How much of an influence on the outcome of any given volleyball match do you think a volleyball coach has, or at least can have?

This was both the team's last training session of the term and my last training session with the club.

My penultimate training with the team was lightly attended, but the focus and intensity levels made for a satisfying session.

In preparation for a big league match I focused training on game play and used a new twist to combine serve-initiated rallies with over-speed action.

The subject of my substitution philosophy was once brought up by my team captain, giving me the opportunity to ponder it.

While there were frustrations about certain aspects of things this training, there were a couple of significant positive takeaways.

My last match in charge saw a lot of things click for the team, leading them to their first win of the season and revenge…

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Unfortunately, it was one of our shorter training slots for this session before our next match, so game play was strongly featured.

It was our best match of the season so far, and we definitely had our chances, but the team doesn't yet know how to win.