John Kessel: A Culture of Building
Understand the powerful importance of creating a healthy culture in a program.
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The Case Against Accountability
U.S. Men’s National Team Head Coach John Speraw is wary of the term accountability. From his perspective it’s all too often misinterpreted in a way that does more harm than good.
How To Build a Beach Court
Beach volleyball competitions can be held on a natural beach so long as the beach is level and the sand is at least nine inches deep and free from rocks, gravel and other hazardous objects.
The Value of Chaos and Failure
Then and now, creating randomness in the learning process, and its imperfections, creates both better retention and creative play at any level.
Beat the heat: Six pro beach volleyball players give their tips
Hydration starts before you head out into the sun and continues after
It’s not About Right or Wrong; It’s About Efficiency in Learning
It’s not about wrong or right, but about what is more effective. It’s not criticism when science guides us to more effective ways to learn, it is information, which sadly many traditional coaches chose to ignore. As the great William Penn said, “Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.”
Playing the REAL Game
If there was one thing I would ask clubs and schools to change, it is to play far less 6 v 6 at younger ages, if any at all, where all but one of the kids stands around and watches the ball. For ALL ages, play much more 1v1/2v0/1v1+1/2v2, and reserve 6 v 6 for older players. It really is that simple.
It’s Not about Right or Wrong
It’s not about wrong or right, but about what is more effective. It’s not criticism when science guides us to more effective ways to learn, it is information, which sadly many traditional coaches chose to ignore.
Canadian Volleyball Eh?
This month, I journeyed for the second time in a year above to our neighbor north of the 48 states, to work with ACE Volleyball club as part of their Make-A-Wish project. The athletes had fundraised over $24,000 beyond their club costs, for the second year in a row.
Lessons Learned from a Pirates Think Tank
There is a small market pro baseball team working hard to get their players “Ready at 7.” This is the time of most single, regular-season games, and the maximum number of games in the World Series. They are also challenging their sport’s traditions in the areas of learning.