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Fandom RISING CHAMPIONS — a haikyuu inspired thread

Nornslayer

sugar is my wife and morg is the other mistress

Rising Champions

“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”
INTRO
Winning, that’s all you can dream of. Endless nights training, the bruises, the aching joints— everything was meant to lead up to winning that gold metal, but every year ends up the same… failure. Summit Academy is considered a low performing college and are the laughing stocks of nationals, i mean they haven’t won gold in any sport in over twenty five years— but this year will be different. The young men and women on the volleyball teams seem to have a drive, a want that’s never been seen before in their sports teams and something about them just screams different. However, Summit Academy isn’t known for their overachieving students— poor grades, fights, the constant threat of expulsion, the lack of facility support, it’s not wonder they struggle the way they do. Will this years volleyball teams be able to win at nationals, or will they fail like everyone expects them too?

ROLES

MALE TEAM ROLES:
setter 1/1
spikers 1/2
- left wing 1/1
- right wing 0/1
middle blockers 1/2
libero 1/1
MALE TEAM SPECIAL ROLES:
captain 1/1
vice-captain 0/1
ace 1/1
pinch server 0/1

FEMALE TEAM ROLES:
setter 1/1
spikers 1/2
- left wing 0/1
- right wing 1/1
middle blockers 1/2
libero 1/1
FEMALE TEAM SPECIAL ROLES:
captain 1/1
vice-captain 1/1
ace 0/1
pinch server 1/1
  1. SETTERS — Setters orchestrate the attacks. They are the playmakers of the volleyball team and are analogous to point guards and quarterbacks. Their responsibilities are to run the team's attacks and build up potential scoring opportunities for the team. They aim for the second touch and their main responsibility is to place the ball in the air for the attackers to send into the opponents' court for a point. They play both front row and back row; therefore they need to be able to both block (defending) and serve (attacking). They have to be able to operate with the spikers, manage the tempo of their team's side of the court, and choose the right attackers to set to. Setters need to be able to make quick and skillful evaluations, good communication skills and tactical accuracy and must be quick enough to move around the court.
  2. MIDDLE BLOCKERS — Middle Blockers are also known as Middle Hitters. For defending, middle blockers are near the net in the middle of the court, between the two outside blockers. They are primarily responsible for blocks, meaning they must attempt to stop equally fast plays from their opponents and be able to quickly set up a double block at the sides of the court. For attacking, middle blockers perform very fast attacks that usually take place near the setter. They will usually hit quick sets or serve as decoys to confuse the opponents' blockers if their passes are good enough. For a non-beginners play, every team will have two middle blockers.
  3. LIBEROS — Liberos are exclusively defensive positions. They are responsible for receiving an attack or serve and are usually the players on the court with the quickest reaction time and best passing skills. They also showcase impressive reading skills, meaning they can see/predict where the ball will go. A common misconception is that liberos are ambidextrous in life, when in fact they are usually only ambidextrous in volleyball. This gives them an edge when playing defense as they can receive hard to get balls from either side with equal success. Libero means 'free' in Italian because liberos have the ability to substitute for any other player on the court during each play. However, they can't be switched in/out with the player about to serve or be switched in/out during a rally. Once a libero is switched out, they must remain off the court for a point before returning to the court which is accomplished if they are switching for someone after they are done the serving. They are meant to switch out with those with the weakest receiving skills, this usually leads them to switch with the middle blockers as they are often extremely tall and have trouble receiving (though this is not always the case). Liberos only play in the back row and are often the pillar of the defense. If a team is struggling with receiving, they will often try to find a way to change their formation in order to give the libero more court to cover or direct the ball to the libero to improve their chances of receiving the ball well. They have to wear a contrasting color compared with the rest of the team since the switch they make is considered an illegal substitution for other positions. For a libero, height doesn't matter since they aren't allowed to block, spike, or participate in mid-air combat as spikers can. This allows shorter players with strong passing and defensive skills to excel in the position and play an important role in the team's success. Due to the rules, they can't become captain either, though liberos often have the qualities of a captain. A libero can pass a ball to a spiker, but he or she must follow specific rules; otherwise, it's a penalty. The rule that is addressed most in the anime is the rule stating a libero can't make an overhand toss to a spiker if they step over the ten-foot line (in the anime liberos get around this by jumping over the line and tossing before they land).
  4. SPIKERS— Wing Spikers are the players who carry the serve receive responsibility along with the libero. They are usually the ones who attack with the ball, which the setter sets to the antenna at either the left or right side of the court, and usually scores the most points in the game. Spikers play both the front row and the back row. Wing spikers are generally divided into two types:
    Left-Wing Spikers, also known as Left-side Hitters or Outside Hitters, attack from near the left antenna. The outside hitter is usually the most consistent hitter on the team and gets the most sets. Inaccurate first passes usually result in a set to the outside hitter rather than the middle or opposite. Since most sets to the outside are high, the outside hitter may take a longer approach, always starting from outside the court sideline. For a non-beginners play, there are again two outside hitters on every team in every match.
    Right-Wing Spikers, also known as Right-side Hitters or Opposite Hitters, carry the defensive workload for a volleyball team in the front row. Their primary responsibilities are to put up a well-formed block against the opponents' outside hitters and serve as a backup setter. Sets to the opposite usually go to the right side of the antennae. There are two types of Opposite Hitters that teams generally use; in ordinary high school formations, the Opposite Position is given to Defensive Specialists with an overall balance play, while in professional formations, the Opposite Position is given to spikers with an overall immense Offensive capabilities, they tend to not receive or block, just attack.
  5. ACE — The Ace is responsible for spiking past the blockers with brute force. The qualities of aces are high mental strength and the ability to act accordingly when cornered, the most important ability is having confidence that they can score even when no one else has. The ace is also responsible for getting last point scores during long rallies where the ball doesn't hit the ground for an extended period of time. Although an ace needs a huge amount of fighting power, being an ace doesn't really require great strength. Some aces have control rather than power and are capable of aiming in the weak spot of a blocker or making a feint spike to throw the blockers off to score.
  6. PINCH SERVER — The Pinch Servers are switched into the game to get an advantage over the opponents or at crucial times, usually near match point. They have to perform risky serves to gain points for the team. The serves usually have to be extremely powerful or unique, such as the "Jump Float Serve, or the underhand Ceiling Serve(Tokyo Spring Nationals). Serve Controllers are pinch servers who have impressive control over their serves, adding rotation to the ball so that the receivers won't be able to receive the ball properly. Alternatively, they can also aim their serves (aiming in the middle of two people or aiming to the weakest receiver) or simply curve the ball to the open area of the court. Power Servers are another type of pinch server that is capable of getting a service ace. Rather than relying on control, these servers rely on pure brute strength. They are capable of serves resembling spikes, as the power behind them increases their speed drastically. The ball will be so fast that the receiver will have a hard time trying to receive it. If the receiver does receive the ball, the ball will either come back to the serving team as a chance ball or it will bounce off the court.

RULES

☆ Fcs must be real, no art or anime gifs
☆ please be respectful to the other members of the thread
☆ if you have an issue please dm me first
☆ characters must be 18-23 and must match to the grade year
☆ no customs or cartoon fcs! Must fit into the thread theme
☆ keep your fcs in the right age range, please dont have one that looks 12
☆ no more than 2 characters per person, one boy and one girl
☆ no godmodding
☆ this is a lower effort thread in terms of wordcount, a min of 400 is required but if you want to do more, no more than 2k ☆ despite being low effort, we still require literate and well done posts!
☆ try to have different personalities and concepts then those around you
☆ characters are not allowed to personally know or be related to any canon haikyuu characters
☆ must have discord for plotting!

Please be aware that some of us still have finals so the rp itself wont be going up for a couple weeks! but we encourage plotting in the meantime!

a haikyuu inspired thread
coded by kaninchen
 
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Alright! We have limited roles open now! For the main teams we only have 1 spot open on the boy’s team. And that is middle blocker! The Vice captain and pinch server role that’s added on to the main roles are also open!

for lesser played on the court, but still active in the rp we have 2 open bench spots for both teams. These are the players that will be available to sub in when called for!
 
If you’re still interested we’d love to have you! The bench players will still be rped just as much as everyone else, they just won’t be as active on the court. However they do tie in to key plot moments!
 
Multiple people left with no warning and the rp just started so we are desperate for these roles:

MENS TEAM
• middle blocker

WOMENS TEAM
• left wing spiker
• middle blocker

We also have 2 substitute player spots for each team but if they don’t get filled that’s okay but we would really like if those get filled too. The most important are the roles listed above however!! We are very very desperate for those roles as we can’t get to the actual plot part until we have full teams!
 
Looking for just one blocker now + 2 substitute players for each team!

MENS TEAM
• middle blocker
 
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