Four Tips to Improve Footwork and Speed in the Sand
Top USA beach athletes give tips to improving footwork and speed
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A Major Change in My Feedback
Most coaches who have taken IMPACT learned that a coach’s feedback/feed-forward is the most important form of changing an athlete’s skill set.
Summer Volleyball Camp Selection
Many players would benefit from attending a summer volleyball camp. These are generally fun and a chance to learn a great deal in an intense, brief time.
Thoughts on Defense
Defense is plodding attention to duty, grit and determination and perseverance. It requires an act of will and risk. All you need is the decision to put out and give 100 percent.
Thoughts for Setters
Because of the nature of the sport and the number of contacts afforded the setter, they carry a dramatically over-weighted value.
The Pathway To Being a Olympian
First and perhaps most important, is that Olympism is a process that begins when an athlete discovers an Olympic sport. From that point on, their love of the game is guided by what Olympism stands for.
Play One-on-One To Be Great
The short version of this article is simple: Have fun playing more one-on-one and you will be better because you learn most by contacting the ball over a net.
My Favorite Player
After 30-plus years of coaching in this great sport, I think it is time to tell you who my favorite player is. Every coach has one, you see, and I am no different.
Oh the Games We Can Play
IMPACT training provides a long list scrimmage scoring options. Some coaches mistakenly read this as “all you do is play games” with supposedly no focus on technical skills. The assumption is, since it is not a coach controlled training environment, it must not be technical.
YET
My son had something that I gave to him in his dorm room at Princeton; in capital letters on an orange post-it note, the word “YET.”