What kinds of defensive patterns are usually used during Club games?
On defense against a spike from the other team, the Club usually uses a defense in which the middle person in the back row moves back and covers the entire back of the court. At the same time, the left back row player and the right back row player (usually one of the two designated setters) move up and/or crosscourt in order to cover hard hits and (possible dinks). If it is obvious that there is not going to be a hard-hit ball which needs to be blocked, someone called “FREE.” That’s the signal for the back-row setter to run to the setting position near the net, and for the 3 net players to drop back to be able to bump the “free” ball.
