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Issue 4 : 2008 archive
 

Coaching Tip: Doug Beal's Tips For Player Success

Doug Beal, Coach of the 1984 Gold-Medal-winning U.S. Men´s Olympic Team and current CEO of USA Volleyball, outlines his traits a winning volleyball athlete should cultivate:

  • Respect the other team's athletes.
  • When you block a ball, turn around and celebrate with your teammates.
  • Don't play them, play yourself.
  • If you only play to win, you limit yourself. You can do better! Play every ball as if it was the most important play of the game.
  • Don't watch the other players to see what they're doing. Don't worry about the score. Play your very best, every play, and the rest will take care of itself.
  • Celebrating together builds enthusiasm and confidence.
  • Playing against yourself builds skill and sportsmanship.

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Drill for Success: Five Person Overhead Passing Drill

This issue's tip is provided by Jim Stone, former Ohio State University Head Women's Volleyball Coach

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There are five players. One is a setter
in the appropriate position. Player A
and B both have a ball. Both balls will
be in play. First contact, player A to
setter (1). Next contact (2) setter to LF
player. Contact (3) is from player B to
setter. Contact (4) is backset to RF.
Contacts (5 & 6) put ball back to players A and B. There are two triangles going on at the same time. The setter front sets in one of the triangles, and will backset in the other triangle.

Options are: (a) Players A and B will move after their contact to sideline or endline then return to receive pass, or, (b) setter will reverse where they set in each triangle.

Purpose of Drill: players must all set accurately and at the same height or the timing and rhythm of the drill is lost.

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Rules Trivia

Marcia Alterman, NCAA Rules interpreter, explains what happens if there are simultaneous foot faults and position faults.

FACT or FICTION? Team A's server commits a foot fault, and at the same time the second referee whistles a position fault (overlap) on Team B. The referees should award a replay.

FICTION! NCAA Rule 13.2.2.2 states: "If an illegal service occurs and the opposing team commits a position fault at the moment of service, the serving team is penalized with a loss of rally".

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