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 […]
The Panther Way with Sara Thomas – Eastern Illinois University
Watch as Coach Sara Thomas discusses her core values, which she refers to as “The Panther Way.” These values include self-awareness, preparation, commitment to excellence, teamwork, intrinsic motivation, mental toughness, hard work, and the cultivation […]
Drills and Footwork to Increase Middle Blocker Effectiveness with Phil Nickel – Dallas College Eastfield Campus
Watch as Coach Phil Nickel discusses drills he uses to work on the development of middles and their effectiveness as hitters. The first thing that they work on is arm swings; each player will put […]
Opponent Scouting: A Player-Driven Workshop Approach with Jon Ellmann – University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
Watch as Coach Jon Ellmann discusses what he has learned as the head women’s volleyball coach at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. In his workshop, he highlights three key principles that drive success for his players: […]
Creating a Competitive Practice Environment with Kayla Allen – LC Anderson High School (TX)
Watch as Coach Kayla Allen discusses how she creates a competitive practice environment for her team and how it is beneficial. She has three favorite drills she uses in her gym for every practice that […]
Mental Fortitude – Coaching The Athlete’s Mind with Haley Eckerman – Kent State University
Watch as Coach Haley Eckerman discusses practices she does with her players to help their mental attitude on and off the court. She then goes over drills she does in her practices that help lead […]
Warm-Ups: Getting Better at the Fundamentals with Corey Sarubbi & Zoe Bell – Carolina Juniors Volleyball/Ardrey Kell High School (NC)
Watch as Coaches Corey Sarubbi and Zoe Bell discuss ball control drills. They discuss their process of training their athletes, starting with a warm-up series and then moving on to the 5 and Rotate 15 […]
Attacking and Blocking 101 with Louis Mitchell – Renaissance High School (MI)
Watch as Coach Louis Mitchell discusses and demonstrates a couple of drills that will help in your practices. He starts off with attacking and blocking drills every day in his practices, as he believes these […]
Understanding the ‘People Side’ at the State Championship Winning Level with Bo Hanson & Kate Wood – Athlete Assessments/McGill-Toolen Catholic High School (AL)
Watch as Coaches Bo Hanson and Kate Wood discuss how her program is unique and continues to be successful. She addresses the difficulty in working in her area because at the high school level they […]
Mastering the Rhythm: Creating Tempo and Setter Decision Making in Your Offense with Tom Welsh – Joliet Junior College
Watch as Coach Tom Welsh discusses why focusing on up-tempo, offense, and setter decision-making is important as it gives hitters the best chance to get one-on-one opportunities with their blockers. He states that the first […]