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Volleyball Coaching Stories

Stories and experiences related to coaching volleyball, developing as a volleyball coach, and anything else worth sharing.

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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Anja’s story

The story of a player I coached in England helps to highlight the impact we coaches can have on the lives of our players - now and for years to come.

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Don’t give me reason to want to bury you

As my life and job situation settled down after leaving Sweden, some of the emotion of the transition surfaced, giving me more motivation toward excellence.

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Looking back on the 2015-16 season

In which I take a look back on the 2015-16 volleyball season to see what I could have done better, what I did well, and how I can use it all in the future.

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I made a coaching mistake the other day

Reflecting on the match I coached one day while I coached in Sweden I realized I made a mistake in how I thought about and handled my subs from a couple perspectives.

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A side story from Gran Prix

Not everything at volleyball tournaments is about what happens on the court. Some of the really interesting stuff happens between matches.

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Youth volleyball, Swedish style

While coaching at Svedala I got to see the Swedish version of 4 v 4 mini volleyball, which allows a bounce. I made some interesting observations.

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Snow in Svedala

Winter made an appearance in Southern Sweden over the weekend.

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My team had a long rally to start a match

Here's a video clip featuring the long rally that started one of the matches I coached at Svedala when I was coaching in Sweden.

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