{"id":78683,"date":"2022-02-11T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coachingvb.com\/?p=78683"},"modified":"2022-02-11T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T14:00:00","slug":"setting-counter-flow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testsite.coachingvb.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/11\/setting-counter-flow\/","title":{"rendered":"Setting counter-flow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The video below features three examples of setting counter-flow. That&#8217;s when the setter sets in the opposite direction of the one the pass takes them. You may also hear it referred to making the long set, or something like that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=314&#038;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2F100000197449500%2Fvideos%2F356963929580123%2F&#038;show_text=false&#038;width=560&#038;t=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"why-counter-flow\">Why counter-flow?<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There&#8217;s no question these long sets come with greater risk. They aren&#8217;t as easy as shorter ones, resulting in less consistency. Back sets especially have a tendency to end up well inside the antenna. So why is it worth doing?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The answer is simple &#8211; hitting against a much weaker block. The whole principle of counter-flow is based on the opposing Middle Blocker tending to flow with the pass. Doing so means they have a long way to go if the set is in the reverse direction. As a result, the hitter generally only faces a single blocker. And because counter-flow sets tend not to be as consistent, that blocker often ends up out of position and trying to chase the hitter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"going-the-short-way\">Going the short way<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I should note here that we should think of counter-flow\/long sets in conjunction with short sets based on the same principle of Middle Blocker positioning. If that player doesn&#8217;t, in fact, flow in the direction of the pass, then the short set is likely to be the best choice. This is especially true if it&#8217;s relatively fast. That makes it very hard for them to close.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So when you&#8217;re working with your setter on this element of the offense, don&#8217;t just tell them to counter-flow set. Teach them to pick up the movement &#8211; or lack thereof &#8211; of the opposing MB so they can make the right choice of long vs. short.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Developing the ability to effectively run counter-flow sets gives a team the ability to put incredible pressure on opposing blocks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19697,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[422,423,459],"class_list":["post-78683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-volleyball-coaching","tag-volleyball-offensive-strategy","tag-volleyball-offensive-system","tag-volleyball-setting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testsite.coachingvb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78683","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=78683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/testsite.coachingvb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78683\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testsite.coachingvb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testsite.coachingvb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testsite.coachingvb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}