Finding the setter

[FMadera]

Originally Posted by Scrapper1

Again, I'm sorry to be dense, but I simply have no idea what this means, to "go left-right-middle".

And again, thanks for all the genuinely helpful replies.

For example:

Let's say a coach submits a lineup of (player numbers): 10,11,12,13,14,15. (Serving order doesn't matter for this example).

That's the rotation that the team must follow (subs notwithstanding).

By "right, left, middle", let's say #10 is the setter. On the vast majority of teams you'll see, 10 is your setter (considered a right, because they would usually block right side if they play front row), 11 would be the left side, 12 would be a middle, 13 would be a right (or setter), 14 a left, 15 a middle.

10 - Right
11 - Left
12 - Middle
13 - Right
14 - Left
15 - Middle

Again, once in a great while, you'll see a team that will go in "left, right, middle" order. In about 50 or so matches I've seen this year, I've seen it once, but you might see it slightly more often than that. Right, left, middle is your norm.

So...once you've determined from watching warmups who's playing what position, when you check the lineups, you should have a good idea what order they are in, R-L-M or L-R-M. When you know that, and you find your setter, in theory, you should be able to find your lefts and middles and know if they are in the proper order.