by Super Admin | May 26, 2014 | Tips and Traps
Last year I asked USA coaching guru John Kessel what would be the three most important things he would do if he ran a volleyball program in Australia. Number 1 on his list was “Red Line Volleyball“. And here is the drill on video. Fantastic – thanks...
by Super Admin | May 14, 2014 | Tips and Traps
An inflammatory question perhaps. I am not talking about how many hours you spend coaching, but what you do in those hours. Can we as a coaching group get better value out of our time on the court? Many things we have to do when coaching involve modifying player...
by Super Admin | May 5, 2014 | Tips and Traps
This is the second post in a series on communicating on-court. For the first part, see here. As a coach, the oft-used comment “talk it up” is just not useful. If you want your teams to communicate (“talk”) then you have to train your teams to...
by Super Admin | Apr 23, 2014 | Tips and Traps
John Kessel kindly gave me a mention in his latest post on the USA Volleyball blog: Blogs that are Making a Difference. I’m flattered to be in such good company. I highly recommend taking a look at (and bookmarking) the other blogs John mentions in his...
by Super Admin | Apr 11, 2014 | Tips and Traps
Thanks must go to Hugh Nguyen for taking a great coach development session last night. Participants included three South Australian state team head coaches, coaches from the major volleyball school programs, club coaches, and even a school coach from Queensland who...
by Super Admin | Mar 31, 2014 | Tips and Traps
“Talk it up” Nearly every coach in nearly every time out has either said this, or has wanted to say this.At the recent Mikasa Gold Ball tournament a beginning coach asked me for some strategies to get his team to talk. He suggested his team was losing up...
