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💥 Skills

38 volleyball skills, from the first bump to the jump serve. Every skill has an animation, step-by-step technique, coaching cues, common mistakes and drills.

🤲 Setting

Back Set

Intermediate

A set delivered backwards over the setter’s head to the right-side (opposite) hitter. The setter keeps the same body position, so the block can’t read it.

View facing the net

🪜 Step by step

Same starting position as a front set — don’t give it away.
Contact the ball slightly higher, above the forehead.
Push upward and back, arching the upper back slightly.
Finish with the hands extending up and back toward the target.

🗣️ Coaching cues

“Same look as a front set”“Hips forward, push back”“Hands finish high”

⚠️ Common mistakes

Leaning back early (tips off the block)
Ball drifting tight to the net

🏋️ Drills

Alternate front/back sets on call
Back-set to a target at the right antenna