Middle Up Defense
Defense, Middle Up Defense. We are still going to take cross court, like we were in rotation. So we are going to give a little bit more. Middle blocker comes over. Our right back drops back and holds that sideline, she is the digger. Our middle back is the one who comes up this time; up, up, up, up, up, right there. Our left back drops back, way back to corner. Then we are 10x10 holding the sideline, you are even more towards the sideline.
The reason this is popular with rec leagues and younger leagues is the fact that you might only have one person who can really use their hands, and use them well. If you think they can hit line and you want to protect her, like moving over just a little bit and really giving them a little line to work with. She is still going to stay there, but by bringing your middle back up, you are blocking where she was just at, so you are hoping your block is good enough, and that she can get all your tips. Because if she gets your tips, that means your setter is now free to use her hands.
If she was up here and you were back, please, and she dug a ball, and you are getting called for carry or double contacts every times, because this people can't set, you are losing the point anyway, so why not try something else. So that's why we drop back and we pull up.
You could do the same thing if you wanted to. Another option is leave Ashley back, Ryan comes hard across, and Julie comes all the way over here, and its her job to get all the tips. So there is other things you can do by using this basic defense and moving people on. You can have Ashley shade this way to cover, blocking that area. So you can do a two back defense, which is a hard cross and two up.
So there are different ways you can move your middle up defense around, or again, do a two and two defense, if you know that only your setter needs to take that second ball.
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