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Book Review: If Gold Is Our Destiny by Sean Murray

If Gold is Our Destiny, by Sean Murray, takes readers back in time to tell the story of the 1984 Olympic gold medal winning USA men.

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Getting reps for your setters

A lot depends on your setter. So how can you get them the reps they need to develop their skills and capabilities?

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Player attitude can cost them

Here's an example from my own experience of how a player cost themselves a season honor because of their behavior.

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How do we make them uncomfortable?

In coaching there's often talk about getting players outside their comfort zone, but how exactly do we do that? Here are some ways.

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Do not allow players to go on autopilot

If your players are on autopilot while going through a training exercise, it's time to up the challenge else development will stall.

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Is serving part of offense or defense?

Is the serve in volleyball an offensive tool or a defensive one? I share my thoughts on the subject in this post.

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Inside Minnesota volleyball, with shin guards

An article about Minnesota volleyball provides some interesting insights into that program, despite an odd reference to shin guards.

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2021-22 Medaille College Men
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Coaching Log – June 1, 2022

This is the last entry of 2021-22 in which I tidy up the last of the developments from the past school year and start to look ahead.

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Developing self-organization in your team

Part of what we must train our teams is how to self-organize to overcome the challenges which inevitably come up in matches.

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