How do I make my players quicker?
Want your players to react more quickly to balls? There are two facets to doing that, and a lot of stuff coaches do in this regard is basically worthless.
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Volleyball Coaching
Setter: Go for everything or call for help?
Should your setter take every ball, or should they be able to call for help on balls far away? I actually think it's a question with a mistaken focus.
Non-Setter Setting: Are you working on it?
Professional and international non-setters often step in to set when out-of-system. You know why they are so good? Because they practice all the time!
A half-court setter tutoring scenario
Here's a scenario a coach presented where you need to come up with a way to do setter training on a half court with some constraints.
Technical Director’s Log – June 26, 2019
The Charleston Academy season is over for 2018-19 following completion of the AAU tournament in Orlando, FL. Here's how things went.
The influence on those around us
We coaches (should) know how much we can influence those around us, emotionally and otherwise. It's something we also need to teach our players about.
Remember the importance of visual cues
Remember that player reactions start with properly reading the visual cues, so it makes the most sense to include those cues in training, not remove them.
Technical Director’s Log – June 5, 2019
The Charleston Academy 15s team played its penultimate tournament of the Juniors season over the weekend while dealing with some personnel issues.
Adjusting lineups to a new ranking system
A reader asks a question about dealing with a new playoff system and how it may impact their allocation of playing time to back-ups and bench players.