
England Indoor Performance Director’s Log – September 2025
Here's the latest update on what I've been involved with in my role as Indoor Performance Director at Volleyball England.

Here's the latest update on what I've been involved with in my role as Indoor Performance Director at Volleyball England.

Using wall traps and similar approaches is something coaches sometimes do to train hand contact, but they're of extremely limited value.

If the number of wrist snap videos on my feed are any indication, volleyball coaches spend far too much time on that.

Players tend to quickly lose skill calibration, but also regain it rapidly. This has implications for how we warm them up.

A meme suggests players must do individual training to maximize their potential. Is that really the case, though?

Here's the latest update on what I've been involved with in my role as Indoor Performance Director at Volleyball England.

Here's a video with an interesting progression to help in young hitter training which could be useful if used properly.

Here's an example of a video of a drill with some decidedly inconsistent messaging in terms of what its about.

Do you train a specific error or failure recovery system with your teams? If not, it's worth thinking about, and here's one you could use.

Here's a video with some interesting elements around training the spike approach, though I definitely don't like the ending.
