By: Scott Garvis, CMAA Provided By: NHSACA As a coach, it’s essential to support students who come from struggling homes. These kids may face various challenges, and coaches can play a vital role in providing […]
Setting: Efficient Feet with Zach Weinberg – Univ. of Evansville
Watch as Coach Zach Weinberg explains, and players demonstrate this setting drill that trains efficient feet. This concept ensures the team will get the majority of killable balls. The Setter will first set themselves off […]
Blocking: Creating a Seal Over the Net with Mackenzie Nelson – Northeastern Junior College
Watch as Coach Mackenzie Nelson explains, and players demonstrate the Creating a Seal Over the Net Blocking Drill. The goal is to create a good seal over the net to limit a hitter’s options. Coach […]
Back Setting Drill with Kelly Hunter – Univ. of Nebraska
Watch as Coach Kelly Hunter 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 other […]
Athletes’ Stressors & Resilience with Dr. Peter Ormsby – Univ. of North Carolina at Pembroke
Watch as Dr. Peter Ormsby discusses athlete stressors and resilience. Nearly 33% of athletes report mental health symptoms which is higher than general population samples. He will explain some of the types of stressors that […]
Hand Contact Drill with Simone Asque-Favia
Watch as Coach Simone Asque-Favia explains, and players demonstrate how spinning the ball on tosses helps with their hand contact. Instead of tossing the ball with two hands, toss with one hand, through and up, […]
Blocking Footwork with Mackenzie Nelson – Northeastern Junior College
Watch as Coach Mackenzie Nelson explains, and players demonstrate this blocking drill that uses multiple tennis balls. Players will grab and drop the balls, alternating hands, and focusing on short arms and sealing the net. […]
Setters: Band Wall Warmup with Adam Brewster – Tabor College
Watch as Coach Adam Brewster explains, and players demonstrate this wall warmup for setters. Bands placed around the setters’ wrists help to keep hands close and prevent them from moving independently. Players start by facing […]
What Are We Doing to Create a Championship Culture? with Robert Grasso – La Jolla Country Day School (CA)
Robert Grasso asks the question, “What can we do to create a championship culture?” Every team has a culture – are you working to develop the kind of culture you want? Robert states that if […]
Best Versus Worst Performances
By: Dr. Colleen M. Hacker Originally Published in: Achieving Excellence Provided by: Human Kinetics By examining your best performances and comparing and contrasting them with your worst performances, you can identify the key elements of […]
Setters: Weighted Ball Wall Warmup with Adam Brewster – Tabor College
Watch as Coach Adam Brewster explains, and players demonstrate this weighted ball wall warmup progression. Players start by going from left to right hand and then setting into the wall, focusing on wrist movement and […]
What Does It Take to Hold Someone Accountable? with Stephen Mackey – 2Words Character Development
Watch as Stephen Mackey explains that it takes expectation, equipping, and encouragement to teach students and athletes to be accountable. You can have a very high standard but if you don’t teach them how to […]
Middles Must Find the Ball with Kate Wood – McGill-Toolen Catholic High School (AL)
Watch as Coach Kate Wood explains, and players demonstrate how they train middles to track the ball. Middles need to be able to come off the net, turn and find the ball, and enter back […]
Leadership: What Type of Team Do You Want to Be? with Robert Grasso – La Jolla Country Day School (CA)
Robert Grasso discusses how coaches must determine with their players what type of standards and values they must set that define their teams. It is important to ask questions so that players understand why they […]
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 […]
Our Mission Coaching/Leading/Teaching Girls with Meghan Orgeman – Alexandria Area High School (MN)
Coach Meghan Orgeman discusses the mission of coaching, leading, and teaching girls. The highlights include these key points: Socialize our girls to be imperfect within a supportive network of people who care deeply for them. […]
3-Person Pepper Drills with Renee Saunders – Skutt Catholic High School (NE)
Watch as Coach Renee Saunders explains, and players demonstrate this 3-person pepper drill progression. In groups of three, players will rotate after 5 swings. This is great for hand control (thumb down, thumb up) and […]
The Setting Window with Zach Weinberg – Univ. of Evansville
Watch as Coach Zach Weinberg explains, and players demonstrate this setting drill that has players focus on hand shape, position, and finish. The Setting Window is the area between the hands after the ball has […]
Arm Swing Mechanics Towel Drill with Simone Asque-Favia
Watch as Coach Simone Asque-Favia explains, and players demonstrate this towel drill to help train arm swing. Coach has players focus on keeping a high frame while swinging crossbody using a fast whip through down […]
NIL: What High School Students Need to Know
By: David T. Morris Author of: Student Athletes: Control Your Own Destiny NIL is an exciting opportunity for both college and high school athletes, but before you dive into name, image, and likeness deals as […]
Commit Blocking with Haley Kindall
Watch as Coach Haley Kindall talks about commit blocking and how it helps her team control the game. Knowing which opponent needs to be stopped and who on your team can do it is key. […]
Great Teams Don’t Happen by Accident with Robert Grasso – La Jolla Country Day School (CA)
Watch as Robert Grasso discusses La Jolla Country Day School leadership programs for athletics and how developing a culture is the key for a successful team. He explains great teams don’t happen by accident and […]
The Mental Side of the Game
By: Adam Sarancik Author of: Coaching Champions for Life With regard to athletic and sport skill development, what a player does with their mind, both on and off of the field, is at least as […]
Improving Your Players’ Confidence with Zack Etter – Univ. of Massachusetts
Watch as Zack Etter discusses improving your players’ confidence. It is key that the players understand that the conversations they have in their head (self-talk) can be either beneficial or detrimental. The words you use […]
Clinic Welcome Message with John Cook – University of Nebraska
Watch as Coach John Cook welcomes you to watch the AVCA Super Clinic. He goes over what will be discussed throughout the different clinics.
Middle Blockers: Attacking and Blocking Training with Jaylen Reyes – Univ. of Nebraska
Watch as Coach Jaylen Reyes discusses drills he uses to get reps in and to teach the team how to utilize middle blockers. This drill consists of putting hula-hoops, or “targets,” on different areas on […]
Priming Your Setters & Setting Drills with Kelly Hunter – University of Nebraska
Watch as Coach Kelly Hunter discusses setter warmup drills and progression. She also discusses how to prime skills and goes into live settings. Throughout the drills, they utilize a BOSU ball to train players to […]
Common Challenges and Solutions with Renee Saunders – Skutt Catholic High School (NE)
Watch as Coach Renee Saunders discusses common challenges you may have in your own gym and how to solve those issues. She begins by addressing culture and then later goes into training procedures. She says […]
Back Row Defense Progression with Kellen Petrone – Univ. of Pittsburgh
Watch as Coach Kellen Petrone discusses how his recent team successes were impacted by their well-trained defense strategies. He teaches how to train backcourt defense and what things to instill in your players. His defensive […]
Daily Practice Plans and Drills with Nancy Dorsey – St. James Academy (KS)
Watch as Coach Nancy Dorsey teaches how to plan a practice as a coach. Her team starts off practice doing butterfly and then topspin drills. She highlights different drills that can be used for players […]