Category: Volleyball Coaching

Teaching or facilitating?

I tend to think of myself from a coaching perspective as more of a facilitator in the player development process rather than a teacher.

Coaching Log – Sep 21, 2015

This is an entry in my volleyball coaching log for 2015-16. Here’s how things went over the third week of pre-season: Monday Had 11 players…

Coaching Log – Sep 14, 2015

The second week really started the process of develop a team style of play. It ended with the squad spending a day doing team-building exercises.

Coaching Log – Sep 7, 2015

The focus of the first week of training was mainly on getting the players integrated and communicating, and laying the foundation for moving ahead.

Need more coach fitness!

The house the club has arranged for me in Svedala has served to highlight my need to improve my general fitness, and I'm going to…

Training Plan: 11 players, just games

This training session uses cooperative games to warm-up, then moves to small-sided competitive games. The main idea is to get lots of game-like touches.

Avoiding player feedback dependence

A volleyball coach recently asked for some ideas on avoiding their players becoming dependent on them for feedback, to which I provide some thoughts.

Coaching Log – Aug 28, 2015

Monday I finally start with my new team at Svedala! My main priority the first week is to see where everyone is at and players…

Setter considerations

An article speaks to the preferred qualities of a good setter - both mental and physical. I add some comments of my own.

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