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Team focus vs. Individual focus

Some argue for more skill training, but team training tends to get more focus. How can we empower players to drive their own development?

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2020-21 Medaille College Men
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Men’s Coaching Log – April 12, 2021

The Medaille College Men's team's season has come to and end, and so too the conference season overall. Here's how it wrapped up.

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Coaching Conversations
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Podcast 26 – Targeting greatness with Mark Lebedew

What does it take to be not just good, but great? That's the question Mark Lebedew and I talk about in this episode of the podcast.

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Volleyball Practice Planning
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What percent of practice should I spend on serve and serve receive?

A coach wonders how much of their practice should be focused on serving and passing. That's a tricky question, though.

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2020-21 Medaille College Men
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Men’s Coaching Log – April 5, 2021

Two more conference victories for the Medaille guys last week. Unfortunately, covid caused things to come to a halt.

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Coaching Conversations
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Podcast 25 – Marketing the Volleyball League of American with Will Foley

In this episode of the podcast I share a class conversation I had with Will Foley about marketing the Volleyball League of America.

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The readers keep coming!

Continuing a bit of a surprise pattern here in 2021, the blog's page views in March were far above normal levels.

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How to keep hitters from dropping their elbows in attack

Hitters dropping their elbow is an issue volleyball coaches see quite often, but they often don't address it very effectively.

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Men’s Coaching Log – March 29, 2021

Two solid victories on the week have the Medaille Men in very good position for reaching the conference tournament with one week to go.

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