Out of system:
by SavageDragon (2019-10-16 22:14:08)
Edited on 2019-10-16 22:57:24

In reply to: Hello volleyball experts...  posted by Slotts


Basically, "not set up for optimal attacking play", akin to "behind schedule" or "behind the sticks" for a football offense, but with a bit more nuance. It typically refers to one of two things:

(1) the setter had to dig, so the player setting isn't the setter, which throws off court positioning (and also, of course, the other players are presumably not as good at setting as the setter is)

(2) the dig put the setter out of position or with an awkward ball so that she does not have all available options for her set -- that is, she cannot easily set for multiple different players, and thus the D can collapse on the one player that will obviously be attacking.