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The VolleyPod is all about coaching kids volleyball!
Each episode we cover 3 segments that are each designed to help you become a better volleyball coach.
First, we focus on a specific volleyball skill, talk about how to teach it, and provide drills and video links for further help with that skill.
Then, we present a common coaching scenario and discuss tips for how to (and how not to) handle it.
In the third segment we share a resource that has helped us to become a better coach, with the hopes that it can help you too!
See you on The VolleyPod!
Each episode we cover 3 segments that are each designed to help you become a better volleyball coach.
First, we focus on a specific volleyball skill, talk about how to teach it, and provide drills and video links for further help with that skill.
Then, we present a common coaching scenario and discuss tips for how to (and how not to) handle it.
In the third segment we share a resource that has helped us to become a better coach, with the hopes that it can help you too!
See you on The VolleyPod!
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Movement and athleticism go hand in hand. So why are we allowing young players to stand around while the ball is in play?
Instead we should train their movement and both "on ball" and "off the ball" skills.
In this episode, experienced coaches Tod Mattox and Davis Ransom go all in on how to create movement in meaningful ways for younger teams and get them playing more efficient, more intentional volleyball, right away.
Skill of the Week: Movement guidelines for beginners and intermediate teams
The Art of Coaching Volleyball drills noted during this episode:
Former National Team Head Coach Terry Liskevych's demo and discussion about how to maintain balance during serve receive: https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/when-passing-balance-is-everything/
Kansas' Head Coach, Ken Bechard's quick talk and demo regarding how to get more individual defensive range for your athletes: https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/posture-balance-for-range-on-defense/
2022 NCAA Finalist with Louisville, Coach Dani Busboom- Kelly's staple team defense and movement drill: https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/rotate-switch-stay-defensive-drill-to-improve-movement/
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How can we decrease our opponent's hitting efficiency, making it easier on our team to produce enough points to win the match?
On this episode of The VolleyPod we discuss specifics about how to hinder the opponent's scoring by following several (relatively) controllable principles. The principles found in this episode can help any team to be more competitive immediately.
Then, Tod and Davis go over some ideas for how to start off the season with an experienced team. The ideas that we cover on this topic can help your team get off to a fast start at the beginning of the season.
Finally, we share Davis' first project, The VolleyNerd Podcast, with our listeners. The VolleyNerd Podcast is a deep dive into some of the more interesting and fun topics surrounding coaching.
Skill of the week: Decreasing the opponent's hitting efficiency
Scenario of the week: Starting off the season fast with an experienced team
Resource of the week: The VolleyNerd Podcast can be found here: https://open.spotify.com/show/4yk8DUT53pb98uGTMjuYt9
AOC Volleyball drills mentioned in this episode:
Mark Rosen's video about understanding the opponent's setting tendencies: https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/volleyball-strategy-setting-patterns/
Russ Rose's video about defending the left side attack and its important role in decreasing the opponent's hitting efficiency: https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/defending-the-left-side-attack-with-russ-rose/
John Dunning's fascinating talk about how to set up your defense in order to compete against different types of teams: https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/defensive-scheming-with-john-dunning/
Your team's attacking efficiency is arguably one of, if not the, single key statistic, for deciding who wins the match at the high school Varsity level.
Today on The VolleyPod, Tod and Davis discuss how to help your team increase their offensive performance, and win more matches!
Then, they explore some playoff do's and don'ts. There is not only one recipe for success in the postseason, but The VolleyPod hosts give everyone some things to think about that could help you win more late in the season, which is the best time to win!
They also share a unique pair of shoes that has demonstrated an increase in the verticals of athletes that were wearing these shoes by nearly 4 inches.
In addition, they share a blog post and 2 drills from The Art of Coaching Volleyball's tremendous library of resources, that can help coaches fine tune their timeout-taking philosophies
Skill of the week: Team attacking efficiency
Scenario of the week: Playoff Do's and Don'ts
Resource of the week: Athletic Propulsion Labs' Vertical Enhancing Shoes can be found here: https://www.athleticpropulsionlabs.com/collections/concept-x
AOC Volleyball drills mentioned in this episode:
- An excellent blog discussion on typical errors for individual hitting and how to correct them: https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/7-common-hitting-approach-errors-and-how-to-fix-them/
- Nabil Mardini's video, 5 shots that every hitter should have: https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/hitting-five-shots/
- Luka Slabe's video about expanding athletes' array of "tools" in their "toolbox" to score more or work out of tough situations: https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/what-to-do-when-youre-stuck-using-your-toolbox/
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Increasing your scoring from the pins goes a long way towards helping your team win, so how can your team start putting up a bunch of points from the wings?
On this week's episode of The VolleyPod, Davis and Tod discuss ways to immediately impact your scoring from the pins and some longer-term principles to help you keep your scoring high all season.
Then, they explore some non-standard ways that coaches can utilize their assistant coaches in a meaningful way other than that day's fun chat.
They also share an incredibly "rich" resource, RichKern.com, that is like an encyclopedia of results, players, and schools, and much more.
In addition, they point listeners towards Britney Abercrombie's "Opposite Hitting Series" of videos from The Art of Coaching Volleyball's highly useful library. This series covers technique, tactics, and the mental approach of attacking.
Skill of the week: Scoring from the pins
Scenario of the week: Utilizing an assistant coach in non-standard ways
Resource of the week: Rich Kern's informational website about all things volleyball: www.richkern.com
AOC Volleyball drills mentioned in this episode:
Brittany Abercrombie's Opposite Training Series Intro Video: https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/opposite-training-series-intro/
Footwork and Mechanics: https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/arm-swing-and-footwork-mechanics/
Hitting Back Sets: https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/hitting-back-sets/
Hitting on the Left Side: https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/hitting-on-the-left-side/
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Now that you can block, how can we use that to our team's best advantage?
On this episode of The VolleyPod, Tod and Davis go into 10 advanced blocking tips that will give your team an advantage. Then Tod covers how he runs a fantastic first meeting with his program based on values and common ideals. They also highlight 3 videos from The Art of Coaching Volleyball library that demonstrate the blocking tips from the episode. Finally, they explain how they utilize AOC's Playlist functionality to be more efficient teaching their teams.
Skill of the week: Blocking 2.0
Scenario of the week: Running a strong first meeting with your program
Resource of the week: The Art of Coaching Volleyball's playlist functionality
AOC Volleyball drills mentioned in this episode:
Wisconsin's Kelly Sheffield's independent blocking hands video: https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/wisconsin-blocking-progression/
Michigan State's Cathy George's blocking systems that create an advantage: https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/outsmart-the-offense/
Alberta University's Laurie Eisler's short but smart video on why we block: https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/what-is-the-point-of-blocking/
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Do you love an offensive-minded setter? Us too! How can coaches utilize their setters to score?
On this episode of The VolleyPod, Tod and Davis discuss when, why, and how to score with the setter dump. They also discuss surviving and thriving with a difficult parent, and they share another great volleyball coaching podcast for people to listen to, Coach Your Brains Out. They also share 3 videos from The Art of Coaching Volleyball library that coaches can watch to help their athletes score more points with the setter dump!
Skill of the week: Setter dump
Scenario of the week: Surviving and thriving with a difficult parent
Resource of the week: Coach Your Brain Out podcast can be found on Apple Podcasts here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/coach-your-brains-out-by-gold-medal-squared/id1060183650
AOC Volleyball drills mentioned in this episode:
Jed Stotsenberg and Krishnalei So'oto dump variations: https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/dump-variations/
John Dunning's tips and keys for the setter dump: https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/tips-for-the-setter-dump/
Mark Barnard's setter attacking demo: https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/setter-attacking/
Episode 104: John Mayer from CYBO on Serving ABC, Ideas for dealing with a frustrated player, and Mayer's top coaching resources right now
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Skill: Serving ABC
Scenario: Ideas for when a player is frustrated
Resources:
Perception Action Podcast
https://perceptionaction.com/
Where Should We Begin? Podcast
https://www.estherperel.com/podcast
While We Were Young Book
https://www.amazon.com/When-Were-Young-Richard-Roper/dp/0525539913
Heads Up Baseball by Dr. Ken Ravizza and Dr. Tom Hanson
https://headsupbaseball2.com/
The Inner Knight by Billy Allen
https://billyketchallen.com/2022/03/02/the-inner-knight/
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Skill: 10 constraints for narrow court doubles that will help your team to improve more quickly
Scenario: Playing up a level and playing down a level, the benefits and challenges of each
This week's Art of Coaching Volleyball Videos focused on variations of narrow court doubles:
https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/doubles-ladder-warm-up-drill/ Steve Cavella from Menlo High
https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/split-court-doubles-drill/ Tod Mattox, host of The VolleyPod
https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/two-drills-4-on-4-short-court-and-doubles-deep-court/ Mike Sealy
The Resource of the Week is Powercore 360, which is a training series and set of devices that help athletes to use their core and torque more, in order to hit and serve harder and more safely. It is available here:
https://powercore360.com/pages/volleyball2022
Also, don't forget to check into AOC's upcoming Virtual Clinics here: https://store.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/product-category/virtual-clinics/
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Skill: Teaching setting with one drill
Scenario: My team is mired in the midseason doldrums
This week's Art of Coaching Volleyball Videos focused on teaching setting to young players:
https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/partner-knee-work-setting-drill/ - Lauren Carlini
https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/alisha-glass-on-setting/ - Alisha Glass
https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/fast-firm-hands-seated-setting/ - Christy Johnson-Lynch
https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/lauren-carlinis-favorite-drills/ - Lauren Carlini
The Resource of the Week is:
The Learning Leader Show with Ryan Hawk is available here: https://learningleader.com/
Also, don't forget to check into AOC's upcoming Virtual Clinics here: https://store.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/product-category/virtual-clinics/
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Skill: Tod's Top 10 Cringiest Player/Coaching Moves
Scenario: Managing expectations for major tournaments and playing from a high seed and playing from a low seed
The Art of Coaching Volleyball Videos focused on helping players and coaches to avoid some cringe-worthy moves:
https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/what-is-the-point-of-blocking/ - Laurie Eisler on the real point of blocking
https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/3-visual-learning-techniques-to-help-your-players/ - Joe Trinsey helps his players and coaches to see more and notice more important information points
The Resource of the Week is AOC's Virtual Clinics:
https://store.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/product-category/virtual-clinics/ - All of the information about the upcoming Art of Coaching Volleyball Virtual Clinics
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Episode 100: Sydney Bennett joins us to discuss how we can get better as coaches
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Special Episode 100: Sydney Bennett joins us to discuss how we can get better as coaches
The Resource of the Week came from Sydney Bennett:
@morethanwinsvb on Instagram for drills, tips, and fun camp games
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The VolleyPod Episode 99: Coach Syd Bennett Joins Tod and Davis at The VolleyCave to Talk About Strengths and Areas of Improvement
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@morethanwinsvb on Instagram for drills, tips, and fun camp games
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Skill: Teaching your hitters to hit way harder
Scenario: My team needs more targeted serves in practice
The Art of Coaching Volleyball Videos focused on hitting hard:
https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/training-middle-hitters-to-jump-higher-hit-harder/ Ken Murczek from Emporia State University
https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/upper-body-torque/ Carrie Wallin from 949 Athletics
https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/how-to-maximize-power-on-outside-hits/ Great video about hitting hard
https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/training-good-armswing-technique-for-more-powerful-hitting/ Mark Barnard from Oregon State University
The Resource of the Week is:
Transforming Basketball.com, a website, podcast, Youtube channel, and soon to be book, which can be found at:
https://education.transformingbball.com/podcasts/the-transforming-basketball-podcast
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Skill: What a beginning volleyball player should know
Scenario: What to do after you lost all your matches on Day 1 of a tournament
The Art of Coaching Volleyball Videos focused on developing beginner fundamentals:
https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/hands-down-for-better-passing-from-tod-mattox/ Tod Mattox
https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/teaching-spiking-to-beginnersintermediates/ Tod Mattox
https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/the-basics-of-setting-with-john-dunning/ John Dunning
The Resource of the Week is:
Read People Like a Book by Patrick King which can be found at:
https://www.amazon.com/Read-People-Like-Book-Charismatic/dp/B08QBB3MTG
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Skill: Beating the block
Scenario: Handling the post-tournament parent meeting request
The Art of Coaching Volleyball Videos focused on how to deal with the block:
https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/tooling-the-block-drill-with-nabil-mardini/ Nabil Mardini
https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/hitting-scoring-off-the-block-drill/ Mark Barnard
https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/the-mental-side-of-hitting-helping-hitters-understand-their-strengths/ Diane Flick-Williams Western Washington
The Resource of the Week is:
TheUntrainedMind.com and Coach Ferreira which can be found at:
https://www.coachferreira.com/
Episode 95: Part 2 of our Discussion with All-American Setter and Coach Krystal Jackson on setting Consistency and Confidence
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Episode 94: All-American Setter and Coach Krystal Jackson on setting Consistency and Confidence
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Episode 93: Improve the tempo of your practice, The increasing cost of club volleyball, and Volleyball Coaching Wizards' book list
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Skill: Improving the pace of your practice
Scenario: The increasing cost of playing club volleyball
The Art of Coaching Volleyball Videos focused on how to make your practices have a quicker pace:
https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/planning-effective-practices-ten-segments-planning/ Terry Liskevych explains how to plan a practice using 10 segments
https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/practice-and-season-planning/ Dave Rubio sets up some great ideas how to run a fast, effective practice
https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/serving-basics-with-russ-rose/ Russ Rose talk about what he wants to see in practice every single day
The Resource of the Week is:
Volleyball Coaching Wizards Recommended Reading List, which can be found here:
https://volleyballcoachingwizards.com/recommended-reading/
Episode 92: 15 myths about club volleyball to dispel with your athletes, My team plays to the level of our competition, and Within The Game podcast
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Skill: Dispelling myths about club volleyball with our athletes
Scenario: My team plays to the level of our competition
The Art of Coaching Volleyball Videos focused on how to make the most out of the club volleyball experience:
https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/russ-roses-rules-for-club-season/ Russ Rose talks about how to view the club season
https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/6-tips-for-moms-and-dads-whose-kids-play-club-and-school-volleyball/ A great take on how parents can view their child's season and make the most out of the experience
https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/5-keys-to-making-a-smooth-transition-from-high-school-to-club-volleyball/ How to make an effective switch from high school volleyball to club
The Resource of the Week is:
Within The Game Podcast, which can be found here:
https://open.spotify.com/show/0tJruYghEgqhL4VMRpGb1x
Episode 91: Techniques for creating a more positive coaching framework, Initiation matters, and Within the Game podcast
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Skill: Techniques for creating a more positive coaching framework
Scenario: Initiation matters - all about how initiating can help your team get better
The Art of Coaching Volleyball Videos focused on fostering a positive environment:
https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/4-week-practice-plan-week-2/
https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/serve-receive-dividing-the-court/
https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/indoor-passing-techniques-and-training/
The Resource of the Week is:
7 and 1/2 Lessons About the Brain by Lisa Barrett, which can be found here:
https://lisafeldmanbarrett.com/books/seven-and-a-half-lessons-about-the-brain/
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