Matsudaira realized that if Japan would play with high balls and slow offense, his team, with low stature would have no chance to compete against the teams from Russia, Germany, Poland, and the Netherlands who were two meters tall on average (6'6") while the Japanese team was significantly shorter on average from 1,80 to 1,85 m (6'0" average). Matsudaira explained to a group of 26 coaches, that to overcome the powerful high sets of the European teams, the Japanese team developed the fast offense as a team strategy to beat all of their opponents. Horst Baacke during another occasion, the first FIVB World Youth Championship held in Brazil. Matsudaira himself, when I was 12 years old the Japanese team trained for one week in my Olympico Club, in Belo Horizonte Brazil for the occasion of a coach’s clinic in 1976, also confirmed by Dr. I have personally heard this explanation from Dr. Then, for teaching purposes, they established that each meter in front of the setter would be called “on the net” zones 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 (zero to five = 6 zones) and the zones behind the setter would be categorized as zones 7, 8 and 9, a generic explanation for clarity. Therefore, they created a convention that the setter’s spot would be the neutral or zero point. ![]() Because there are more right-handed people, the setter’s starting point was in between P2 and P3 (see figure 2) They also established that the setter’s zone, should be close to the net and in between the P2 and P3, thus 6 yards would be the sets in front of the setter and 3 yards the sets behind the setter. Our Japanese colleagues realized that there were 9 meters at the net. For the sake of precision, the quick attack is generally executed by the middle player, who normally plays at P3, in zone 3 as well.Īlthough the volleyball court has six positions, some coaches have been split the volleyball court into 9 zones to indicate the origin of attacks and the trajectories of the attacked balls (see Figure 1).įigure 2. This categorization has happened in great part due to the reports generated by the Data Volleyball statistical software for game analyses (Da Matta et al., 2021).įor instance, a quick set at the first zone in front of the setter is called a 1.1, which means a first tempo set at zone 1. The zones and subzones have been created to represent in detail in what part of the court the ball might land. There are six positions in volleyball: P1 (right back), P2 (right front), P3 (center front), P4 (left front), P5 (left back) & P6 (middle back) which represents the order of serves, but in the last 5 years, the volleyball courts have been redefined into nine zones, subdivided into four quadrants A, B, C, and D. Matsudaira, created a system based on the speed and location of the set. Japanese coaches, represented by the legendary Dr. Although the quick attack is an attribute of the middle players, the quick attack can happen right in front of the setter, behind the setter, 3 yards away from the setter, a shoot to P4 in front of the setter, a shoot back to P2 behind the setter which means it can be executed by the middle player or by other hitters playing the role to attack the first tempo ball.įinally, a quick set to the back row player in P6, which has been named "the bick" is a contraction for "back + quick", in other words, a back row quick attack. The quick attack is defined as a very fast attack that happens at the first tempo that the ball leaves the hands of the setter. Therefore, we must remember the Men’s Olympic Gold medalist team of Japan of 1972 to understand what men's and women's fast offense and multi-offense is in today's volleyball. ![]() If you are new to the sport, I would like to explain to you how the quick attack happened for the first time. SportsEdTV publisher illustrates the court zones through the DataVolley® program setup. In: 21 st Century Volleyball Expertise (book). Denotes the zones of the volleyball court published in the chapter TacticalĮvaluation in Volleyball - A Multicultural Expertise Analysis. In the same way, if you are an elite volleyballer, you might be familiar with the Data Volleyball statistical software that has provided in detail where the ball lands on-court (Figure 1).įigure 1. When we talk about quick attacking in volleyball, it is important to understand that today the quick attack is an attribute to the middle player, but as a fast or "speed up" offense it can be performed also by the opposite player or any other attacker, even the middle back-row player.
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