Ready to Go Pro?
Former U.S. National Team libero and current pro player Dustin Watten shares his thoughts on making it overseas.
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Topic: Athlete and Team Development
Thoughts on Service
The serve is the only play completely in the control of one player, you. You are not responding to anything but the referee’s whistle; you can impose your will on your opponents.
How Can I Spike Harder?
First off, you should understand that to hit the ball harder, you just need to swing your arm faster. Stop working so hard on hitting the ball harder.
You Will Be a Better Player if You Coach
How our USA coaches might better implement this fact is the focus of this article, for it can also make a huge impact on the development of talent in both the youth levels, and disabled programming of our nation.
Training Without a Net or Friends
Volleyball is a game to play with friends, same gender or coed. It does not matter if those you train with are only 7 years old or your grandmother. As long as they can provide you with the unique angles of the game, you’ll be learning fine.
Training Options in Volleyball
This article give reference to options to the indoor 6 vs. 6 game that you might have your players experience. New, fun and different, a break from what you do normally.
Dear Vocal Coach
The best learning comes when there is no fear of mistakes.
An Open Letter to All Coaches
The short of it is kids MUST play and practice more doubles, triples or four sided games on smaller courts at the start.
10 New Commandments of Volleyball
As I watch new coaches begin by teaching the way they were taught, I wonder how to get these well intentioned humans to change to better ways.
Teach Off-Hand Hitting
It’s important for volleyball players to be able to hit with their nondominant hand. It’s not rocket science or hard to achieve.