The Art of Coaching Volleyball
Summary: Former head coach for the USA Women's Volleyball National Team and current head coach for Oregon State University Women's Volleyball talks about what he thinks are the keys to success
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- Artist: Terry Liskevych
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The message in this video is that it is essential for players to use more than just their legs to propel themselves off the floor to attack. Mike Schall of Triangle Volleyball Club in North Carolina offers tips on how players can use their arms to improve their jump. In the second part of the […]
Nabil Mardini is a volleyball coach, but he is also an electrical engineer, so it’s not surprising that he approaches drills and practice planning with great attention to how things work and why things work. Or, sometimes, why they don’t work. “I’ve gone to clinics and listened to coaches explaining drills and thought, ‘Wow, […]
Doubles and triples drills are popular with many coaches because it gives their players a lot of touches and also forces them to develop all-around skills. But choosing teams can be challenging. As Oregon State assistant coach Emily Hiza points out in this video, if the players pick their own teams, cliques tend to be […]
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Jaimee Rindy | middle blocker at Coe College, juniors’ club coach At 20 years old, I find myself in a sort of volleyball limbo, straddling the line between player and coach. This fall I will be a junior at Coe College in Iowa, which means I still have two more playing seasons. I intend to […]
Clinician: Russ Rose, head women’s volleyball coach at Penn state Purpose: To challenge two hitters against one another but engage the entire team in this process. This drill fosters a competitive, one-on-one challenge. How it Works: In this drill, 6 players on each side duke out rallies and keep score in a normal manner. […]
Clinician: Cindy Fredrick, head women’s volleyball coach at University of Nevada Las Vegas Purpose: To improve overall ball control through a demanding and concentrated drill. How it Works: One player stands in right front and hits a cross court ball at a digger who is standing in left back. A second player is to the […]
One drill we witnessed when visiting a University of San Diego women’s practice earlier this season focused on middle blocking. It had two points of emphasis: 1. Helping MBs stop the hard angle hit. 2. Giving MBs reps in dropping off the net on trouble sets and either playing a down ball or getting in […]
Jen DeJarld gives her thoughts here on how coaches can create drills that are effective, competitive and fun. Two things in particular that she stresses are making drills game-like and goal-oriented.
Head Coach Kelly Sheffield describes short practices as “a race for reps.” To encourage as many good, solid contacts as possible in the allotted time, Sheffield assigns each player with a specific skill to practice. Then he rapidly runs them through drills—individually and in pairs—that reinforce these skills. Another situation you might run into is […]
Jim Iams | Former USA Assistant Coach and Former Head Coach at University of Georgia I am so tired of hearing the same comment made by TV analysts before the start of every volleyball match. It goes something like this: “The serving/passing (S/P) game is going to play a big role in determining the outcome of this […]
This 3-on-6 drill that Oregon State Coach Terry Liskevych explains here is a great challenge for the players on the 3-person side because it forces them to be creative and resourceful to compensate for being outnumbered. If they don’t score, they stay at the net until they do. If they do score, they head […]
Clinician: Debbie Brown, former head women’s volleyball coach at Notre Dame Purpose: To get all players to do every skill in a fun and effective warmup drill How it works: Progressing in a circular motion with players moving to a new spot after each ball contact, this drill keeps two balls in play […]
Mike Schall, coach at Triangle Volleyball Club in North Carolina, shares one of his favorite drills in this video: Continuous 4s. What he likes about it: 1. It involves a lot of players at the same time. 2. Players get a lot of “real” contacts that are game-like. Mike also says this drill encourages […]
Clinician: Ray Bechard, head women’s volleyball coach at the University of Kansas Purpose: To sharpen passing and decision-making skills and keep attackers aggressive How it Works: In a typical six-on-six setup, a server puts the ball into play and the serve-receive side must try to get a first-ball kill. If accomplished, that team […]