{"id":13134,"date":"2015-08-27T09:00:17","date_gmt":"2015-08-27T08:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coachingvb.com\/?p=13134"},"modified":"2015-08-27T09:00:17","modified_gmt":"2015-08-27T08:00:17","slug":"setter-considerations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testsite.coachingvb.com\/index.php\/2015\/08\/27\/setter-considerations\/","title":{"rendered":"Setter considerations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Part of the USA Volleyball Coaches Accreditation Program Level II (CAP II) requirements (when that was a thing) was that coaches write an article for publication. One such article<\/a> was posted on the USAV website titled Recipe for a Setter by Peggy Kane-Hopton. In it, Peggy presents what she considers the five key characteristics of a good setter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Athletic ability and touch<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Communication and leadership<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Mental toughness<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Game understanding<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Physical attributes<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    One might be inclined to merge #1 and #5, but I think pretty much they all capture the main elements. They basically match what I talk about in the post Picking a Setter<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    In the first section Peggy says “The setter’s most important skill is the ability to get to the ball.” A quick touch is the next important thing. This reminds me of a question posed to me by a former teammate, then a Division I coach at our alma mater. A few years back he asked if I would rate good feet or good hands higher for a setter. I said feet, and thus agree with Peggy. He said hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    In the last section there’s a line that I think is so key.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    “The setter must be able to move quickly to beat the ball to the spot.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Along with setters not actually getting to target<\/a>, this an issue for many setters. Instead of beating the ball and getting in a good position to execute the set, they time it and arrive at the same time as the ball. This means a less stable setting platform and almost certainly lower set consistency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The one comment I would have that might be to the contrary of Peggy’s article is that sometimes the mental side of things can offset physical short-comings. A setter’s leadership skills and\/or ability to read the game my make up for being undersized, a bit slow, or something along those lines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    An article speaks to the preferred qualities of a good setter – both mental and physical. I add some comments of my own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1568,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[43,293],"class_list":["post-13134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-volleyball-coaching","tag-assessment","tag-setting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testsite.coachingvb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13134","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=13134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/testsite.coachingvb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13134\/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=13134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testsite.coachingvb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testsite.coachingvb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}