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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.

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2014-15 Exeter University
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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.

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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.

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2014-15 Exeter University
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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.

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2014-15 Exeter University
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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.

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2014-15 Exeter University
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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.

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Volleyball Coaching Strategy
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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.

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2013-14 Exeter University
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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.

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