archiveVideo Training Tip: Hitting Form
Steve Colpus of Matchpoint Volleyball demonstrates proper hitting form
Coaching Tip: Planning a Productive Practice
These coaching tips will help you maximize the effectiveness of your valuable team practice time.
The key to player/team improvement is the number of times they contact the ball in a game-related fashion:
- Make sure practice is planned to maximize ball contacts
- Keep the practice up-tempo. However, remember the John Wooden saying, "be quick but don't hurry".
- Avoid long delays in practice explaining drills or providing feedback. Players will lose focus and not get the contacts to improve
- Have points of emphasis for individual practices and also within a weekly practice plan. The weekly points of emphasis will assist you in planning daily practices
- Make sure your practice expectations are clear and communicated early in the season. Players will adjust to your expectations if you are consistent.
Drill for Success: Foot Movement to Set
This issue's drill is provided by Jim Stone, former Ohio State University Head Women's Volleyball Coach and founder of Volleyball Training Solutions
Player (P) stands balanced and square facing target/coach (C). Coach bounces ball off floor at intervals around a 360 degree circle. Player (P) must move to the ball, square up feet and shoulders to face coach, set the ball back to the coach. Coach controls the tempo and speed of movement by the height of the toss or bounce.
Rules Trivia
Marcia Alterman, NCAA Rules interpreter, explains the role of the substitution zone for requesting time outs, substitutions or lineup checks.
FACT or FICTION?Since the coach is required to be near the substitution zone to make a request, the referees should not acknowledge a timeout request from a coach who is in the warm-up area, even if they see or hear the request clearly.
FICTION!! The NCAA rules were changed for the 2009 season to no longer require the coach to be near the substitution zone to make a request for substitution, timeout or lineup check. The NFHS rules do not require the coach to be in a certain location to make a request.
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