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About John Crutchfield
Expertise
15 years coaching experience: United States National Team and High Performance National Team; high school (men`s and women`s); Club (Belmont Shore and Asics/Nova: boys` 16s and 18). Played volleyball competitively since 1970 including Junior Olympics; University of Southern California; Beach; U.S. Nationals (40 and over) and Long Beach recreational adult leagues (8 time city champions)I have joined the staff as an assistant coach for the men`s
volleyball program at California State University at Long Beach and am now
entering my second season with the program. In addition I am one of the
original coaches of the newly formed LBC Volleyball Club for the last two
years. I have coached 12, 13, 16 and 18 year old teams and coached our 13
year olds to the National Championship at the Junior Olympics in July, 2002
at Louisville, Kentucky.
Experience
I've played volleyball all my life (since the age of 13 and before most people even knew it was a sport). I've been coaching for the last 18 years, even while I was practicing law full time. Recently I have changed to an education career partly to allow me more time to coach and to coach at a higher level.
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You are here: Experts > Recreation/Outdoors > Volleyball > Volleyball > Setting for outdoor volleyball
Expert: John Crutchfield
Date: 5/10/2002
Subject: Setting for outdoor volleyball
Question
Hello John,
I need your expert advice. I have a frustrate question, and I need help.
I have been playing volleyball for 12 yrs. High school, College Club team etc.
Recently, I decided to play some competitive outdoor ball. However, I got quite a few calls on my setting (double hits-outdoor) then any other time in my career. And I considered myself as an above average indoor setter...
So, please advice me how I should correct my problem, and maybe explain a little about the rules on outdoor vs. indoor.
Thanks,
Tony
Answer
Hi Tony:
This issue in beach vs. indoor "hands" is really one of interpretation rather than rule. A double contact is always a double contact, but beach officials have always seemed to interpret the standard much more strictly. This explains why even the best beach setters bump set much more often on the beach than they ever did indoors, especially when the wind is involved. As a setter you always have to adjust to the officiating, you simply need to be more conservative on the beach and bump set the potentially troublesome passes.
As far as technique goes, you need to get as many reps as possible with a beach ball (noticeably heavier) and in outdoor conditions (learn to adjust for the wind). As with any skill, there is simply no substitute for practice.
I would suggest that you bump set more often in the immediate future (except on perfect passes or when you get an unusually liberal ref)until you become more proficient at the "beach" set and acquire the necessary confidence. When you do opt for the hand set, go for it aggressively and with confidence!
Best of luck!
-Crutch
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