The VolleyPod presented by The Art of Coaching Volleyball
May 22, 2026 · 38 min · 9 segments
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I would say more often than not, they're in the 6-2.
Um, I'd say there's a good fraction of the time that they're, they're not, maybe about a fifth of the time-
... their teams are in the 5-1.
And I think teams, uh, at least at our level that are in the 5-1 tend to be a little bit easier to disrupt be- at least when they go in four, five, and six because there's not a ton of great middles that can hit a bunch of different sets behind the setter, right?
Yes, it seems to have disappeared.
Yes
And I think that that's-- I honestly, I feel that there's a disservice in that.
I think if you can become a good slide hitter, I definitely still think there's-
... a place for it, and, uh, especially in club though, because more teams are in the 6-2, and it kinda has a lot to do with personnel.
A lot of times they just carry two setters, and they wanna get people in.
And so because of that, there's been fewer hitters that have developed the s- the slide, and I think that's a mistake.
I think the slide is-
...
it, it can be gnarly.
Agreed.
I would say more often than not, they're in the 6-2.
Um, I'd say there's a good fraction of the time that they're, they're not, maybe about a fifth of the time-
... their teams are in the 5-1.
And I think teams, uh, at least at our level that are in the 5-1 tend to be a little bit easier to disrupt be- at least when they go in four, five, and six because there's not a ton of great middles that can hit a bunch of different sets behind the setter, right?
Yes, it seems to have disappeared.
Yes
And I think that that's-- I honestly, I feel that there's a disservice in that.
I think if you can become a good slide hitter, I definitely still think there's-
... a place for it, and, uh, especially in club though, because more teams are in the 6-2, and it kinda has a lot to do with personnel.
A lot of times they just carry two setters, and they wanna get people in.
And so because of that, there's been fewer hitters that have developed the s- the slide, and I think that's a mistake.
I think the slide is-
...
it, it can be gnarly.
Agreed.
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