6-2 Rotation 5: Setter 2 Sets from Middle back (Position 6)

In rotation 5 of the 6-2, setter 2 starts in position 6 (middle back). Setter 2 is in the back row and sets, so all three front-row players (outside hitter 1, setter 1 and middle blocker 2) can attack. Setter 1 hits from the right side, like an opposite. The outside hitter 2 serves.

▶ Open rotation 5 in the interactive app Defense animations

Lineup in rotation 5

Position	Court spot	Player	Row
4	Left front	Outside hitter 1 (OH1)	Front
3	Middle front	Setter 1 (S1)	Front
2	Right front	Middle blocker 2 (MB2)	Front
5	Left back	Middle blocker 1 (MB1)	Back
6	Middle back	Setter 2 (S2)	Back
1	Right back	Outside hitter 2 (OH2)	Back

Serve receive, serving and base defense

OH1 = outside hitter 1
S1 = setter 1
MB2 = middle blocker 2
MB1 = middle blocker 1
S2 = setter 2
OH2 = outside hitter 2

Serve receive (3 passers)Passers (gold ring): outside hitter 1, middle blocker 1 and outside hitter 2. Setter 2 hides and releases to the target as soon as the ball is served.

ServingThe outside hitter 2 serves from behind the end line. Everyone else stays in rotational order until the serve, then switches.

Base defense (6 back)After the switch setter 2 digs right back and setter 1 blocks right front; the outside hitters play left side and the middles play middle.

Alternate serve receive: 4 passers

4 passersS1 stays at the net with the setter tucked in behind. MB2 drops off the net to pass on the right. Passers: outside hitter 1, middle blocker 1, outside hitter 2 and middle blocker 2.

Switch between formations, turn on a libero, and watch the pass, set and attack animated in the interactive app.

Overlap check for rotation 5

At the moment of the serve, each front-row player must be closer to the net than the back-row player directly behind them (OH1 ahead of MB1, S1 ahead of S2, MB2 ahead of OH2), and each row must stay in order left to right (front: OH1, S1 and MB2; back: MB1, S2 and OH2). Every formation on this page follows these rules.

6-2 Rotation 5: Setter 2 Sets from Middle back (Position 6)

Lineup in rotation 5

Serve receive, serving and base defense

Alternate serve receive: 4 passers

Overlap check for rotation 5

6-2 Rotation 4: Setter 2 Sets from Right back (Position 1)

6-2 Rotation 6: Setter 2 Sets from Left back (Position 5)