Middle hitter transition

Purpose: To have middles trained for a quick transition and make themselves available as much as possible.

Set-up: Three blockers, tosser (on each side), hitters, shaggers, basket of balls.

1. Have a tosser, setter and two lines of hitters on one side of the net. On the other side, have three blockers (the right side blocker should be the setter) and a tosser.

2. The tosser on the hitting side initiates the drill. The tosser tosses to the setter who sets to the outside hitter. The middle blocker on the other side closes the block to the right side blocker.

3. Once the ball is attacked the middle immediately transitions off the net (the middle should find the ball while transitioning) and approaches for a 1 set (quick set in the middle)

4. The tosser on the blocking side should toss balls various heights, speeds, and places along the net.

5. The job of the middle is to be available for the set no matter where the pass takes the setter.

6. Once the middle attacks that ball, the tosser on the hitting side tosses to the setter who sets back to the right side hitter.

7. The drill is repeated as before.

8. Once a middle goes through that circuit, the middle should rotate out and the next middle steps in. This should be treated as both a technical drill and a conditioning drill.

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