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.
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Volleyball Coaching
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.
Technical Director’s Log – May 22, 2019
After some interesting weeks of practice - for both good and bad reasons - the team was back in action over the weekend in a regionally-oriented tournament.
Training different types of skills
There are different types of skills in volleyball - precise vs. improvisational. Training them each requires a different approach.
It’s not enough to just try harder
It's not enough to just try harder - as either a player or a coach. It takes deliberate practice to improve. How can you put that concept to work?