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Leaders Eat Last
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Book Review: Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek

Leaders Eat Last is a book about creating strong team environments and the things that contribute to them, and work against them.

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Podcast 13 – Can you succeed when the players don’t prioritize winning?

In this episode of the podcast Tim Alaniz and I talk about whether you can succeed with players who put winning below other priorities.

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What does playing like individuals mean?

We hear coaches tell teams sometimes that they are playing like individuals rather than playing like a team. What does that mean?

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Volleyball Practice Planning
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Adding unstructured play

There's value to unstructured play. So how can we give kids more opportunities for that, and how can we be less structured in practice?

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Volleyball Coaching Q&A
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Handling players who get angry at themselves

Sometimes players get angry after a mistake and their reaction negatively impacts the team overall. Here's how you can help them be better.

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Coaching the current generation

Here's my advice for being successful coaching the current generation of athletes. It's pretty simple and to the point - and hopefully not a big surprise.

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Volleyball Practice Planning
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Making practices harder than games

We often hear that practices should be harder than matches, but how do we do that? This article offers some ways you can get there.

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Handling mixed player levels in practices

Having to work with a group of players at different levels of development and/or skill is a real challenges. Here are some ideas for doing so.

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Volleyball Coach Development
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A player’s perspective on better coaching

Here, according to an athlete, are five ways coaches can be more effective communicators, get more out of their teams, and be better role models.

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