AttackingFoundational skill work
Bad Set Bailout
Tight, low, and behind sets that the hitter has to keep in play any way they can.
Quick look
10 minutes 4–12 playersAdvanced
Family: Approach and attacking Choose up to three drills, then let the builder complete and time your practice.
What players are learning
Learn to keep a bad set in play instead of forcing a swing.
Set it up
- The coach delivers deliberately imperfect sets.
- Hitters wait at the pin.
Run the drill
- Sets come tight, low, behind, and off the net.
- The hitter puts the ball in play any way they can.
- Run 12 bad sets. Only errors count as failure.
What to say
- A bad set does not mean a bad swing.
- Take what it gives you.
- Get it over and stay alive.
How to score it
12 bad sets. Errors are the only failure; anything in play is a success.
Make it harder
- Add a blocker so the hitter must use the block deliberately.