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Setter Footwork to Target

Setter work: run to the target spot and face the left side before the ball arrives.

By Coach Evan Waechtler Youth coach (U11, Cache Valley, Utah) and founder of SSTracker Updated October 30, 2026

BB · PARTNERAA · YOU
BB · PARTNERAA · YOU
SetupStart in the back row on the right.

Core: Set. Beat your own longest run.

Ages
11 and up
Time
10 min
Players
You and a partner
Space
Gym or court
Bring
Volleyball, cones, partner
Level · skill
Developing · Setting

The steps

How it works

  1. Start in the back row on the right.
  2. A partner tosses toward the net.
  3. Run to the target, right foot slightly forward, and face left front.
  4. Set to a cone at the left antenna; do 15.

Coaching point

Get there, then face your hitter.

Step by step

The drill in 4 frames

  1. BB · PARTNERAA · YOU

    Start in the back row on the right.

  2. BB · PARTNERAA · YOU

    A partner tosses toward the net.

  3. BB · PARTNERAA · YOU

    Run to the target, right foot slightly forward, and face left front.

  4. AA · YOUBB · PARTNER

    Set to a cone at the left antenna; do 15.

  • Run or crawl
  • Ball: pass, toss or throw
  • Ball coming back
  • Faint: already done

Make it fun

Play it, don't drill it

Game version

Setting triangle: a trio sets the ball around the triangle and counts sets in a row, trying to beat its own last round.

Challenge

Pick a level: Less (catch and set), Core (set), More (set to the weaker side). Beat your own longest run.

Story

You are a gardener passing the flower from hand to hand without dropping a petal.

My best

Beat your own count

Beat your own longest run. Only your own number counts: today against last time.

Practice makes progress

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