Volleyball Defense for Setters and how to play it with Stein Metzger.
Stein is a native of Hawaii where he first played volleyball. He was recruited out of high school by UCLA as a setter and he went on to become an NCAA Champion, NCAA MVP his senior year and was inducted into the UCLA hall of fame.
Stein went on to win 18 times on the AVP and FIVB tours as well as being twice champion of the oldest event in beach volleyball, the Manhattan Beach Open. In 2004 Metzger represented the United States of America in beach volleyball at the Olympic games in Athens, Greece.
Volleyball Defense for Setters Explained
When I played indoors I wanted to dig every ball in college. Most setters I see don’t do that, they want to run off and get ready to set.
I say, “be an animal out there.” Get your hand on every ball and make a play for your team. This was something I was able to take pride in and use on the beach which helped me become an Olympian.
To do this the best have your feet just outside your shoulders with your knees bent over your toes and tuck your tail in. One thing I used to do was suck into the court and balls hit to the perimeter would go past me. Al Scates would get mad at me and say, “stay on the perimeter!” So I would stay on the perimeter and dug a lot more balls.
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As I am not a setter, I don’t really understand the dilemma of choosing whether or not you have to be in your defensive spot. I do understand, however, the difficulty of staying in your defensive spot, and that is not as a setter. It has to be extremely hard to train yourself not to run to your main position as a setter!
What is your question?
Andor