Wall setting ladder

What you need

Players

1 player

Time

5 to 8 min

Level

Beginner to advanced

Equipment

Ball, Wall

Ball fed by

Not needed

Space

A solid wall

Ages

9+

Setup

1. A solid wall or garage door with nothing breakable on it, with permission.
2. Start about 1 m (3 ft) from the wall, then 1.5 m (5 ft), then 2 m (7 ft).
3. Set the first ball out of your hands onto the wall, then set every rebound back.

How it runs

Setting against a garage door or a solid outside wall. The player starts close, sets the ball onto the wall again and again, and after a good streak takes a step back. Farther from the wall needs more push from the legs and the same quiet hands.

Time and reps: 3 steps back, 10 in a row at each, 20 s rest.

Coaching points

• Window above your forehead before the ball comes back.
• Push with your legs and arms together.
• Aim at the same spot on the wall every time.
• Step back only after a good streak.

Ways to change it

• Easier: set, catch the rebound, set again.
• Harder: one-hand sets, then switch hands.
• Goal: 100 wall sets in a day, in streaks.

Make it easier or harder

Make it easier

• Stay close to the wall and count sets in a row without stepping back.

Make it harder

• Take a bigger step back after each good streak, or add a clap between sets.

Terms on this page

Setting window

The triangle your thumbs and pointer fingers make above your forehead. You set the ball by pushing it up from there.

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