The Art of Coaching Volleyball

    Dave Rubio explains the importance of constantly building a player's passing ability and technique. He breaks down the basics of form by highlighting drills and exercises that will help increase a player's passing performance.

    The “10-foot drill” is a favorite in the Arizona State gym. Coach Stevie Mussie uses it to inspire her players to compete hard for the ball. Watch as she demonstrates the basic drill along with a few variations.

By Peter Ogle   Parents, even well-meaning moms or dads, can often do more harm than good while trying to help their children excel at sports. Here are 5 things you should never do when your son or daughter is playing on a youth sports team. Continually tell them that the coach is deficient. Say […]

    In this video, Bishop’s High School coach Tod Mattox uses a chair to work on setting with a talented young player, Abby Macalaguim. Mattox covers specific hand-positioning, from contact to follow-through. He also has Abby do reps while sitting, first catching the ball and firing it back at him, then setting it to […]

    In this video, U.S. girls’ youth national team coach Jim Stone teaches an offensive system that includes attacks from many points on the net, with hitters approaching from both the front and back row. As Jim explains, this is a flexible system. Hitters often move relative to the position of the setter. This […]

    Once your team masters running a standard pipe attack, the next progression is the “bic.” Legend has it that this set, a back-row quick that's difficult to block, was first run by future Olympians Jeff Nygaard and Stein Metzger when they were teammates at UCLA. In this video, Colorado Juniors head coach Kevin […]

    The more you make a passer move on serve receive, the more likely the ball will be out of system. That’s the idea behind Doane University coach Gwen Egbert’s “25” serving drill. To train her players on this concept, Egbert sets up boxes in specific zones, leaving a 2-foot lane between the box […]

    John Dunning demonstrates a fun defensive drill in this video. How it works: Two players split the court and play defense on the entire area. To earn points, a player must touch the ball and make it possible for another hit to follow. Coaches initiating the drill mix in a variety of short, […]

    Becoming a better coach requires a willingness to learn. Laura Kasey, an assistant coach at University of Minnesota, is proof of this. When she stopped playing and started coaching volleyball, Kasey discovered there were fundamental skills she never learned to do correctly. Now that she's a coach, she wants to make sure her […]

    During a volleyball match, the ball won’t always go to the setter. That’s why former Ohio State coach Jim Stone trains all of his players to set the hitter. The "dig to the middle" drill helps by teaching players to run an out-of-system offense. Here’s how it works: - Player 1 hits a […]

VB Now Sept 15 2016: NCAA Volleyball Update

  Whether a team runs a 5-1 or a 6-2, most have rotations they struggle with. When this happens, coaches need to figure out how to run their offenses more effectively. In this video, UCLA coach Mike Sealy explains what Pac-12 teams like USC, Washington State and Stanford did in 2015 to amplify their particular […]

Aug. 14 - USA vs. China, 4:05 p.m. EST   By Jim Stone In the final pool match of the tournament, Team USA faces China, the world’s third ranked team. Here’s Jim Stone’s scouting report. You can make your own scouting reports like these using FastDraw. Click here to download the complete scouting report China's […]

    Producing a good blend of power and control as a hitter depends greatly on how your hand strikes the ball and what you do after contact. Here, 949 Athletics coach Cary Wendell Wallin offers a quick tutorial on the importance of hand shape (no “Barbie hands”), wrist snap and a good follow-through.