What is the numbering system most are using?

One other common system uses the location along the net as the first number and the second number is the height. The net is broken into 9 sections where the setter is usually in section 6. It starts with section 1 as being by the antenna for the left side hitter and ends with 9 for the right side hitter. If you are in the serving position, the net looks like this:

1 2 3 4 5 x 7 8 9

Your high outside to your left side hitter would be a 1 with a height of 3 or a 13. Your quick in the middle is a 51. That is how the shoot in the seam for the left side hitter is known as the 31. Zone 3 and fast. The back 1 is a 71. The slide is 82 and the high in back is a 93.

Another common back row numbering system is A, B, and C with A in front of the setter. I have also heard A, C and pipe with the pipe being the set at the 3 meter line and in the middle of the court.

Basically, most people use two numbers: 1 number is where the ball is set, and the other number is what height the ball is. From the outside position to the opposite position, the numbering goes from 1-9. The height system goes from 1-4. 1 means the hitter is in the air at the same time as the ball. 2 means that the player has to start his approach when the setter touches the ball. 3 means that there is a slight pause before the approach, and 4 means that you wait until right before the ball has reached its peak before you start approaching. (Note: I've never heard of a right-outside hit being a "5" ball, but rather a "back 4")

Therefore, the back row attack is called a "10" because it's the number after 9. Also, there's plays called "31" and "32", the 3 indicating position, the second number indicating the height of the set.

There's another system for back row attack, and it basically goes A B Pipe C D from left to right. A is a ball at the left end line, Pipe is the set right in the middle, and D is a ball at the right end line. B and C are in between those, and are not as used as the other two. In fact, you'll regularly hear the call for a D Ball, since it is a popular set at collegiate and professional levels when the setter is front row.

Hope this helps.

If your talking court positions:

1 is back right

2 is front right

3 is front middle

4 is front left

5 is back left

6 is back middle

If your talking about set positions, most teams go with a two digit numbering system where the first number represents the location along the net and the second number represents the height of the set.

The set positions along the net are number from 1 to 9 from left to right. Position 1 is the left side (power) all the way out to the antenna. Position 9 is the rightside all the way out to the antenna. Position 5 is directly in front of the setter while position 6 is directly behind the setter.

The second number represent the height or tempo of the set. A 51 is a quick set directly in front of the setter. A 52 is a slow/late quick directly in front of the setter. (NOTE: for front and back quicks (51's and 61's) the 1 represent a tempo and not the height of the set. A 6' 7" middle hitter will need his quick set much higher than 1 foot above the net) A 15 is a set to power which reaches a height of about 5 feet above the net before its decent.

The back row is divided into zones:

A = back row left side out of position 5

B = Back row middle out of position 6 (also called pipe)

C = Back row right side out of Position 1

Many coaches change numbering systems to try to confuse opponents etc. so these may be different than what your coach will be using.

Hi

These vary by school/area, but here are some standards and others I have seen:

4 - high outside (left side)

5 (or back 4) - high outside (right side)

3 - lower outside (right side) - more of a slide.

1 - Quick hit in front of setter.

Back 1 - Quick hit behind setter.

2 - Delayed hit in front of setter - higher than 1, lower than 4.

Back 2 - 2 Behind the setter.

31 - aka shoot - is one ball height about 5 feet from the setter.

51 - same as 31 but farther from the setter (to antaena).

10 - aka pipe - backrow attack in the middle

left - backrow attack on the left side.

in - backrow attack on the right side - inside the court.

out - backrow attack on the right side - outside the court.

(some places color code the back row attacks - red/blue/etc).

cross - right side player hits a 2 ball after faking a 1 ball to middle.

tandem - left side player hits a 2 ball after faking a 1 ball to middle.

loop - kind of like a shoot, but 2 ball height.

Slide / Fade / B - Right side player starts in middle of court and runs towards right antaena hitting ball - higher then 2, lower than 5.

Fake 1 - Middle hitter approaches like 1, stops for 1 second, then hits a 2 ball without approach.

Some other numbering schemes - positions to serve to:

1 6 5

2 3 4 1 = serving position.

Also

5 - 1 = 5 hitters, 1 setters (setters sets from each position).

6 - 2 = 6 hitters, 2 setters (setter sets when in back row, hits in front row).

6 - 6 = Jungle ball - middle guy sets and nobody plays by any rules.

hope that helped.

i kinda know what you mean. the position are numbered like this:

4 3 2

5 6 1

"one" is usually the setter if you play a 6-2 game. as far as positions for hitting... i am not really sure i get what you are saying. sorry but i hope i helped some.

for back row call ...

red , white and blue....

red backrow/left side!!!

white/middle!!!

blue/right side!!!

we also do the slide....

when the middle hitter hits like a 2 but behind u!!

ohh.. i like the X ..

its like ..the outside hitter comes to hit in the middle

and the middle hitter hits out side!! so it depends on the setter ....!!!

my school uses these

1-quick middle hit in the front row

2-higher hit for the middle front

4- high outside hit

32- quick outside hit

72- slide

10- backrow hit from thw 10 ft. line

the other ones we change each season.