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Off-Target Sets

Deliberately bad passes that the setter has to turn into hittable balls.

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10 minutes 38 playersIntermediate

Choose up to three drills, then let the builder complete and time your practice.

What players are learning

Learn to make a bad pass look like a good one.

01

Set it up

  1. The setter starts at the net.
  2. The coach tosses bad passes on purpose.
02

Run the drill

  1. The coach tosses off the net, tight, behind, and low.
  2. The setter delivers a hittable ball anyway.
  3. Run 12 bad passes and count the hittable sets.
03

What to say

  • Your job is to fix it.
  • Get your feet there first.
  • Set it off the net, never tight.
04

How to score it

12 bad passes. Count how many produce a hittable set.

05

Make it harder

  1. Add a live hitter so the setter gets real feedback on hittability.