{"id":103159,"date":"2023-10-03T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coachingvb.com\/?p=103159"},"modified":"2023-10-03T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T13:00:00","slug":"creative-use-of-a-back-row-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testsite.coachingvb.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/03\/creative-use-of-a-back-row-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Creative use of a back row attack"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I had this Ohio State vs Wisconsin match on while I was working. As a result, I wasn&#8217;t fully locked in when I saw this play, but it caught my attention. Let&#8217;s see if you can figure out why.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/coachingvb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/OSU-backrow-through-5.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Did you catch what happened there?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If not, take a look at the starting positions. OSU is in <a href=\"https:\/\/coachingvb.com\/setting-starting-rotation-5-1\/\">a 5-1<\/a>. The Setter is in Position 4, standing near the net. The Middle (Position 3) is also over there in a stack. In this kind of set up you normally see the front row Outside Hitter pulled back in Position 5 to pass. That is not the case here. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead, the front row OH is in Position 2, ready to play a short ball. The three back row players are lined up to receive serve in their respective positions. That puts the back row OH in Position 5 when she&#8217;d normally pass in 6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the play unfolds, the MB comes inside to run a quick. The front row OH stays on the right to hit a back set in Position 2. Normally, that would leave no one to hit outside. OSU, however, makes up for that by running the back row OH on a wide back row attack. Not something you see very often!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I should note that OSU wasn&#8217;t trying to go for a match-up with this set. Wisconsin&#8217;s big OPP was front row, not the setter. The MB run, however, held the Wisconsin MB, resulting in OSU getting probably their best hitter in a 1-on-1 where the attack is coming from an unusual position for the blocker. We can see the result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Obviously, you need a couple factors to make this work. It starts with a good back row hitter. The front row OH has to be a legit threat on the right to keep the block honest. And you need a good pass to make the MB a threat on the quick (see my post on <a href=\"https:\/\/coachingvb.com\/doing-back-row-attacking-right\/\">doing the back row attack right<\/a>). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ideally, that set would be a little closer to the net than it was. Set accuracy is a risk in this situation. It&#8217;s a longer set than you&#8217;d normally see for a back row attack in-system. That means more potential variation in set location. A good hitter can make up for that, though, as we can see<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Creativity can be key in creating strong attacking opportunities for your hitters. Here&#8217;s an example of this from the women&#8217;s game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":103156,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[421,422,423],"class_list":["post-103159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-volleyball-coaching-strategy","tag-volleyball-offense","tag-volleyball-offensive-strategy","tag-volleyball-offensive-system"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testsite.coachingvb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testsite.coachingvb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testsite.coachingvb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testsite.coachingvb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testsite.coachingvb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/testsite.coachingvb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testsite.coachingvb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testsite.coachingvb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testsite.coachingvb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testsite.coachingvb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}