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Cary Wendell Wallin - How to Set the Quick

Hi, I'm Cary Wallin, known as Cary Wendell when I played at Stanford University as a setter for a national championship team. I want to talk to you today about setting the quick set. The first thing that I want to talk about is your footwork. Getting to the ball quickly and positioning yourself right away so that the middle can look and see where you are and know where to approach, is I think the number one most important thing.

The second most important thing is your body position. A lot of setters tend to get really low to the ball because they're being careful or they're thinking about the middle maybe jumping on them. But get up nice and tall and get your hands high in the air because in doing that it's going to be easier to connect to that middle quickly.

It's not a full extension like it is on a high set. It's just a flick of the wrists. You barely have to touch the ball and the hitter is going to take it right out of your hands. You also want to do the same thing every time. If you are the kind of setter that only jump sets when she's setting the quick, you're giving the middle blocker on the other side the hint they need to camp on your middle making it harder for your middle hitter to be successful.

[Inside the Gym]

So I'm here on the court today with one of my players, Claire Quick, who is actually an outside hitter who's agreed to come in and work a little bit on hitting quicks and try to help show you guys about how to connect with your setters and setters how to connect with your middles.

On a Good Pass

On a perfect pass, Claire would want to be about one foot in front of me and off the net, giving herself a chance to be able to swing on the ball. She'll want to have her hand high in the air, giving me a visual cue of where to set and being ready to swing. She's also going to want to call the ball very loudly and repetitively so that when I'm watching the ball I'm hearing her. That's also helping me know where to set.

[Claire:]"One, One, One!"

Just like that.

She is going to be working on a three-step approach even though she's normally a four-step approach hitter. I think as a middle it's nice to have a three-step approach because you have to be ready to react quickly and you don't have time to waste with that fourth step.

[Cary sets Claire several "one" sets]