
Coaching Log – Mar 15, 2014
The first day of Final 8s had both its positive elements and its disappointments, but the former outweighed the latter.

The first day of Final 8s had both its positive elements and its disappointments, but the former outweighed the latter.

This is an entry in my volleyball coaching log. The last training before Final 8s was one I wanted to use to send the team…

The final week of training started with a focus on 6s play, with serve receive as a feature. Unfortunately, it was marred by an ankle…

The team played it's last regional volleyball league matches on Sunday, collecting another pair of wins to continue their streak. Now to prepare for Final…

Pushing the ball out to the sideline is a key ability of a good setter, but is a developmental challenge for volleyball coaches - especially…

A poor selection of drills given the players available to go through them led to a less-than-satisfying training session, encouraging me to have better next…

The Final 8s draw for the men's and women's university teams I coach has been posted, so now it's time to develop and communicate expectations…

Tardiness punishment compressed training time, not allowing me to do all of what I wanted and I wasn't really pleased with the level of focus…

As coaches we look to have our volleyball teams peaking at the right time so they can put forth their best performance when it matters…

In a reversal of some previous good luck, I once had to field a totally cobbled together team in a Cup quarterfinal. I was surprised…
