A Different Approach To Middle Attacking

Wrapping up First Ball February

We’ve been talking a lot about First Ball this February. Some of the free posts:

First Ball Strength Profile

First Ball Weakness Profile

Data Dump

Good Pass Sideout

Transition Wash

Goldilocks Setting

We also had a good Q&A with Luka Slabe on pre/off-season training, as well as a Match Analysis of the Wisconsin - Nebraska NCAA Championship match behind the paywall.

Today I’m going to share some of my thoughts on Middle Attacking, as well as a Workshop I did in 2020 with Ben Josephson. Ben’s experience is more on the men’s side of the game, but I got to know him when we were both assistants with Canada Women’s National Team in 2019.

There’s a lot here that can apply to any level, from youth up to Olympic level men’s volleyball.