The student begins to set the ball only using the finger tips. No elbows or wrist used to move the ball. The third drill is a mixture of one and two, the ball is set with the palms then slowly spread the hands farther apart so the finger tips begin to set the ball. At not time during any of these drills shall the ball come to rest on the hands. The student should always be attacking the ball.
Partners begin to set the ball across to each other with no arc of the ball.
Instructors should make sure that students are not resting the ball in the hands, wrist or knees. Keep setting the ball across as partners then ask all to rotate to the left. Then implement the arc set. Make sure during this drill students keep their hands up the whole period of the drill. This prevents mishandles and balls slipping through their hands.