Watch as our panel discusses managing conflict within your team - player conflict, staff conflict, cliques, biases, etc. Featured Panelists William D. Parham, Ph.D., ABPP, Director of Mental Heal...
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William D. Parham, Ph.D., ABPP Conflicts come in many forms. Some are small, short-term, and not too emotionally weighty. Other conflicts can feel quite onerous and complex requiring protracted a...
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Oftentimes when a new high school or club season begins, parents of players want to know more about the game, more about the rules and strategies, and many coaches end up spending precious time f...
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Serving is one of the primary building blocks of a successful team. Different types of serves include: The float: Little to no spin on the ball to keep the path of the ball unpredictable. The sho...
Keeping diligent statistics is a great way to help a coach make lineup and starter decisions that are data-informed. Dean discusses how he keeps passing stats for each of his players. Passing sta...
A setter's duty is to control the offense, set up kills, create plays with the attackers and dupe the other team's blockers. It's important to know what plays by the setter are deemed illegal by ...
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Scouting out the competition is the practice of coaches watching, observing and taking notes on opposing teams in order to best target their weaknesses and scope out their strengths. After scouti...
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Passing is the most important aspect of volleyball, and the most common passing formations include three passers in the back row that are responsible for creating a strong first contact than can ...
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Net calls can be confusing during a fast-paced game, so Brennan clears up some common misconceptions about plays that are legal and illegal: If you touch the net at any point during ball contact,...
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Each match is best two of three games to 25 points. In the scenario when each team wins one game, a tiebreaker is needed with a third game to 15 points. The third game requires a rethinking of ga...
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Coaches often choose one or two "captains" for their team, which designates them as both a symbolic and verbal leader on the court. In competition, only the captain is allowed to talk to the refe...
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Ron Kordes of Kiva Volleyball Club talks about how he manages parent and player communications in his long coaching career. He advises coaches to tell players and parents upfront on what communic...