How To Be An Aggressive Setter | Set 43% Better

[@towelfn4320]

7:55 that’s PME volleyball aka Christian Herr on the left side of the screen 🤯 the unexpected collab is insane

[@howdymisters7463]

Thats just what I was about to say, you copied my words 🤯

[@mitchsterkenburg]

you would be right. His team plays not too far from ours so we play a few times a year.

[@carsondubs]

On 5:57 When you mean "turn your shoulders" to get more speed on a set do you mean rotating your torso and spin a little like how the setter does in the clip or are you talking about something else? I ask because turning your body seems kind of sacrilegious to setting where squaring yourself is so important

[@mitchsterkenburg]

When setting an oppo quick ball you want to turn your shoulders into the court. It's not also a full turn but its one way to hold the middle and still get a quick set out to the right side. To rotate the right should to the attacker. "Turning your shoulders" here is often more accurate than just a pure launch back on a quickest and allows for the best connections on those types of sets.

[@mitchsterkenburg]

If you watch the Marymount vs. Rutgers match from 2023, Derek Au an all-american caliber setter is sensational at this technique and connected with another all-american Andrew Zaleck consistently all game.

[@carsondubs]

​@@mitchsterkenburg I checked out that guy and he's phenomenal. Do you have/know of any other resources or KZbin videos I can look at to get a more in-depth explanation or guide to this because this would definitely up my game

[@tenkai3839]

I've only recently started playing volleyball with positions and rotations and struggled with setting the ball quickly to the pins. To combat this I found adding topsin to my sets help and was wondering if there are any other ways the spin can effect your sets?

[@mitchsterkenburg]

I wouldn’t recommend adding topspin to your sets, it will make it different for hitters to track and hit, and you run the risk of getting called for a double contact. A good drill to work on speed of your sets is to get a balls length away from a wall and set the ball quickly at the wall right above your head. Focus on quick hands and quick release with yours wrists while controlling the ball, this should help.

[@itsmerami]

FIRE 🔥🔥

[@mitchsterkenburg]

Yessirr

[@Ollowayn]

Hey there Mitch, as someone aspiring to be a great setter - thanks a lot. I dig (pun intended) this format and it´s really helpful to see your input together with some play-by-play visuals. One thing in this video - the music was off-putting. I felt like I in Prince of Persia or something. Would prefer some calmer, not-as-oriental-sounding music. Keep up the great work!

[@mitchsterkenburg]

Glad you dig it! Lots more setter-specific content hopefully in the near future. And thanks for the feedback. Edited this one somewhat on-the-go and didn't get the full listen through with loud speakers like usual. I'll make sure to adjust the background music going forward.

[@enriqueshockwave]

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[@slaypker]

Agree lmaoo first video I watch was because I saw the title, get 11% better at block… dumb ass in me was like how tf do you know I can get exactly 11% better 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

[@mitchsterkenburg]

Simple arithmetic. Now you're getting the thought process.

[@VBMichael_D]

Hey Mitch, I found this video a few years ago when I was doing some studying of the game and the differences between now and then. I love this video because it talks about the same thing that I have been talking about, regarding the setter reading the other teams MB. What do you think about this one? kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3ywpGp_m7J7nac

[@mitchsterkenburg]

I think reading the other middle blocker is a piece of setting, I don't think its the pinnacle. In that video - you have a perfect 'free-ball' like pass every time. On our team when we get a perfect pass, regardless of who you set the expectation is with our tempo it should be a kill or quality swing. I love the 1 on 1s when you can get a middle leaning but more important than that in our estimation is - who is the right hitter for this point in the match, what's our matchups against opposing blockers, who do we trust? A small piece, yes, but a lot more to making those decision as a setting than purely trying to fool the middle.