Handbook for Competitive Volleyball

The primary focus of this book is to develop an all-around/universal athletento a specialized athlete (specialist). This progression is discussed witheferences to setting, outside hitting, middle hitting, back-row hitting,erving, outside blocking, middle blocking, defence, coverage and serviceeception and will be connected to related service reception, offensive, andefensive formations. Another major focus is to design and practice matchystems. Strategies and counterstrategies in serving, service reception,ffence and defence will be dealt with.;Special aspects of individual, group,nd team tactics will be discussed. In addition, the authors look at theevelopment of counterstrategies to an opponent's match plan and givexamples of ways to cover a hitter in certain offensive formations.urthermore, we will deal with solid ways of developing the most efficientnd effective game system that would bring out the strengths of a team,ncluding the use of the libero. The problem faced is that all of thesessues are not completely or sufficiently covered in the existing literature.