Receive Rotation 2

Here's where they stood for the second receive. The setter and the opposite are both in the center positions. Use the first slide if you need to here. The interesting thing here is the LF-LB and RF-RB could easily get in front of each other in a bad way. The setter must be in the middle of the back row, and the opposite in the middle of the front, but we really have to watch everybody here.

We often think of this as two triangles, as shown in the third picture. How do we know what to do? We see the setter in the CB position, pushed all the way up to the net. That tells us automatically to watch for them both to be in the middle of their rows, and to watch the L's and the R's to make sure the correct one is closest to the net.

If we served right this instant, would we be in alignment?






The answer to our question is NO. The CF (11) must be closer to the net than the CB (12). With her foot in the air, #12 has the closest foot to the net, which is technically illegal. You might not want to call this and have to stand next to the coach for another couple hours, though.



Now, look at the picture and tell me who the next server is, and what positions our setter and our opposite need to be in on the next slide!

Go On To Our Third Serve.