The Underrated Vitamin

Vitamin D, learn more about the vitamin that helps calcium absorption and bone health

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.

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.”

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.

Do super foods make you super?

A look at 10 super foods that are good for volleyball athletes

Lesson Plans for 4 and 6-Person

A three, six, eight or 12-week lesson plan can be put together by picking and choosing from the options presented herein.

Women’s World Championship – Behind the scenes

Behind the scenes with Team USA during their Championship run in Italy at the Women's World Championship, Summer 2014

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.