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Suggested Volleyball Reading

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A list of books to help you improve

STOP Teaching Robots

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Watching some 80 year old players at the US Open and seeing their joy for a sport of a lifetime has me wondering why any kid in the last few decades stops playing.

I am a Teacher of Athletes

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This month some kid I know really well has his senior year athlete banquet. I was looking at the Princeton website, and at the top of the athletic department’s home page was a quote I had never heard that impacted me.

To Become A Skillful Spiker

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Sharing the science and my thoughts based on motor learning as to it relates to most machines

Five Ways to Be a Better Teammate

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Professionals give tips on how you can be a better teammate

You are Paying for Practice, Not Playing

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So the glow of your child being chosen to play for a club, perhaps even the experience of having to choose between multiple clubs and not cut, has faded. In the heart of the season, coaches begin making decisions on playing time based on what they have seen in practices and tournaments.

Standing in Line

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Despite IMPACT, CAP, VCT, and all that we know about teaching in a way that kids learn to love sport, coaches still don’t know that learning is done by doing, and not by watching.

Five Views on Video Training

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Athletes and coaches talk the importance of game film

Staying square to the volleyball net while blocking: Five steps

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Improve your blocking in five steps

The Ring of Truth: Limiting Errors is More Important Than Hitting it Big

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The two things that correlate most directly with winning matches, limiting hitting and serving errors