a wide
Attack.
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The middle net attack can open up more angles of attack so spreading the defence a little more
and changing our PREDICTABILITY FACTOR!
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PLAN OF ACTION 3
c)
IMMEDIATE SOLUTION
If as a blocking unit we come up against an exceptional attacker who jumps high and hits hard
and beats our block easily every time we must find an immediate solution to this or we lose the
game.
There are a number of immediate solutions to this problem.
i) Serve the ball to this player deep so forcing them away from the net making a good
approach rum more difficult. This also forces the player to concentrate on performing
more than one skill i.e. Service Reception and Smash – more difficult to do so possible
making them less effective.
ii) Serve the ball to the opposite side of the court making it much harder for the setter to
accurately give the ball to the stronger attacker.
Service
Setter
Stronger
Attacker
Weaker
Attacker
The setter has to either reverse
set or turn through a very wide
angle to set to the strong
attacker.
PLAN OF ACTION 4
c)
IMMEDIATE SOLUTION (cont.)
We could put a 2 person block against the good attacker.
Strong Attack
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This should stop the ball being hit
very hard into our court by
DENYING THE SPACE at the net.
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Immediate solution needs to be found if games are not to be lost.
It shows during the game players need to be :
a) Aware of opposition strategy
b) Flexible in their own strategy
PLAN OF ACTION 5
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SHORT TERM SOLUTION
You now have a little time to solve your identified weakness – You don’t have to or can’t find an
immediate solution during the game.
So we start to use some TRAINING TIME to solve our strategic problems.
We must BASE our TRAINING on improving the SPECIFIC WEAKNESS (Which part of the
strategy is braking down?)
Is it a TECHANCIAL WEAKNESS
Is it a DECISION MAKING WEAKNESS
Is it a PHYSICAL WEAKNESS
SETTING STRATEGY
i) Problems with TEMPO of set MAKING SPACE AND DISGUISE can best be dealt with
through TECHNICAL TRAINING.
1. Gradually increasing difficulty of feeds
2. Then introduce serve & receive prior to
Setter
set.
Target
3. Introduce blocker & hitters to check
disguise.
Feeder
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SHORT TERM SOLUTION
However you have to ask the question.
Can ALL the players improve enough to set accurate WIDE & HIGH attacks?
If this answer is NO then you should look to using SPECIALIST SETTERS & improve
their ability specific to the STRATEGIC NEEDS.
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SHORT TERM SOLUTION
ATTACKING STRATEGY
The ability of individuals to fulfil the team attacking strategy VARY TEMPO, EXPLOIT SPACE,
DISGUISE DIRECTION, SPEED & LENGTH will be influenced by TECHNICAL TRAINING
PROGRAMME WHICH ALLOWS DECISIONS TO BE MADE BY ATTACKERS. Experiencing
the game situations in a practice situation – building experience, finding success in different
situations will lead to better ATTACKING ABILITY.
e.g. Attacking to targets – Technical!
Add Blockers
DECISIONS
Add Defenders
All players need to learn to ATTACK to the best of their ability.
However some will be better than others and the setters must be aware during the game who
these are and USE THEM MORE in the ATTACK.
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SHORT TERM SOLUTION
DEFENSING STRATEGY
The ability of individuals to contribute to team strategy – DENY SPACE – MAINTAIN SPACE –
PLAY SLOW TEMPO – ADAPT & WORK TOGETHER AS A TEAM will be improved by
TECHNICAL TRAINING WHICH ALLOWS DECISION MAKING & BUILDS IT INTO A TEAM
RESPONSE.
e.g.
Practice to defend HARD HIT
Practice to defend TIP ATTACK
Practice to READ ‘HIT’ or ‘TIP’
Practice now to include 2nd & 3rd TOUCH
Practice to include FEED DIRECTION VARIETY etc.
Remember also the use of Specialist Defensive Positions to improve this performance.
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LONG TERM SOLUTIONS
Physical changes take MONTHS/ YEARS. Change in levels of fitness to improve performance.
Again related to the specific demands of each strategy & position.
POWER
To JUMP HIGH & HIT HARD. Weight training, plyometrics &
specific weight training.
SPEED
QUICK MOVEMENT to defend, block, attack & set. Speed drills
specific to these movements.
ENDURANCE
To complete the above LONG GAMES & LONG RALLIES.
Movement drills & circuit training.