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Reacting to another blogger’s ponderings

Fellow blogger and coaching legend Jim Stone has some things he's been thinking about. Here I share my views on those subjects.

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Getting Middle Blockers to close to the pins faster

Volleyball coaches are always looking at helping their middle blockers get faster closing the block on sets to the pins.

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Getting middles up quicker on quick attacks

A volleyball coach wants to know how to get their middles up faster against oppposing quick sets. Here are five ways to address the issue.

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Blocking the back row attack

Should you block a back row attack? If yes, how many blockers does it make sense to use. You should have both a general plan and specific strategies.

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Some thoughts on blocking strategy

A few blocking strategy ideas from Italian coach Davide Mazzanti that he shared during one of his sessions at the 2019 AVCA Convention.

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Using video for better blocker training

Here's an example of how you can use video to dramatically improve blocking drills when training your blockers in real game situations isn't an option.

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To block, or not to block

A fellow blogger has done some analysis of his players' blocking with an eye toward answering the question whether they should even block at all.

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Tracking block and defense improvement

During the 2016 season I took a look at some block & defense data to see how the team was progressing. They were useful, though they have some limitations.

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High school block and defense

A volleyball coach recently sent in an email asking for advice working on block timing and how to arrange their defense behind a weak block.

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