Serve first or receive first?
Should you take serve or receive if your team wins the coin toss? Turn to the statistics to know what call to make at your level of play.
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Serving: Go for it or get it in?
Should your team go for it from the service line, or is a more conservative get-it-in approach teh best way to go? It's an on-going debate in volleyball.
Coaching Log – Oct 27 2014
Although it was a session before a league match, the absence of a number of players saw me run a high contact volume training session rather than working 6 v 6.
Dealing with a young player serving too long
A volleyball coach asks what can be done to help a young player with a problem executing her serves in a match despite having no problems in training.
Coaching Log – Oct 9 2014
In what was a disappointing session on the intensity and focus front after a pretty good one the night before, the focus was 6 v 6 play for match prep.
Coaching Log – Oct 1, 2014
Two primary areas of focus for this session - evaluating a pair of potential new additions and putting the players under physical and mental strain.
Coaching Log – Sep 24, 2014
The first training session of the year focused on blocking movement, serving and passing - and on starting to develop the gym atmosphere I want.
To Call Service Targets, or Not to Call Targets
Many volleyball coaches give their servers specific targets to go after during matches, but I tend to avoid do that to encourage my players to do it themselves.
Coaching Log – Feb 19, 2014
Tardiness, equipment issues, and a new player in training combined to create some issues but overall the training session was OK with good communication in 6v6.