There are nine softball positions on defense, and each one is numbered — pitcher is 1, catcher is 2, and the numbers run around the infield and out to right field. Those numbers aren’t trivia. They’re the scorekeeping system, and once you know them you can read a scorebook, understand what “6-4-3” means, and follow…
In a 5-1, one setter sets every ball, in all six rotations. Three of them from the front row, three from the back. Five players hit, one player sets, and the setter never comes off the court. The concept isn’t what confuses people. The movement is. Your setter has to be in a different place…
A practical 10U/12U defensive positioning guide for the roster you actually have.
Almost every 5-1 resource you’ll find assumes you have a libero. The diagrams label a spot “L” and move on. That’s a problem if you coach rec ball, a PE class, a small school, a young team, or any roster where nobody is a libero yet. Running a 5-1 without a libero is entirely doable,…
Most middle school teams should not run a 5-1. Age isn’t the reason. Competence is. A middle school 5-1 lives or dies on one question: whether you have one player who can consistently deliver a hittable ball from anywhere on the court, including out of the back row, and passers who can get her something to…
Confidence doesn’t come first, it comes last. So when a new coach changes how your daughter plays and one bad tournament or game takes her apart, confidence isn’t the thing to work on. It comes back on its own once she can do what she’s being asked to do, and there is no way to hurry…
In a 4-2 volleyball rotation, the setter is always in the front row. You run two setters positioned opposite each other in the rotation, so one of them is always up front and ready to set while the other plays defense in the back row. That single rule is the whole system. Four hitters, two setters, and…