Volleyball: Setting to Zones 4 and 2 with Target Hoops

Trios practice overhead setting: a passer sends the ball to zone 2-3, the setter squares up and sets forward to zone 4 or backward to zone 2, where a teammate holds a hoop up high. Balls that go through the hoop are recorded.

How to play

1. Review the overhead pass: hands forming a triangle above the forehead, legs and arms extending together (3 min).
2. Trios: passer in zone 6, setter in zone 2-3 and a teammate holding a hoop about 3 ft above the net in zone 4 (2 min).
3. Front sets to zone 4; ten tries per setter, then rotate (7 min).
4. Back sets to zone 2, arching the back slightly without turning the shoulders (7 min).
5. Final round: the hoop holder shouts the zone at the last moment and the setter chooses (4 min).
6. Record each setter's hits by zone on the sheet (2 min).

Rules

• The hoop holder keeps arms straight and moves away if the ball heads for their face.
• Sets are made with the fingers only; an obvious double contact is repeated.
• Don't set a low ball: if it arrives below the chest, play it with the forearms.
• Rotate through the three roles every ten balls.

Variations

Adaptations

• Wheelchair user: sets from the chair in zone 3 with a light ball and a lower hoop.
• Visual impairment: sets a ball with a bell toward the hoop holder's voice.
• Finger injury: holds the hoop and records hits.

Learning goals

• Set accurately forward and backward.
• Square the body to the attack zone before contact.
• Record and compare one's own accuracy in each direction.

Equipment for a class of 25

• volleyballs: 10
• volleyball net: 1
• hoops: 8
• worksheets: 28

Teacher tip

Back sets work better if the setter stands sideways to the net with the left shoulder toward it. Use big hoops at first.

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