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Years ago, having played some myself, it was easy to say “yes” to coaching my daughter’s 7th grade recreational volleyball team. My twisted logic told me, “I’ve played for years. These are young kids. How hard can this be?” So began my coaching career.
Kendra Lancaster, Brent Rasmussen and Allison Aldrich discuss greatness in sitting volleyball
U.S. Olympic Volleyball greats share their advice on recovering after a disappointing Olympic loss
USAV Director of Development John Kessel looks at the use of physical punishment in volleyball.
In today’s Youth sports world parents are starting to fear free things are not as good or adequate and are opting to continue to spend more and more rather than just letting kids play.
Pat Madia, USAV Western Empire Region’s Coaches Education Committee Chair, shares eleven core tips for a new coach. Remember and share this, plus other great information for any new coach in the I’m a New Coach section of the USAV Grassroots section.
Volleyball bingo is a great way to help players focus on things they needed to work on in practice
Get tips on how to become a smarter player from some of the best players and coaches in the game
Allowing kids to learn and teach themselves is difficult, especially when you consider that the best learning happens during failure. Coaches must foster education by allowing that failure, not preventing it.
Learning to play this new instrument and letting others figure it out helps to drive home the lesson that doing the activity is the most important than other things outside of it.
