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Caution is needed when goal-setting

Goals can be very useful things, which is why they are so often encouraged. There is a downside to them, though, that is little talked about.

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Developing volleyball IQ

We all know that good volleyball IQ is required for success, but how do you develop that in your players? This articles offers some advice.

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Developing tough players

Developing mentally tough players is often the justification of coaches to make athletes suffer hard physical workouts. Those coaches need to think again.

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Turning around 4 years of losing

Taking on a program with a losing history is tough. For me the most important thing is building trust and confidence in support of cultural improvement.

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Structure things to keep them coming back

Psychological insights, combined with an understanding of player motivations, can help us structure practice and training sessions to keep them coming back.

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Do you foster a culture of alibis?

Once upon a time, volleyball coaching legend Julio Velasco made some comments about what he called "the culture of the alibis" which continue to resonate.

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Reversion to the mean and why you need to understand it

As much as we may wish it otherwise, players (and teams) don't always play at one consistent level. They have a distribution of performances. This has implications for our coaching.

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Creating pressure in practice

How do you create pressure situations in your practice? It really depends on whether you're talking about individual or collective pressure.

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Book Review: The Inner Game of Tennis by W. Timothy Gallway

While it isn't about volleyball, The Inner Game of Tennis is a classic book about the athlete mind and how to progress toward optimal performance.

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