{"id":16166,"date":"2016-12-02T09:33:34","date_gmt":"2016-12-02T15:33:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coachingvb.com\/?p=16166"},"modified":"2016-12-02T09:33:34","modified_gmt":"2016-12-02T15:33:34","slug":"what-is-zero-tempo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testsite.coachingvb.com\/index.php\/2016\/12\/02\/what-is-zero-tempo\/","title":{"rendered":"What is zero tempo?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you followed my <a href=\"https:\/\/coachingvb.com\/category\/volleyball-coaching\/volleyball-coaching-log\/2016-17-midwestern-state-university\/\">coaching log entries for the 2016 Midwestern State season<\/a>, you know at one point in the season we spent time on middle attack tempo. Our hitters were much too slow. They were still in their approach on setter contact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This brought up some questions about the tempo we wanted to run. Specifically, should it be first tempo or zero tempo?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Honestly, I didn&#8217;t hear of zero tempo until a couple years prior to that conversation. I don&#8217;t know when it started to be used. It seemed to be very much an American thing, though. Basically, it&#8217;s when the hitter is off the ground at setter contact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At least that&#8217;s what it is supposed to be. That&#8217;s how it&#8217;s described in this video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Learn to Set a Zero Tempo Ball! - Volleyball 2016 #2\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MLxLpLXW1Xg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you watch the video, though, the hitters are not actually in the air on setter contact. They have both feet down, and are just about to jump. This is considered first tempo, rather than zero tempo. At least some people think of it that way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Differing opinions<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>I spoke with Mark from <a href=\"https:\/\/marklebedew.com\/\">At Home on the Court<\/a> about this. He and I are on the same page that by our reckoning in the air on setter contact is 1st tempo. We both admit, though, that you almost never actually see that. I had a male player at Exeter who did it, and one of our MBs at MSU did it once in a match. Those are the exceptions, though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even still, I have long pushed my quick attackers to beat the ball. I know they probably won&#8217;t get all the way there, but at least they&#8217;ll get closer to ideal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As I talk about in the <a href=\"https:\/\/coachingvb.com\/timing-the-first-tempo-attack\/\">Timing of the first tempo attack<\/a> post, the idea of the zero tempo ball is that it forces the block to make a choice. In order to stop a quick attack running that fast, the block must commit on the hitter. That then makes it very hard &#8211; maybe impossible &#8211; to get up if the ball is set elsewhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In practice, a properly run first tempo ball is very hard to stop without commit blocking. If the ball is set high enough to let the hitter make contact on full extension, the block will struggle to get up high enough, fast enough to stop it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is a zero tempo set in volleyball? How is it different than a first tempo set? 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