Why I Don’t Teach Calling – The Sequel
I don’t teach players to call for the ball. I try to teach players who should play the ball in
Tag: Volleyball Coaching Philosophy
What Karch Knows About Volleyball
In mid 2011, while still assistant coach with the US women’s team, Karch Kiraly presented a Coaches Seminar in Austria
‘To Win You Need To Put In Your Soul’
I’ve recently seen some quotes attributed to Russian coaching great, Vyacheslav Platonov. There’s something here for everyone. ‘Working in the
Why I Don’t Teach ‘Calling’ – Part 2
The original post and comments (as well as the German version) brought up a lot of interesting points and, not
Why I Don’t Teach ‘Calling’
I hate ‘calling’. I almost never tell my teams to call. In my opinion, calling is one of the biggest
‘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
Terry Pettit on Leadership
Every week on Tuesday I log onto iTunes to get the latest episode of The Net Live which I then
Bench Players
Russ Rose is the coach of the Penn State womens’ volleyball team. A week or so ago they won their
Notes on ‘Secrets’
Huy wrote an interesting comment on my Keith Richards post. Here are some highlights that I thought would be better
At Home On The Court 