Unorthodox Attack: Creating Openings for Smaller Outside Hitters

with Jim Moore,
Lane Community College Head Coach;
University of Oregon Head Coach 2005 to 2016;
2012 NCAA National Runner-up; 2012 Volleyball Magazine National Coach of the Year; 2006 Pac-10 Coach of the Year; 3x National Coach of the Year; 1993 D-II National Championship (at Northern Michigan)

Develop a faster offense with the ability to adjust to your opponent and free up your outside hitters

Jim Moore goes over concepts he thinks every offense should have and then discusses the goals he has for his offense. Coach Moore takes you into the offensive system that made Oregon a top program nationally. The system requires a lot of work and you have to give your players a lot of responsibility, but the results will be an unpredictable offense that is a nightmare to stop.

Coach Moore uses seven concepts to run multiple offensive sets from serve receive patterns. He explains each concept to you, then shows you drills so your team can work on each concept. The seven concepts are:

• Create a stable serve receive formation in all six rotations. Getting your best passer to pass middle in all rotations and be effective in passing in each rotation. Also he explains where to place your hitters in rotations to start your offense.
• Get your setter to penetrate to the net easily and quickly.
• Get players to attack in various zones all along the net. During this concept, Coach Moore demonstrates several blocking schemes and how to attack each one by running offense into various zones.
• Place your best hitters against the opponent's weakest blockers.
• How to isolate hitters.
• Create misdirection in your offense so attackers can get one on one situations.
• Have players call out verbal audible so players can change the play while the play is occurring.

Each of these concepts are discussed and principles are presented. Watch as he runs his team through drills so you can see how he teaches the concepts to his team. Coach Moore takes you from the basic simple offensive set and moves to the complex part of the system. You will want to view this video to gather new ideas on how to set up your offense and have a more effective sideout offense against your opponents.

Practice video is shown so the viewer can see how to instill these concepts and achieve these goals with their own team. Game segments follow practice video to show how the concepts carry over to the match.

This is a fast-paced unpredictable offense that is difficult to defend. It allows your players freedom to attack along the net from various places to set-up more scoring opportunities for your team.

84 minutes. 2013.