Modified 4-2 Volleyball Rotation (serve & serve receive)

This is one of the easiest volleyball rotations to implement. It is similar to the traditional 4-2 rotation except that it only focuses on switches in the front row, leaving the back row to simply stay in rotation.
It is meant as an introduction to the 4-2 and also rotations in general, and not a rigorous explanation of every possible scenario. Once players have mastered the basics of this simplified rotation, it is much easier to transition into a traditional 4-2, 5-1, or 6-2.
A couple notes:
-Rotations 4 through 6 are not included because they are identical to rotations 1 through 3.
-"Rotation 1" isn't necessarily the starting point. (My team usually starts in Rotation 2, for example)

[@mikeb.4597]

Thank you for this. Very helpful

[@danielburton7323]

Could you make a video where you go over this rotation, but with a libero in the back middle please? My team used this rotation last year and this year we’ve got a libero and I’m not sure how it’ll work

[@musicloungepty507]

The back row middle blocker...after loosing the service is substituted by the libero.....so....libero and middle back ...same thing.

[@athulkrishnanvm6644]

Could you make a vedio for 5-1 rotation

[@alfrede.newman1838]

A bit late for a question but what do you call a system where there are always 2 setters where 1 of the setters is always coming in from the back row so there are always 3 hitters front row when a setter doubles up as a hitter when they go front row? Thanks ...

[@fadysamaha2015]

That's a 6-2 system

[@alfrede.newman1838]

@@fadysamaha2015 Thank you very much. I thought so, but I had stepped away from volleyball for years to raise a family. Back when there was no Librero, only the serving team could score a point, .. Nice to see how much the game has changed, I hardly recognize much of it. Lot's a deja vue moments right now.