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Volleyball Coaching Strategy
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Is calling service targets beneficial?

Serving certain targets - be they Zones or passers - can be very useful. Let's not forget, though, the one actually having to make the serve.

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Coming up short on serve performance analysis

A coach worries he needs to change his serving philosophy, but what he presents doesn't get anywhere close to suggesting that.

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The correlation of aces to wins

How important is getting aces to winning in volleyball? More important in the men's game than the women's based on the numbers.

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What is the optimal serve error rate?

Serving aggressiveness and its impact on point scoring is a frequent talking point among volleyball coaches. Is there an optimal service error rate?

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Service errors vs. service points

There is a point at which service aggression is just right to achieve the highest point scoring (breakpoint) percentage, but it varies.

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Looking at Serving Risk and Reward

Lots of volleyball coaches want their teams to serve tougher, but there's a trade off between winning more rallies and losing more points through higher errors.

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Comments on serving strategy from a coach

A US collegiate volleyball coach provides something to think about in formulating a serving strategy for your team.

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