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Setting QUICK SETS - How to SET a Volleyball Tutorial

Coach Donny • Elevate Yourself

Elevate Yourself Founder & Head Coach

Session Overview

Coach Donny breaks down how to set middle quick attacks—specifically 1-balls (A quick), 3-balls (B quick), and back-1s (C quick). He explains how the setter must adjust set height to match the middle hitter's jump timing and use quick, short finger-wrist action to place the ball right into the hitter's swing window.

Core Biomechanical & Tactical Principles

On a 1-ball (A quick), the middle hitter is already in the air before the setter touches the ball—deliver the ball directly into their hitting hand with a quick wrist flick.
On a 3-ball (B quick), push the set into the gap 6 to 8 feet away from the setter while keeping the trajectory low and fast.
Communicate constantly with your middle blocker to calibrate whether the set needs to be higher, tighter, or further off the setter.

Verbal Coaching Cues for Practice:

"Quick wrists, short release""Put the 1-ball in their hand""Match the middle's jump timing"

Why Recommended for Coaches:

Essential instructional breakdown for building timing and location chemistry between setters and middle blockers on 1s, 3s, and back-1s.

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Key Coaching Cues

"Quick wrists, short release"

"Put the 1-ball in their hand"

"Match the middle's jump timing"

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