Technique Or Readiness?
Much smarter coaches than me have stated that volleyball is 100% technical. That is, all volleyball problems have technical solutions.
Category: Coaching
Getting In And Out Of Neutral
I recently spent a few very interesting hours with a top professional men’s tennis coach. We discussed a whole range
How To Jump Serve
Great technique is poetry in motion. The following video is beautiful poem about jump serving, co-authored by Christian Savani and
Why Setter’s Rules Works
I had a couple of comments about the ‘Setter’s Rules‘ post, here and on facebook, that I thought I would
Setter’s Rules – Practice
In the early 1990’s as Australia established a full-time, centralised, National Team program and sought to catch up with the
The Power Of Teachers
“Freakonomics” is the hidden side of everything. Apparently. I have to take the authors’ word for. Basically, the point is
‘…But Truth Is Dearer’
The following article originally appeared in an old Soviet era sports magazine (I think ‘Olympic Panorama’) sometime around late 1983,
The End Of Specialisation?: Summary
Top level men’s volleyball is a fairly homogenous sport. From team to team and country to country there are countless
The End Of Specialisation? : Part 2 – Cuneo
Last week’s Champions League Playoff 6 was notable for a couple of reasons. Polish club Kedzierzyn Kozle beat last season’s
Motivation, Rewards And Scoring Drills
There are many, many ways to score drills, especially wash drills. You can make big points, small points, points in
At Home On The Court 