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September Coaching Tip
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August Coaching Tip
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Tip by Sue Leonard, Fort Defiance, VA. 5-Minute Serve Receive Drill with Middles One side of the net has 3 passers, 1 setter and 1 middle. The other side has servers. In five minutes the team needs (depends on the level of your team) anywhere between 35-50 good passes. The middles are set off of every pass. We alternate middles and setters after 5 swings each. Team rotates from servers to passers. Passers rotates from position 5 to 6 to 1 and to server. Great drill for endurance, especially working the middle hitters. There is always some kind of penalty...
July Coaching Tip
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Tip by Karan Price, Altoona Area, PA. To help players who struggle serving right after a timeout in a match, we have now started randomly picking players to go to the service line after a drink break at practice. We put a "consequence" on the line for the entire team if they error. In our recent winter junior high league playoffs, we had two players go to the line after timeouts and serve with confidence because they had already felt the pressure and been successful in practice.
June Big Cart Coaching Tip
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Tip by Thom Frock, Carroll County, Maryland.
We love playing SEVEN. It emphasizes finishing, reading, and our "nothing-hits-the-floor" mindset. The game is best played 5v5 without a MH on either side...
April Go Cart Winning Tip
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Tip by Richard Moyers, BelAir, MD. Hosting a Parent's Clinic Early in the season, but after the team has started actually performing with one another, dedicate a practice to hosting a parent clinic. At the clinic, coaching staff will teach the basic mechanics but the athletes will take over coaching their parents. After a while, open a couple of nets up to actually play some games. Parents will now learn about how much work their kids have gone through as well as have a better understanding of rules before barking at officials during matches...kids will have to sharpen up their...