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Substitution Strategy for 12U Team

A coach of a group of young players wants some advice on line-up strategies when there is an experience imbalance.

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High school volleyball position specialization

In this post I address a reader's question on how much positional specialization there should be on varsity vs junior varsity high school teams.

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Adjusting lineups to a new ranking system

A reader asks a question about dealing with a new playoff system and how it may impact their allocation of playing time to back-ups and bench players.

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Should you start with your strongest servers?

It's time to put in your line-up. Do you put your best server(s) first in the rotation? Or are there other possible considerations that are more important?

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Communicating playing time prospects to non-starters

There's a paradox in how we tell non-starters they need to improve to play while we expect our non-starters to keep getting better. How do we deal with it?

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Too many setters! What do I do?

A high school coach has a roster question based on a situation that developed in their prior season which impacts the upcoming one.

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Picking your libero

What are the factors you need to look at in deciding which player should be your libero and which just a defensive specialist?

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Substitution strategy when winning big

Teams sometimes sub out key players when they find themselves losing badly in a set. What about teams doing the same when winning big, though?

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I made a coaching mistake the other day

Reflecting on the match I coached one day while I coached in Sweden I realized I made a mistake in how I thought about and handled my subs from a couple perspectives.

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