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.
Tag
volleyball defense
The defensive progression
A blog article provides a useful progression to think about defending in volleyball, though there are some fuzzy points in the systems side.
Game: Pro Trips (progressive triples)
This is a series of small-sided games that is a good warm-up exercise, with the possibility to work on some defensive elements.
Game: To 1
This is a small-sided game that focuses on controlled 3rd contact and can also be a useful warm-up exercise.
Understand the limits of heat mapping
A fellow volleyball coach highlights a weakness of heat mapping to help decide what type of defense you play
Should I commit someone to defend tips?
At what point does it make sense to dedicate a defender to take tips, and thus forgo defending spiked balls?
Pondering a digger rating
We rate passers in serve reception on a point scale. Can we do something similar for defenders to be able to make comparisons?
Master one defense, or develop familiarity with multiple
Is it best to get great at one defensive system or to develop the ability to play multiple systems? I argue doing the first is basically doing the second.
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.