The Art of Coaching Volleyball

Jaimee Rindy | Middle blocker at Coe College, juniors’ club coach On my college team, before every home game, we would play a little serving game where my coaches put an empty ball cart somewhere on the court and we attempted to serve a ball into it. We each served one at a time, and […] The post Want more confidence? It takes more than just believing in yourself appeared first on The Art of Coaching Volleyball.

In collegiate volleyball, coaches are able to recruit the players who are already great liberos, but what about highschool or club coaches who have to choose their libero from a group of players? What qulaities should you look for in your libero? Chirsty Johnson-Lynch believes there are three main areas to be aware of when […] The post Libero qualities: Platform awareness, quickness, and consistency appeared first on The Art of Coaching Volleyball.

  Clinician: Lauren Carlini, four-time NCAA All-American and member of the USA National Team Purpose: To train players to be comfortable setting in a variety of body positions How it works: A setter stands facing a wall with the ball above her head. Keeping her right foot slightly forward and her base wide, the setter […] The post Wall work: Squat sets appeared first on The Art of Coaching Volleyball.

When a baseball pitcher throws a fastball, they use the momentum of their upper body to create a greater force in the pendulum movement of their arm. The same can be applied to volleyball players! Many players will do their entire approach with their bodies parrallel to the net only using the power in their […] The post Incorporating the entire upper body into a swing appeared first on The Art of Coaching Volleyball.

TYPES OF DRILLS REPETITIVE - “Do 10 repetitions” QUALITATIVE - “Do 7 out of 10 correct executions” IN –A –ROW - “Do 3 in-a-row correct executions” The post Types of drills to improve your team appeared first on The Art of Coaching Volleyball.

Purpose: To warm-up your players with continuous play and help them learn to correct their errors after they have happened. How it works: Split your players up on both halves of the court with three people in back row defense and the rest of the players ready to rotate in from left back. A coach […] The post Error correction warm-up drill appeared first on The Art of Coaching Volleyball.

    As everybody knows, the perfect game doesn't exist. But Andrea Becker, sports psychologist and assistant coach for the U.S. men's national team, explains here that you CAN play a perfect game if you redefine perfect as best effort, best attitude and being the best teammate. The post Andrea Becker: Redefining perfection for volleyball players appeared first on The Art of Coaching Volleyball.

    There are lots of gadgets you can buy to simulate a blocker, but if you’re on a tight budget, you might try what Pacific Ridge High in Carlsbad, California does. First, put up 2 antennas a couple of feet apart where the right-side blocker would be. Then, build your "blocker" out of the […] The post Wrap-around attacking drill appeared first on The Art of Coaching Volleyball.

Basic Volleyball Rules 6 players on the floor at any one time - 3 in the front row and 3 in the back row Maximum of 3 hits per side Points are made on every serve for wining team of rally (rally-point scoring). Player may not hit the ball twice in succession. (A block is […] The post Basic Volleyball Rules and Terminology appeared first on The Art of Coaching Volleyball.

  Jim Stone | USA Volleyball National Youth Team In a week, the “regular” season for collegiate volleyball will come to a close and we’ll enter the NCAA championships. Many of the 64 teams selected for the Division 1 tournament know their chances of going all the way are minuscule. These are much like the […] The post Memo to college volleyball: Not everybody is an All American appeared first on The Art of Coaching Volleyball.

  To become a more effective defender, a player must learn to expand his or her court coverage. In this video, USA Youth National Team Coach Jim Stone explains how players can cover more area in the back court using these 6 moves: Shuffle to ball Knee walk Forward collapse Lateral sprawl Stride slide Barrel […] The post 6 defensive moves to expand court coverage appeared first on The Art of Coaching Volleyball.

Teach your team to fight back and win when they’re down. In the “card game” drill presented by Southlake Carroll High School coach Ryan Mitchell, opposing sides draw task cards listing realistic game scenarios. They must then complete the task to earn the designated point values and win the game. View more game simulation drills […] The post ‘Card game’ drill teaches comeback skills appeared first on The Art of Coaching Volleyball.

When you have a good libero, make sure they are getting as many touches as they can. This player should have more court and more responsibility in serve receive. The post Serve receive: Dividing up the court appeared first on The Art of Coaching Volleyball.

The competitive cauldron records statistics for skills and competitive play and assigns a subsequent ranking to each player. Some coaches stick to these rankings, but see why your "coach's sense" is also necessary. The post The competitive cauldron: Senses vs. stats appeared first on The Art of Coaching Volleyball.

Purpose: To train youth hitters to read when defenders are cheating and react How it works: Have defenders line up in middle back on one half of the court with hitters on the other half of the court behind the 10-foot line. A coach tosses ball to hitters who work on down balling the ball […] The post Vision drill for youth hitters appeared first on The Art of Coaching Volleyball.