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I am so glad I asked! Yes I fully get it now, and you beautifully reinforced what you stated above in the article. 100% on board and I hadn’t thought of it this way before. I’ve learned something here. Thank you!!!!! Mike

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Joe may I please add an important point. When pivoting from the left foot, the relative position of the planted left foot to the location of the ball at the point of contact by the hands based on a plumb line marked to the ground from the ball is crucial. The left foot should contact the ground *behind* the ball location meaning further away from the target. This sets up the player’s momentum to flow through the ball to their target. It takes time for setters to learn this under increasingly difficult scenarios. I would submit the thought to you that this relative positioning to the ball is more important than the right/left foot selection. Do you concur? Thanks! Mike

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Yeah I think ultimately it comes down to:

1. Power comes from rotation.

2. Rotation comes from the ground up.

So if you initiate rotation from the wrong spot, you lose power. Or if you get the ball in a spot that doesn't allow you to rotate, you lose power. I think a lot of coaches (including myself, for a long time), tend to view it linearly with setting. "Set over a lead leg" ... "Move through the ball" etc.

I don't think those cues are necessarily wrong, but if we look at the classic left-right setting from the ground (which I like btw) what that weight transfer also does is allow the setter to rotate. Typically their hips will be at least slightly open to the passer and then as they set they end up facing the target. The left-right footwork allows for this rotation to be created.

The whole point of right-left jump setting is actually that it controls rotation, not that it necessarily produces more. If a setter is moving quickly and/or needs to generate a lot of power, pivoting through the ball usually makes more sense.

Did I answer the question you were asking? It's hard to tell without demos!

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