Small Games. Big Lessons
Functional warmups are great. Obviously. A lot of highly educated specialists have created exercises that perfectly prepare a player’s body
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The Goal Defines The Method
A few days ago I gratefully received in my Instagram feed one of those extremely helpful technical tips that proliferate
The Curse of the Father – Setting Tight Or Off?
The curse of the father is to teach lessons that the son doesn’t completely understand until he himself is a
Perspective : Coaches v Players
For a very brief period, in what seems like several lifetimes ago, I coached a women’s team. It was an
The Ultimate ‘What If…?’ List
Australia has a long and rich sporting history. Deeply rooted in the amateur tradition, Australia has been well above average
Coach’s Rules or Game Rules?
Any coach who has coached for any length of time has had players coming from other teams. And players coming
North Americans’ Guide To European Sport
Once and for all, can we not call it ‘professional’ sport. In Europe, there is no such thing as professional
Olympics 2024 – Serving: Leon v Anderson?
I have a lot of Olympic data with nowhere to go, so I have written a few posts looking at
Olympic Analysis – Defensive Rating
Traditional volleyball statistics are boring, uninteresting (yes, I know that is redundant) and conceptually restricting. Moneyball and the data revolution
Major Volleyball Statistics Explanations
The two first points of reference for analysis of performance are the sideout percentange (SO%) and breakpoint percentage (BP%). These
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