The Short Setter’s Handbook

Inside the book:

Foreword
Chapter 1: Island girl
Chapter 2: Playing with a chip on your shoulder
Chapter 3: Connecting with the middle
Chapter 4: Weapons for small blockers
Chapter 5: Moving to the ball
Chapter 6: Setting touch
Chapter 7: Communicating with teammates
Chapter 8: Jump setting
Chapter 9: Dumping
Chapter 10: Fitness for the job
Chapter 11: Staying on the edges of the grocery store
Chapter 12: Believe

About the Author:

Lindsey Berg was one of the great setters in the history of USA volleyball, but she did not fit the prototype. She was told throughout her career by coach after coach that she wasn’t tall enough, wasn’t lean enough, wasn’t good enough.

Turns out, none of that was even close to being true. The 5-foot-8 native of Honolulu played at powerhouse Punahou High in Hawaii, then the University of Minnesota and went on to represent the U.S. in three Olympics. She was co-captain of the 2008 team, which won a silver medal in Beijing, and captain of the 2012 team, which won a silver medal in London.

A big key to Berg’s success is that she pushed back whenever someone doubted her. Never was she more motivated than after she got cut from a USA juniors team in high school and noticed that both setters who made the roster were over 6-feet.

“From that point on,” she says, “I was on a mission to prove the volleyball world wrong – to prove that it’s not necessary to be tall, slim and jump high to be the best in the world.”

She did just that, and she tells you how in this book. The Short Setter’s Handbook is filled with insights into what it takes mentally, physically and technically to reach your potential if you’re one of those setters who doesn’t look like a setter is “supposed to” look.