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Category Archives: Mindfulness

Dec 26 2011

Drills vs. Feedback

By: mwall

One thing we have learned over the years is that volleyball coaches love new drills. After all, if we provide our athletes with new and exciting drills every day, it will motivate them to really get after it. Right? I recently received the following question from a coach…

Oct 21 2011

Expectations

By: rlarsen

How many of you have coached a team and had what was termed as a “big win”? Three weeks ago my team experienced exactly that. We played a team everyone assumed would be victorious against us. We prepared for this match just like any other match; we were prepared to compete. We had what we thought was a good game plan. We watched videos as a coaching staff and as a team. We were prepared, but did we expect to win? No. We were just prepared to compete. If you asked my team or coaching staff, I am sure they would have said we were as prepared as we could be. But we did not expect win. So what happened…we won in five games. The players were euphoric. We just had a big win.

Mar 23 2011

How to Grow a Super-Athlete

By: admin

This is one of the original “articles” from our old website; we are reposting the entire series here on our blog.

Dec 22 2008

Question: Negative Reinforcement?

By: admin

From a Coach:

Nov 18 2008

Question: More Passing

By: admin

From a clinic attendee: