Once the serve has been won back, it is the hitter (H1)'s turn to serve, and as
always, when the serve is played everyone moves to their base positions.
When the service is lost, there is a choice of rotation. With everyone in their normal positions, we have a
setter at '2' which is good. Unfortunately, we have just limited ourselves to two attacking players and forced
the other setter to be one of the main receivers. This is why 'stacking' was developed, but both possible
line-ups are shown below.
A hitter just lost their serve - Simple
The simple line-up has the usual formation of two players dominating the receive and two covering the lines, as
shown above. There's little movement, as one of the setters is already at '2'. After the first attack,
everyone switches to their base positions.
A hitter just lost their serve - 'Stacking'
The more complex line-up is called 'stacking', as the non-receiving players are 'stacked' in the corner out of
the way.
When the service comes over, (S1) runs across the net to '2' and takes the
second ball. All three front court players are then free to attack, giving the setter lots of options. It also
protects the setters from becoming main receivers. (Anything below the waist for a setter requires Jedi Powers
to play.) (S2) hits through '2', (M2) hits though '3'
and (H2) hits through '4'. Everyone then moves to base positions.
And that's it. For the other services, (S1) becomes (S2)
etc... and the line-ups are identical.
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A hitter to serve
