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A champions look
Karch Kiraly talks exuding confidence
Five Things You Shouldn’t do on a Volleyball Court
Olympic coaches and athletes talk about the do’s and don’ts for on the court
The case for carbs
Originally published in VolleyballUSA, Winter 2010-11 issue. I can’t tell you how often I hear athletes say they’re going to cut carbs in their diet because they want to drop a few pounds. The strategy goes something like this: Scrambled eggs for breakfast without toast, water during practice, grilled chicked and veggies for dinner –…
Stats for Players and Parents
Skill performance will ebb and flow, with 50 percent of the time being spent in below average performance for each player. Practice is for RAISING each player’s personal average.
Conditioning
It is important for you to maintain a high level of fitness in order to compete at your physical capability. Being in shape, like getting proper nutrition, is one of the fundamental skills that sport can help incorporate into your like now that should never stop.
It’s Not Where You Are, It’s Who You Are
The article summarizes what kids should be learning from fun on the court or field, in practices and games. Some thoughts are volleyball specific, but the majority relate to all sports.
Stuff Happens Learn To Love It
Karch Kiraly talks about adversity
STOP Teaching Running
This blog in the STOP series is a plea for coaches to please understand one of the most important principles in the science of motor learning – that of specificity – as it particularly applies to conditioning/running…
What Can a Player Control?
his week my son Cody is playing in his first ever college matches for Princeton.