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Positioning the Players

As every coach or person that is involved in sports knows, positioning of the members iseverything. This allows one to have the strengths in the right place, helping towards the

strategy of winning the game. There are several ways to switch players and give them

the best places on the court. No matter what your strategy, you will want to make sure toknow exactly where everyones consignment is.

The first way that you can make sure everyone has the right place is by getting someextra support for the leadership position. This will be done through assigning one of the

top players as captain. It will be their job to communicate between you and the other

personnel as well as see what the best strategies are while everyone is on the court. From

here, everyone will have specific specialties that will be a part of the game.

The first group of players that you will want to focus on is the ones that are taller.

Usually, these should go towards the front, as it will be easier for them to spike a ball and

get the other team out. These will be the attackers and blockers of your game. Whenthinking offense, you will want to think about players that can be used as setters, which

will make sure that the volleyball is put into the right place on court, making it easier toaim to the right place on the other side. Liberos will be your more defensive personnel as

they will move straight to attacking the ball after it is served. The last types of players

you will have are hitters that will be on the middle and outside areas of the court. These

are used to quickly go after the ball, especially after it is set by the setter.

Once you have found the strengths of the team, you can use a variety of formations on the

court to your advantage. The most popular known formation is the 6-2 formation. Withthis, six of the players will be ready to attack and will be closer to the front of the court.

Two of these attackers will be assigned as setters in order to keep the ball over. Thesecond common formation is known as 5-1. Instead of two setters, there will be one whois specifically assigned to this role. You can also use the 4-2 formation, which are four

hitters and two setters for the game.

After you decide on the set-ups and rotations for all of your players, you will easily be

able to target the strengths of each player. By doing this, you will have the ability to set

up the court on your side according to the different strengths of each player. This can

help you in leading to the final hit and win.