September 5, 2009. On day 4 of the 2009 CEV Men’s European Championships, Slovenia, Estonia, the Czech Republic as well as Turkey booked their ticket home as 4th ranked teams in their Pools. The other twelve squads move on to the Playoff Round, which will take place from Tuesday to Thursday in Istanbul and Izmir. In their last game of the tournament Greeks played against last ranked Slovenia. Even when the Slovenians dominated, the Greeks played great at the end of each set and deservedly celebrated finishing first in Pool C.
Second rotation – setter in zone 6
Basic positions.
This is a basic player positioning when the setter is in zone 6. Now I will explane how the players should be positioned for serve receiving.
Passer (the forward one) goes back to zone 5 for serve receiving.
Setter moves forward near zone 3.
Passer in zone 1 and libero (moves to zone 6) also anticipate in serve reception.
First rotation – setter in zone 1
Basic positions.
This is a basic player positioning when the setter is in zone 1. Now I will explane how the players should be positioned for serve receiving.
Passer (the forward one) goes back for serve receiving and he should cover the setter.
Opposite hitter goes back to have more space for attack after serve reception.
Passer in zone 5 and libero also anticipate in serve reception.
Read the combination
This is mainly a blocking drill.
Coach throws a ball to setter.
Setter sets a ball to zone 2 or zone 4.
On the other side of net, players have to read a combination and perform block with two players.
Hitters have to try to beat two blockers.
Volleyball Rules
Here I will explane you some basic volleyball rules and at the bottom of text you can find FIVB Official Volleyball Rules.
Scoring
The winning team in a volleyball game is the first to reach 25 points with a winning margin of at least two points. In match play, the victors have to win three out of five games to win the match. The serving team gets the point if the defensive teams hits the ball out of bounds or incurs a violation. The defensive team gets a point if the server cannot get the ball over the net or the offensive team hits the ball out of bounds.
Throw and hit
Players from zone 4 thow a ball high an perform spike.
They have to hit player in zone 1.
Player in zone 1 should defend a field.
After attack, hitter goes for a defensive position and player that defends a field goes in zone 4 for attack.
One player and middle hitter
This is simple counter-attack drill.
Coach throws a ball for a counter-attack.
One player and middle hitter perform attack.
Setter decides what kind of attack the team will perform.
On the other side of net, 6 players play defense.
Samuele Papi
When Samuele Papi was young, he often went to the sports arena in Falconara, a small citiy on the Adriatic sea which is not far from Ancona, middle Italy. At that time, Zorzi and Renan and other champions were the idols he looked up to. He played volleyball from the early morning until the afternoon and assisted as ball retriever during A-1 matches. Since Samuele is not very tall, nobody ever imagined him becoming a world star one day. But a few years later, at the age of 21, Julio Velasco brought him to the senior’s national team, which was shortly after he had left the team of Falconara from the second Italian league.
