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Contextualizing volleyball strength training
Vern Gambetta provides a very useful framework for looking at how we implement strength training in volleyball.
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Vern Gambetta provides a very useful framework for looking at how we implement strength training in volleyball.
The book Making it Stick shares the three key principles of retrieval, spacing, and variability which relate closely to skill acquisition.
Here are the things we as volleyball coaches should be looking at with regards to player potential (talent identification) and development
Does the proportion of practice attacks starting from serve receive, defense, free ball, and cover line up with those from matches?
Examination of a broad set of statistics provides a potentially useful set of findings as to what drives winning in volleyball.
Volleyball open gyms are great opportunities for players to develop. You just need to set up good games to suit their developmental needs.
Examining the results from a reported study on the frequency of midline vs. non-midline passing by international female volleyball receivers.
Rise above the net, by Peter Bristotte, is a deep dive into volleyball coaching which has positives and negatives for potential readers.
As coaches there can be a strong tendency to want to avoid conflict within the team. That can actually backfire in a big way.