Vladimir Alekno is unarguably the best Russian volleyball coach and one of the finest in the profession worldwide. The successes he reached as a coach of three clubs and the Russian national team are pretty much countless: champion of France with Tours (2003); 10...

After the previous articles which were devoted to the organization of the game in rotations 2, 3 and 4 where a team relies on only two attackers in front row, let’s make a step further and examine rotation 5 in which the life of the setter seems to be easier (at least...

19 yearsago Yugoslavia won the Olympic gold after smashing the Russian team 3:0 in the big final. They have been led by players like Goran Vujevic, Ivan Miljkovic, Vladimir Grbic and of course – his brother, the legendary Nikola Grbic, maybe the greatest playmaker in...

US Sport is famous with basketball, ice hockey, baseball, American football. The business overseas invest unimaginable amount of money in these sports where the professional leagues gather the best players from the whole world. In comparison volleyball isn’t one of...

The next rotation in our “needs to be examined” list is Rotation 4. What do we have to take into account when the setter is in position 4 on a volleyball court? This is probably the most difficult volleyball rotation in terms of understanding, especially for beginners...

The main setter of the German national team Lukas Kampa is surely not one of the biggest stars on the volleyball court, although he has been pronounced “Best setter” during the World Championship 2014 in Poland where Germany won the bronze medal after a great run and...

After the details of rotations 1 and 2 have been analyzed in previous two articles, it is time to make the same exercise also with rotation 3 which has its substantial specifics too. From the perspective of the receiving team the setter has the usual options on...