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Volleyball Games
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Game: Switch & Slide

Here's a game you can use to work in a competitive way on serving and passing, with seams a big focal point.

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Game: Serving & Passing Tug-o-War

This is a competitive serving and passing game variation shared by Giovanni Guidetti that is team vs. team rather than servers vs. passer.

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Game: Giovanni’s Serving & Passing

This is a competitive serving and passing game shared by Giovanni Guidetti that is team vs. team rather than servers vs. passer.

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Volleyball Coaching
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Is serving part of offense or defense?

Is the serve in volleyball an offensive tool or a defensive one? I share my thoughts on the subject in this post.

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Ditch the standing serve!

In which I appeal to volleyball coaches - especially boys' coaches - to teach their players the jump serve. Float or topspin.

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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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Volleyball Drills
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Get your servers competing with this game

I like incentivizing my servers to challenge my passers in practice. Here's a way you can get your servers competing.

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Volleyball Coaching
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Serving: Stand or Jump?

Are jump serves better than standing serves in volleyball? If so, when should we start teaching players how to jump serve?

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Volleyball Practice Planning
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Creating service pressure in practice

How can we get players used to serving in pressure situations? It comes down to making their serves in practice consequential.

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