June 4, 2012
As the volleyball season winds down it becomes more and more important to keep focus and continue to work hard. It can be so easy to let the last few practices become free for alls where there is only Kings of the Court being played or constant scrimmaging.
This may not be a huge concern at the varsity level, but at the JV and Freshmen level it can be. You have played all of your conference matches and maybe one or two non-conference games are left.
What is the point of working hard when the team is basically finished?
Even though your season may be coming to an end, it is important to maintain an environment of hard work and dedication. As a head coach, I demand hard work throughout every level, and I make this the statement of the program. My players must understand that when they come back next year, they will continue to work hard.…
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May 17, 2012
Lately in practice I have been seeing a lot of weird things going on with my players. We are so close to the end of the season and some of them are really struggling with basic volleyball skills, especially spiking and serving (jump serving in particular).
It occurred to me as I was watching one of our best players, who had been jump serving very well all year, all of a sudden is just struggling to get the ball over the net on the serve. He literally is hitting the ball under the net on the serve. This is going for about a week at this point.
So What is the Issue?
I was about to walk over and have a brief discussion with him about what was happening but I was cut-off by another coach. No big deal. I was curious to what was going to be said. So I sat and watched the coach talk in length about hand contact and how you need to snap over the ball blah blah blah.…
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As the volleyball season winds down it becomes more and more important to keep focus and continue to work hard. It can be so easy to let the last few practices become free for alls where there is only Kings of the Court being played or constant scrimmaging.
