[Bryant 14]

Hey everyone,

I like to consider myself a work in progress as a player. I have the natural instincts, but lack the instruction of a proper coach. I only played in a city league in high school, as my school didn't have a team, and last year at Bryant, we were a ragtag bunch of players with no coach and aside from myself and a few others, no committment.

This year though, we have a coach, and a strong freshman class. I hit outside, and struggled for the longest time because I was never taught a proper approach, and my hitting suffered because of it. This year, I practiced my approach, and saw immediate results...being able to hit a hard down ball hard angle, and hit line consistently. It helps, of course, that I have a pretty good setter feeding on the outside.

But here's the reason for the post. I came home for Winter Break, and decided to play some pick up ball with people from the city league, who, aside from being a bit older, are all experienced, competitive players. I was anxious to show them how much I had improved over the past year. So I get my first set outside, and I hit it straight into the net, and the next 2 sets go down the same route. Now, granted in pick up we aren't playing actual positions for more than 1 rotation, we just do a free rotate where everyone plays every position, so the sets weren't too great, but they weren't awful either.

I was just curious if its normal to get used to a setter like I did at school. I feel like I get spoiled there with his sets, but I'm also nervous because of my inability to hit the less than perfect set effectively. I go back to school in a week, and tournament play starts in 2 weeks for club ball, is there anyway that I can improve on hitting those mis-sets effectively, or is it all about decision making?