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Getting reps for your setters

A lot depends on your setter. So how can you get them the reps they need to develop their skills and capabilities?

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Player attitude can cost them

Here's an example from my own experience of how a player cost themselves a season honor because of their behavior.

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How do we make them uncomfortable?

In coaching there's often talk about getting players outside their comfort zone, but how exactly do we do that? Here are some ways.

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Do not allow players to go on autopilot

If your players are on autopilot while going through a training exercise, it's time to up the challenge else development will stall.

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Is serving part of offense or defense?

Is the serve in volleyball an offensive tool or a defensive one? I share my thoughts on the subject in this post.

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Inside Minnesota volleyball, with shin guards

An article about Minnesota volleyball provides some interesting insights into that program, despite an odd reference to shin guards.

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2021-22 Medaille College Men
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Coaching Log – June 1, 2022

This is the last entry of 2021-22 in which I tidy up the last of the developments from the past school year and start to look ahead.

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Developing self-organization in your team

Part of what we must train our teams is how to self-organize to overcome the challenges which inevitably come up in matches.

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Categories of errors

Errors come in different forms, some of which we might not even think of as being errors. Improvement comes from addressing them correctly.

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