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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volleyball blocking
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.
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.
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.
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.
Coaching Log – Apr 4, 2016
Our first week of Spring practice following Spring Break concluded with some tournament play where we got to get a good look at the team.
A reasonable hitters on boxes vs blockers set-up
I'm not a huge fan of having blockers working against hitters on boxes for multiple reasons, but this version is better than most I've seen.
Coaching Log – Jan 18, 2016
This is an entry in my volleyball coaching log for 2015-16. This week saw our focus shift back to Elitserie play, with our first league match of the second half on
Coaching Log – Jan 11, 2016
This is an entry in my volleyball coaching log for 2015-16. Back into competition this week. We played our first Oresund Liga match of the second half on Wednesday (essentially scheduled