Non-Verbal Communication

NewEnglandRT · **Non-Verbal Communication -** 05-14-2006, 09:16 PM

I know alot of players use hand signals to call sets (2,4 etc.) what are some other hand signals?

-ps.... keep it vb related smarty pants!

coachmanzi · 05-14-2006, 10:23 PM

We had a play called the shocker. it was like, a 3 ball with the height of a 4...get it?

strazzere · 05-15-2006, 12:09 AM

You caught me on a good day - lots of free time and a camera near by...

This varies from team to team, and setter to setter (or coaches depending who makes the plays) - this is just what I normally do...

I tend to try and keep everything with one hand - allowing me to signal quickly to my players and easily conceal it with my shirt (and can use my other hand to help if need be).

This is for a back row attack - I hope all my players are ready for back row attacks, but this is a good signal for them, let them know we need something. Sometime this is given so that we can have a tandem etc...

Plain and simple quick in the middle - usually run non stop but sometime you need to resignal or can give this to the outside...

Front and back quicks - if run correctly with a good pass you should never get blocked - worse case you give it to your safety.

Back two, quick in the mid - can be flashed for different people... has it's times

Only allowed four images per post, so i'll have to do multiple posts...

strazzere · 05-15-2006, 12:10 AM

Good old two - might need this if your getting blocked, or to just change it up. Add this with a "retard" slap against your chest for a stutter two... Middle goes in for quick, but doesn't jump - then jumps for a two... Fakes blocks usually - not recommended though

Thirty one - on a basketball court it's on the edge of the bubble - half way between a middle and outside, but this is a low quick ball - almost like a shoot.

Same spot as a thirtyone, however higher and slower paced, called a thirty two.

Four - boring outside hit, nice and high and outside - good for a hitter who can control the pace of a game. Good for getting over blockers and giving your hitter options.
If you shake the hand it can be a back four... I'd stay away from that though, back twos are much better.

strazzere · 05-15-2006, 12:11 AM

Hut (five) - bread and butter, lower and faster than a four, but slower than a shoot. Gives the outside hitter one blocker if the middle is drawn (which they should - if not you should have hit you middle hitter)

Back one - quick behind the setter, runs rather well.

Red - back two - bread and butter of my teams normally. Middle should be drawn, this gives the opposite line or cross, normally with no/little block.

Shoot - low quick set to the outside, must be fast for effectivness, usually no block if done correctly - when run wrong, horrible sideeffects. Note I don't make a gun - since thats easier to see... Makes it easier for people to read them if they happen to see your hand... Just my quirk though i guess?

strazzere · 12:14 AM

Cross back two - decide ahead of time what the cross is, and your safety set is a back two... Normally outside hits a two and the middle hits a 32/31

Other things -- a "stack" is both hands closed as fists stacked on top of each other. Then do your signal for what thier hitting. (quick and a 2, 32/31)

One of my other quirks is not using my thumb in anything but a 31 (which you don't really need it to tell what the call is)... It's something i do normally to not confuse people, using your middle, index and thumb to form a three is odd - and can be seen as a two not a three from certain angles.

Now your only trouble is, is getting your hitters to SEE the call and pay attention in the 2 seconds you have before a serve.

Ok, class is out - any questions?

pdoug20 · 05-15-2006, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by strazzere

Cross back two - decide ahead of time what the cross is, and your safety set is a back two... Normally outside hits a two and the middle hits a 32/31

Other things -- a "stack" is both hands closed as fists stacked on top of each other. Then do your signal for what thier hitting. (quick and a 2, 32/31)

One of my other quirks is not using my thumb in anything but a 31 (which you don't really need it to tell what the call is)... It's something i do normally to not confuse people, using your middle, index and thumb to form a three is odd - and can be seen as a two not a three from certain angles.

Now your only trouble is, is getting your hitters to SEE the call and pay attention in the 2 seconds you have before a serve.

Ok, class is out - any questions?

Hey Strazz, do you think some of these hand signals might be effective with high schoolers? I tried teaching that to my girls last season, but had mixed results. Any advice on how I could make it easy to understand for them?

coachmanzi · 05-15-2006, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by pdoug20

Hey Strazz, do you think some of these hand signals might be effective with high schoolers? I tried teaching that to my girls last season, but had mixed results. Any advice on how I could make it easy to understand for them?

What level are you coaching? Frosh, JV, Var? I didn't start teaching the signals until JV. Frosh run the (4.2.5), and JV will start slowly with the (4.1.Slide.5.) get a little trickier. but, your varsity should easily pick it up. also, it depends on what the team feel comfortable with.
Our college team had set play sets..
Black: 4,1,5
Green: X, B1
Blue: 3, 1, Red
Jam: 4, B1, Front 1
Red: Shoot, front slide, Red
Shocker: 3, 1, Pipe (10'), B1

quick things the setter can yell on a free ball...or if we're in SR, he can mention what we all agreed that the symobls would be. Don't just teach them during practice the signals, give them a hand out and sit down with your setter and set what each signal is and make sure she knows it by heart.

pdoug20 · 05-15-2006, 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by coachmanzi

What level are you coaching? Frosh, JV, Var? I didn't start teaching the signals until JV. Frosh run the (4.2.5), and JV will start slowly with the (4.1.Slide.5.) get a little trickier. but, your varsity should easily pick it up. also, it depends on what the team feel comfortable with.
Our college team had set play sets..
Black: 4,1,5
Green: X, B1
Blue: 3, 1, Red
Jam: 4, B1, Front 1
Red: Shoot, front slide, Red
Shocker: 3, 1, Pipe (10'), B1

quick things the setter can yell on a free ball...or if we're in SR, he can mention what we all agreed that the symobls would be. Don't just teach them during practice the signals, give them a hand out and sit down with your setter and set what each signal is and make sure she knows it by heart.

I'm headed into my 2nd year coaching varsity... I also tried some back row attack offense too, but we could only get it down in practice, so hopefully we'll be able to try it more in game situations this year... I'll definitely have to try the handout approach...

strazzere · 05-15-2006, 09:29 PM

My suggestion for high schools... Well atleast east coast is get a quick down on EVERY play - then have a designated free ball play. Let them know basic signals - so you can switch it up without calling a timeout.

This eliminates confusion - and also helps since you probably don't have the passing? (I assume, boys high school never does, or won't have a good enough setter, girls i see just run quicks normally).

An effect quick in an early high school season is DEVISTATION east coast. Second half of the season is when teams know how to block them.