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The Ring of Truth: Limiting Errors is More Important Than Hitting it Big
The two things that correlate most directly with winning matches, limiting hitting and serving errors
Five Keys to Making More Digs
Coaches and Olympians give tips to getting better digs
10 Muscle Groups Every Volleyball Player Must Stretch
Our MNT’s head athletic trainer gives stretching tips to improve performance and decrease chances of injury.
Top Five Ways to Create Confidence in Your Teammates
Boost the confidence of your teammates in five simple ways
Always Learning
This end of the year blog is where I share what/where I have learned. It is mostly books, but also some video clips I found worth watching. I love that Michelangelo at age 87 said “I am still learning.”
Five Ways to Better Your Beach Game
Key beach experts give tips to improving your beach volleyball game
Variance and Risk Management in Volleyball
There is something that all coaches need to make part of their training at any level. It is breaking tradition to manage and be comfortable with the risks of variance as found in volleyball. Two-time Olympic medal winning coach Hugh McCutcheon termed it risk management.
Train Ugly
About a decade ago my kids and I went up to Lander, Wyoming to run a high school volleyball camp at the base of the Wind River Range, and home of the famous “cheesewheel” (a batter fried cheeseburger) and NOLS, the National Outdoor Leadership School.
Irrelevant Training
This short blog is a response to a coach who felt that worrying that all drills are gamelike was irrelevant. It is not irrelevant, nor anal. It is principle driven.