Top Ten Serving Secrets

I spent the last four nights in Hartford, Connecticut. Snowfall of a greater amount in the storm than any other time in recorded history.

Kessel’s Best Movies for Team Viewing

A personal list of movies, in no particular order, that might be great for team bonding and inspiration.

No More Drills, Feedback or Technical Training…

OK coach, hopefully this title has made you click through to this blog to see what the heck I could be thinking here.

CAP Article: Game-Like Training

Originally published in 2009 About the Author: Rick Swan is the head women’s volleyball coach at Colorado College. He is a CAP Level II coach in USA Volleyball’s Coach Education Program. Game-like training is a simple idea. It is the notion that athletes will learn to play the game of volleyball better by practicing the…

Tryouts and Our Deepest Fear

Tryouts can bring out our deep fears, as the talent pyramid begins its inexorable narrowing. From six elementary schools teams, to a couple or so junior high 7th grade teams.

A Coaching Challenge and Reality

Just back from Milwaukee where over 60 coaches shared two full days of a CAP course.

HP Clinic Lessons Shared

So we are in the fourth day of this year’s USA Volleyball High Performance Coaches’ Clinic and CAP I,II, III sessions here at the Olympic Training Center.