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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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Volleyball Coaching
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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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2020-21 Medaille College Men
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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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2020-21 Medaille College Women
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Women’s Coaching Log – March 25, 2021

The Medaille College women's team has been in training mode over the last month, and we've made some recruiting progress.

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Volleyball Coach Development
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Be a better coach through these 10 behaviors

Coaching legend Terry Pettit has a list of 10 behaviors we should focus on to make us better, more effective coaches.

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2020-21 Medaille College Men
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Men’s Coaching Log – March 22, 2021

The second week of the conference season featured our first real - and longest - road trip of the campaign.

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Volleyball Coaching Stories
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Coaching Story: The stupidest missed serve in volleyball history

Here's a story about the dumbest service error I have ever seen - at least one that happened at a higher level of play.

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2020-21 Medaille College Men
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Men’s Coaching Log – March 15, 2021

A combination of poor performance an bad injury luck led to a disappointing week on the court for the Medaille guys.

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