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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Volleyball Coaching Stories
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
We said what!?
When I coached in Sweden a reporter once gave our opposition some locker room material by suggesting that we expected to win our match 3-0 or 3-1. Ugh!