Yes I Can VB Gold: 3 New Pepper Drills
July 14th, 2010 at 7:22 amThree Pepper Variations (From Steve Colpus of MatchPoint Volleyball) -By Dave Cross I've always thought it was essential to stress the importance of playing pepper correctly. It drives me nuts to see it done with less than 100% effort and focus. ...
Yes I Can VB Gold: New Drill
July 12th, 2010 at 6:10 amNew Drill: Progressive Scoring (Thanks to Steve Colpus of MatchPoint Volleyball) Setup: 6 on 6 Format: One team begins with serve. If they win rally, they serve again and it is worth two points. If they win that rally, the next serve they can score ...
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July 1st, 2010 at 5:38 amRe-Defining Team Dynamics -By Dave Cross (Posted Under Coaching Ideas and Solutions) A Question for Dave: We are really having problems with our upper classman, mostly seniors, and am looking for some advice. In the past seniors were given all ...
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June 20th, 2010 at 4:00 amNine Keys to Effective Middle Blocking -By Tom Houser Here are the top 9 priorities for your high school or college MB. Priority 1: Create A Shadow No, the top priority of your MB is not to block or hit. It is to create a shadow that the opp ...
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June 2nd, 2010 at 5:25 amReminding a Team of How Good They Can Be -By Dave Cross It's no secret I'm a big Cleveland sports fan-have been for about 40 years now. Yeah, it's a tough job around here, but I'll never change allegiances! Last week I found an interesting l ...
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May 17th, 2010 at 6:13 amHey Friend, As club season winds down, I think this is a good time to start thinking about how you might make your practices more effective next fall. With that in mind, there's a new article from Tom Houser on using skill stations at practice po ...
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May 13th, 2010 at 6:29 amRunning An Effective Drill (Posted in "Coaching Ideas and Solutions") -By Kurt Trout “Try again, fail, fail better” -Samuel Beckett As the season inches closer with camps and clinics starting up, the question I hear the most is “Do you have ...
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April 28th, 2010 at 6:09 amTwo Steps to Eliminating Serve Receive Confusion (Posted in Defensive Strategies and Instruction) -By Dave Cross Here's a couple of serve receive tips to help eliminate confusion and hesitation in your passers: 1. The main source of problem ...
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April 20th, 2010 at 6:07 amPersonalizing Our Clearing Method (Posted Under "Volleyball Cybernetics Techniques") -By Dave Cross Every once in awhile I will run into a player who is using our clearing method, but isn't getting the typical results of being able to let go of ...
There's Still Time-Plus Another Blocking Tip
April 13th, 2010 at 5:42 amHi Friend, Since I sent out the notice of your membership ending, along with the opportunity to renew at almost 50% off at the end of most people's spring break, I've decided to honor the offer for two more days. Just ignore the offer expiration n ...