Athlete or Player?
At some point in the past, it occurred to me that for a coach to describe his charges as ‘athletes’
Champions League Playoffs and German Cup
Last week was the last knockout round of the Champions League before the Final Four. Because the hosts are already
The Career Highlight
I’ve been on this particular roller coaster ride for nearly 15 years now and have a pretty wide range of
Shifting Paradigms: Practice and Specificity of Conditioning
Continuing the topic of Shifting Paradigms, and returning to my pet subject, Practice, I recently read a blog post (and
Paradigm Shifting, Kevin Smith and John Wooden
I’m a Kevin Smith fan. This of course has nothing specifically to do with volleyball, or even sport, other than
‘Coaching Ideas’ – Drills As A Form Of Communication
I wrote a post referring to a John Kessel blog post that referred to a seminar where a point was
Chinese Whispers and John Kessel
Every eight year old knows that even the simplest concepts can be distorted beyond all reasonable comprehension through repetition (and
A Bunch Of Videos
The Loch Ness Monster of volleyball actions is the guy who ‘hits over the block and inside the 3m line,
F*** it, lets just teach them!
Malcolm Blight was one of the greatest (Aussie) footballers of all time. In his time men were men, the primary
Terry Pettit on Leadership
Every week on Tuesday I log onto iTunes to get the latest episode of The Net Live which I then
At Home On The Court 