Watch as Coach Amanda Majstorovic discusses passing footwork for younger athletes. She explains how to practice proper movement and mobility while passing. She includes progressive drills that will help build proper passing footwork technique.
Jump Float Serve: Clean & Flat with Joe Sagula – (Retired) Univ. of North Carolina
Watch as Coach Joe Sagula explains, and players demonstrate a jump float serving drill. Coach applies elastic over the net and asks players to make a clean serve, hitting under the elastic and over the […]
The Butterfly Effect
Originally Published in: The Leadership Playbook One person can have such a strong effect on the world such as Martin Luther King, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Michael Jordan, and Mother Teresa. In the same way, […]
Attack vs. Gloves Hitting Drill with Todd Chamberlain – Univ. of Louisville
Watch as Coach Todd Chamberlain explains, and players demonstrate this hitting drill that works on tooling the block. Attackers will approach, focusing on arm swing and their in-system and out-of-system footwork. Hitting off a blocker […]
There Is Nobility in the Struggle with Dr. Colleen Hacker – Team USA / Pacific Lutheran Univ.
Watch as Dr. Colleen Hacker discusses mental toughness and how today’s environment and culture do not value and respect the struggles and difficulties that athletes encounter. Not achieving in any form of athletics may be […]
Training Seam Serving & Visualization with Megan Lenhart – Cornerstone Univ.
Watch as Coach Megan Lenhart explains training seam serving and visualization. Her servers work on serving to four seams that you would see against a three-person passing setup. She explains the locations of the four […]
Shuttle Series Ball Control Progression with Nancy Dorsey – St. James Academy (KS)
Watch as Coach Nancy Dorsey explains the Shuttle Series Ball Control Drill. This focuses on communication, footwork, and ball control and really allows the coach to directly coach fundamentals.
The Drama Stops Here with Jen Hardy – The Academy of MotivAction
Watch as Jen Hardy discusses the weight that today’s coaches carry. The mindset of a coach feeling pressure can shift quickly if they don’t practice awareness, presence, and recognize the opportunity to become who they […]
Taking Charge
Provided by: Raise Your Game The true test of a great leader is revealed not in what he does but what his people do without him. How does your team act when you’re not there? […]
Back Setting Drill with Kelly Hunter Natter – Univ. of Nebraska
Watch as Coach Kelly (Hunter) Natter explains, and players demonstrate this back setting drill. The drill starts with the hardest possible situation, with the tosser off the court to the right back, so that every […]
Serving Warm-Up with Megan Lenhart – Cornerstone Univ.
Watch as Coach Megan Lenhart explains, and players demonstrate, this partner serving warm-up drill. The drill starts with servers working on tosses, establishing routine muscle memory. Their hitting arm is in the proper position for […]
Digging: Knee Slides Drill with Sarah Martin – Morehead State Univ.
Watch as Coach Sarah Martin explains, and a player demonstrates knee slides. The focus of the knee slide is to drop the hips under the ball, maintain a strong parallel platform, and drive the ball […]
Reps Digging Drill with Carrie Lehocky – Hope College (MI)
Watch as Coach Carrie Lehocky explains a digging drill she uses to get a lot of reps off a live attack from all positions. Keeping the ball coming from each position keeps the players on […]
2-Man Ball Handling Series with Kate Norris – New Braunfels High School (TX)
Watch as Coach Kate Norris explains the 2-man ball handling series drill. This drill reinforces technique as you work through passing, setting, side setting, and back setting. These passing series also enforce proper footwork, transition, […]
Recognizing Effort and Strategy
By: Dr. Colleen Hacker The popularity of growth mindset literature over the past few decades has had a positive effect on people’s lives. However, a significant and potentially deleterious misconception has also emerged, one that […]
Passing Early Prep and Routine with Michael Fisher – Univ. of Pittsburgh
Watch as Coach Michael Fisher shows how they work on serve receive by being ready with early preparation. Michael emphasizes that the passer must do the same thing every time. They will call either “Float” […]
Tsunami Pressure Drill with Jenny Glenn – American Univ.
Watch as Coach Jenny Glenn explains, and her players demonstrate the Tsunami Drill, a pressurized serve-receive drill designed to limit scoring runs and improve passing. The Tsunami Drill functions as a small drill within a […]
Pressure Serving Drills with Becky Edwards – Lancaster High School (NY)
Watch as Becky Edwards explains that every day before a game, they have a 5-minute serving warmup focusing on different types of serves. After the warmup, it is time for pressure serving, in which all […]
Communication Helps Resolve Conflicts with Morgan Rogers – Grand Oaks High School (TX)
Watch as Coach Morgan Rogers discusses conflicts and how to solve them via communication. She discusses how she has sit-down conversations with players, face-to-face, to address issues. She also explains how important it is to […]
Middles & Setters Developing Their Connection with Kathleen Miller – Oak Lawn Community High School (IL)
Watch as Coach Kathleen Miller discusses the setter-middle connection. She explains how important it is for setters and middles to have an open and honest line of communication to build their connection. This drill is […]
Providing Positive Feedback
By: Rainer Martens, Robin S. Vealey Originally Published in: Successful Coaching Provided by: Human Kinetics Take this short true-or-false test to raise your awareness about giving feedback: Questions Save feedback until the end of […]
Dig or Die Drill with Nancy Dorsey – St. James Academy (KS)
Watch as Coach Nancy Dorsey explains, and the players demonstrate the Dig or Die Drill. This is a quick rep drill with two teams competing against each other to score 7 points. As the drill […]
Double Blocking Drill with Louis Mitchell – Renaissance High School (MI)
Watch as Coach Louis Mitchell demonstrates double blocking and how to train closing the gap between a middle blocker and a right-side blocker.
Shoulder Strengthening Exercises with Erica Miller – Pope High School (GA)
Watch as Coach Erica Miller explains, and a player demonstrates various shoulder-strengthening exercises. There are four body positions, with multiple movements in each: lying flat on the ground, hands and knees, plank position, and standing […]
Targeting the Chair Serving Drill with Maci Battle – Rocket City Volleyball Club
Watch as Coach Maci Battle discusses serving and how to work on the speed and velocity of the serve even without a radar gun to track speed. She explains why serving shorter and straight ahead […]
Favorite Competitive Drills with Jennifer Chandler & Staci Williams – Northwest High School (TX)
Watch as Coaches Jennifer Chandler and Staci Williams discuss their favorite competitive drills to do in practice. They discuss out-of-system drills to help with setting and swinging while out of system. They also explain a […]
Integrity
Originally Published in: The Leadership Playbook Integrity is the building block and most basic tenet to all other traits. If you are not an ethical person with a solid foundation of doing the right thing […]
Middles: Attacking Targets with Jaylen Reyes – Univ. of Nebraska
Watch as the coach Jaylen Reyes explains, and players demonstrate the ‘Attacking the Target’ Drill. The focus is on hitting targets in specific zones. Both players must hit or come close to the target before […]
Be a Wall, Not a Table with Kendra Potts – Grand Canyon Univ.
Watch as Coach Kendra Potts explains, and players demonstrate this exercise that works on platform angles and technique. Coach emphasizes the importance of hitting under the ball, not at it, which helps drive the ball […]
Bucket Passing Drill with Jen DeJarld – Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School (IL)
Watch as Coach Jen DeJarld explains, and players demonstrate this bucket passing drill working on proper movement, tracking, and angles. The goal is to keep good form and not worry too much about the ball […]