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The setter is the hub of your offense. She sets the team’s rhythm, helps attackers get in a flow, filters strategic information to teammates, and makes critical decisions about who to set each time the ball comes over the net. As coach, it’s your job to train your setter to be the court captain who will lead your team to victory.
In the Setter Coaching Certification Course, you’ll get access to 4.5 hours of detailed instruction, video analysis, diagrams and drills from Christy Johnson-Lynch, a former two-time All-American setter and the winningest coach in Iowa State University history.
Topics include:
- Identifying the 6 athletic qualities to look for in a setter
- Tapping the ONE setting skill that outweighs all others
- Teaching your setters to execute different types of sets
- Explaining the keys to jump setting and dumping
- Training your setters to fool the block
- Fixing common setting errors
- Avoiding pitfalls when evaluating your setters
*NOTE: In order to take the course and have your progress tracked, you must click on the green “Start Course” button. If you are on a desktop, this button is on the right-hand side of this page, if you are on mobile or tablet, this will be at the very bottom, under the reviews. We recommend working through the certification on a computer for the best user experience.
**Have you finished this course and are looking for your completion certificate? Go to your My Courses page in your My Account dashboard. At the top of the page you’ll see your progress through each certification along with a download link for your certificate.
Course Curriculum
| Setter Coaching Certification Introduction | FREE | 00:01:00 | |
| Qualities to Look for in a Setter and Keys for Setter Training | |||
| Athletic Qualities | 00:05:00 | ||
| Volleyball Skills | 00:03:00 | ||
| Vision | 00:07:00 | ||
| Mental Skills | 00:10:00 | ||
| Importance of Repetition | 00:03:00 | ||
| Vary the Toss & Pass | 00:03:00 | ||
| Making Setter Training Game-Like | 00:04:00 | ||
| Qualities to Look for in a Setter and Keys for Setter Training Quiz | Unlimited | ||
| Hands, Body Position & Footwork | |||
| Hand Position | 00:02:00 | ||
| Wrists & Forearms | 00:07:00 | ||
| Ready Position | 00:07:00 | ||
| Weight Transfer | 00:05:00 | ||
| Back Sets | 00:05:00 | ||
| Quick Sets | 00:04:00 | ||
| Common Errors & Corrections | 00:06:00 | ||
| Ready Position Footwork | 00:13:00 | ||
| Keys to Good Footwork | 00:06:00 | ||
| Footwork Patterns | 00:19:00 | ||
| Hands, Body Position & Footwork Quiz | Unlimited | ||
| Jump Setting & the Setter Attack | |||
| Why Jump Set | 00:03:00 | ||
| Keys to Jump Setting | 00:04:00 | ||
| Why it’s Important to Dump | 00:03:00 | ||
| Keys to Dumping | 00:03:00 | ||
| Different Types of Dumps | 00:08:00 | ||
| Jump Setting & the Setter Attack Quiz | Unlimited | ||
| Keys to Setting in Emergency Situations | |||
| Bump Sets | 00:03:00 | ||
| One-Handed Sets | 00:01:00 | ||
| Sideways Sets | 00:02:00 | ||
| Jousting | 00:03:00 | ||
| Keys To Setting In Emergency Situations Quiz | Unlimited | ||
| Tools to Assist Setters: Video & Statistics | |||
| On-Court Setting Tools | 00:05:00 | ||
| Video Feedback | 00:07:00 | ||
| Basic Stats | 00:14:00 | ||
| Advanced Stats | 00:06:00 | ||
| Tools to Assist Setters: Video & Statistics Quiz | Unlimited | ||
| Identifying Sets & Designing Plays | |||
| Name & Location | 00:08:00 | ||
| Tempo | 00:10:00 | ||
| Strategies | 00:08:00 | ||
| Two-Hitter Examples | 00:05:00 | ||
| Three-Hitter Examples | 00:06:00 | ||
| Calling the Play | 00:03:00 | ||
| Identifying Sets & Designing Plays Quiz | Unlimited | ||
| Decision Making for Setters | |||
| Basic Decision Making | 00:07:00 | ||
| Advanced Decision Making | 00:02:00 | ||
| Drills for Decision Making | 00:09:00 | ||
| Decision Making for Setters Quiz | Unlimited | ||
| Setting Within the Various Systems | |||
| 4-2 System | 00:01:00 | ||
| 5-1 System | 00:01:00 | ||
| 6-2 System | 00:03:00 | ||
| Hybrid Systems | 00:01:00 | ||
| Setting Within the Various Systems Quiz | Unlimited | ||
| The Psychology of Setting | |||
| Communicating with Teammates | 00:00:00 | ||
| Communicating with Coaches | 00:04:00 | ||
| Evaluating Your Setter’s Performance | 00:06:00 | ||
| The Psychology of Setting Quiz | Unlimited | ||
| Final Thoughts | 00:01:00 | ||
Thorough discussion of complex position
I would highly recommend this video training series to coaches from beginning to advanced teams. There is solid information to begin your knowledge or add to your knowledge of the setting position. I found the psychological aspects discussed to be thought provoking. The fundamentals were well covered and demonstrated. Well done by Art of Coaching and Christy Johnson Lynch.
Excellent!
This training is outstanding for the beginning level coach to the advanced. Christy Johnson-Lynch has an excellent perspective on the position. She explains the details well and has demonstrations that assist in visualizing the key components of setting. I recommend this unit of study highly.
Setter Certification Review
Felt good about this course. At times, it was necessarily basic but there were many instances where the information was leaning to an advanced level; a level necessary for intermediate to advanced level coaching. I will review the sessions as our club season begins. Thank you!
I found the nine sections to be comprehensive covering fundamentals such as hand position all the way through to basic mental empathy for setters. While there are 48 videos, they are portable and succinct in bite-sized portions. This allowed me to take the course at my pace while I balanced other life and family responsibilities. In summary, the course is a great “One Stop Shop” of the various topics found throughout the AOC website and clinics. Thank you Christy and your staff for taking the time to deliver a very helpful program.
Course summary
That was a very good, well built course containing technic, strategy and mental part.
Cristy all time explained what she is doing and why.
I really enjoyed, learned a lot, and that was a very valuable course for me.
Thank you.
Very informative course. I highly recommend this course to any coach who wants to learn how to train setters of all ages and abilities.
nice
I was expecting sometime to introduce some players in the setters world, but is most focus when you have the setter and is really good course thanks coach for all the clues
Great material for coaching setters of different levels
Great on demand education which leaves nothing to be desired. The given information is well structured, well presented and fostered with a lot of practical video sequences. The knowledge included in this certification is an awesome collection for training setters of different skill levels and/or different stages of developement. I learned a lot and I got many new ideas for continues improvement of my setters.
easy to follow with lots of info
Great course
Comprehensive curriculum. Practical learning outcomes
Loved the length and the content of the course. Just about right! thank you!
Great Setting Course
I learned a lot about specific details for learning. I learned about different systems and their advantages. Very useful when developing setters and teaching basic skills for beginners.
Great Coaching Tool
This course was incredibly helpful in assisting me in making my team that much better. The setter does so much so it’s important to have a plan for them and this course definitely helped with that.
Well done
Very well thought out. Informative and organized.
Excellent, informative course
This course is very informative for new coaches to intermediate/advanced high school coaches. It breaks down all the steps from hand position to footwork and delves into strategy and what it takes to be a good setter. Definitely worth it!
Great course!
Just finished and got a lot a important informations
and tips. I would liked to have more interactions with the forum though, for I still have some unanswered questions. Can’t wait for a level II or pro level to get more ideas and tips.