The VolleyPod presented by The Art of Coaching Volleyball
By Davis Ransom and Tod Mattox
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Episodes: 152
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The VolleyPod is all about coaching kids volleyball!
Each episode we cover 3 segments that are each designed to help you become a better volleyball coach.
First, we focus on a specific volleyball skill, talk about how to teach it, and provide drills and video links for further help with that skill.
Then, we present a common coaching scenario and discuss tips for how to (and how not to) handle it.
In the third segment we share a resource that has helped us to become a better coach, with the hopes that it can help you too!
See you on The VolleyPod!
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The Leadership Episode Part 2
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May 23, 2025 |
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The Leadership Episode Part 1
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May 16, 2025 |
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Mastering the Defensive Toolbox, Navigating Injuries at Major Tournaments, and High IQ Plays
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May 09, 2025 |
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3 Good Drills, Late Season Practice Plan, and Soul Performance Academy
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May 02, 2025 |
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Strategies for Earning Playing Time, Dealing with Trash Talk, and The Volleyball Coaching Bible
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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Perform Your Best At Three Day Qualifiers, What I Can Take Into Practice After Visiting Two College Programs,and Glue Guys
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Apr 18, 2025 |
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A Volleyball Rotations Primer, Big Fish Small Pond Syndrome, and the Newest Concussion Information
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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The Actual Hard Parts of Coaching, Middle of the Season Culture Tune-up Using Quotations, and The Why Is Everything
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Apr 04, 2025 |
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B.E.T On It: A Psychological Approach To Coaching Gen-Z and Beyond with David Durand
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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The 'Libero Manifesto', Timeout Ideas, and Fit for Thoughts Foundation
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Mar 21, 2025 |
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Passing an Actual Floater, 10 Ways To Improve Our Practices, and The Tough Stuff: 7 Hard Truths About Being a Head Coach
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Mar 14, 2025 |
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The Power of Context in Player Development with Loren Anderson
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Mar 07, 2025 |
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Dominate the End Line: Serving for Success, My Team Misses Too Many Serves, and How To Change
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Feb 28, 2025 |
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Where Do I Hit It Coach? An Attacking Choices Paradigm, My Team Is Unfocused and Does Not Play Hard, and the 900 Square Feet Newletter
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Feb 21, 2025 |
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Metaphors for Teaching Skills, App Solutions for Coaches, and Talent and the Secret Life of Teams
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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Mastering the Triangle, What To Say During Timeouts, and What Drives Winning
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Feb 07, 2025 |
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Training in Pairs: Differential Learning Ideas, When Your Team is Losing, and Think Again
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Jan 31, 2025 |
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Teaching Blocking To Young Players, Keeping the Big Things Big, and TedTalks
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Jan 24, 2025 |
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In The Lab with Sean Thomas: Analogies for Passing
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Jan 17, 2025 |
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Ace Prevention for Young Teams, Train to Win or Train to Develop? and Mathew Houlihan
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Jan 10, 2025 |
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Training Pursuit, Creative Subbing Plans for Bigger Teams, and Tod's New Book
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Jan 03, 2025 |
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Innovative Techniques from the AVCA Convention
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Dec 20, 2024 |
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Tod's New Book: The Volleyball Coach's Book of Lists
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Dec 13, 2024 |
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Framing and Reframing, When Your Team Just Isn't Getting It, and Zdenek Hanik
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Dec 06, 2024 |
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Yo-Yo Serving Games, Coaches' Self Evaluation, and The Founders' Book
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Nov 30, 2024 |
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Russ Rose, John Dunning, and Terry Liskevych and Their New Book, Learn From the Legends
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Nov 22, 2024 |
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At Home Playlist, 7 Mistakes Coaches Make in the Playoffs, and TorqVB
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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Setting for beginners with just a ball and a wall, Preparing to play a team a second time, and Rob Gray's new book
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Nov 01, 2024 |
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Hall of Fame Coach Peter Ogle on How and Why To Work Hard
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Oct 25, 2024 |
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Improving hitting efficiency for hitters who don't have heat, Recover like a champion, and The MarcPro
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Oct 18, 2024 |
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The Parent Pod
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Oct 11, 2024 |
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Coaching in reality, When my team gets down they stay down, and Anti-Fragile
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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The 46 Challenge Drill, The Tether Method for out of system play, and The Captain Class
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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Training responding in your athletes, My team doesn't move their feet and balls are dropping, and The Out of Rotation Podcast
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Sep 20, 2024 |
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Feedback 101: Finding Your Coaching Voice, Before club tryouts, and How To Change
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Sep 13, 2024 |
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Beth Van Fleet on blocking, How Georgia State Beach selects partners, and Jeff Jansen's workbooks
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Aug 30, 2024 |
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Itsy-bitsy Ideas for improvement, A no-nonsense way of standing out at tryouts, and Jordan Larson shows her character in Volleyball Magazine
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Aug 23, 2024 |
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Early Season Priorities, The Olympics part 3, and Finding Mastery
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Aug 16, 2024 |
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Talking less, The Olympics part 2, and Dan Meske on Instagram
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Aug 09, 2024 |
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Sean Thomas on malleability in passing, what to check out from The Olympics, and HowStuffWorks.com
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Aug 02, 2024 |
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Making Camp Great, Evaluating Your Practice Plan, and John Kessel USA Volleyball 6 on 6 Games
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Jul 26, 2024 |
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Day 1 Practice Plan, Help Your Athletes Move Up a Team, and Top Dog
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Jul 19, 2024 |
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Don't Train to Play (Play to Win), Tod's Book of Lists, and Soccer IQ
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Jul 12, 2024 |
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Lessons from Tod's 11s, Starting with a New Program, and Avignon
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Jul 05, 2024 |
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This or That
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Jun 28, 2024 |
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10 Skills To Have in Your Teaching "Bag", Ending the Season on a High Note, and Bites of Beach on Instagram
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Jun 21, 2024 |
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The Balltime Team joins The VolleyPod to discuss their product and progress
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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Making the end of the season fun and effective, Do's and Don'ts for when players miss practice, and AOC's Resources section
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Jun 07, 2024 |
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Get more kills from smaller teams, My players' parents are habitually negative, and VNL
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May 31, 2024 |
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Handcuffed Speedball Doubles, Starting a brand new volleyball program for kids, and The Playmaker's Advantage
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May 31, 2024 |
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Guest Coach Eduardo Fiallos from University of Colorado
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May 29, 2024 |
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Freeze Framing Part 2: Defense Continued and Offense, Developing Confidence, and The 48 Laws of Power
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May 24, 2024 |
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Episode 106: Using "freeze framing" pt.1 serve receive and defense, Dealing with an aggressive front row setter, and Empathy vs. Sympathy
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May 03, 2024 |
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Episode 105: Moving from a cutthroat culture to a competitive culture, Mid-season serve receive tune-up, and Volleyball Magazine
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Apr 26, 2024 |
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Episode 104: John Mayer from CYBO on Serving ABC, Ideas for dealing with a frustrated player, and Mayer's top coaching resources right now
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Apr 19, 2024 |
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Episode 103: Long court doubles constraints games, Playing up and playing down, and Powercore 360
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Apr 12, 2024 |
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Episode 102: Teaching setting with one drill, My team is mired in the midseason doldrums, and The Learning Leader
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Apr 05, 2024 |
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Episode 106: Using "freeze framing" pt.1 serve receive and defense, Dealing with an aggressive front row setter, and Empathy vs. Sympathy
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Apr 05, 2024 |
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Episode 101: Tod's Top 10 Cringiest Player/Coach Moves, Managing expectations for major tournaments, and AOC's Virtual Clinics
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Mar 29, 2024 |
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Special Episode 100: Sydney Bennett joins us to discuss how we can get better as coaches
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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Episode 99: Coach Syd Bennett joins Tod and Davis at the VolleyCave to talk about strengths and areas of improvement
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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Episode 98: Teach your hitters to hit way harder, My team needs more targeted serves in practice, and Transforming Basketball
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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Episode 97: What to teach a beginning volleyball player, What to do when you lose all of your matches on Day 1 at a tournament, and How To Read People Like a Book
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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Episode 96: Beating the Block, handling the post-tournament parent meeting request, and The Untrained Mind
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Feb 23, 2024 |
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Episode 95: Part 2 of our Discussion with All-American Setter and Coach Krystal Jackson on Setting Consistency and Confidence
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Feb 16, 2024 |
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Episode 94: All-American Setter and Coach Krystal Jackson on Setting Consistency and Confidence
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Feb 09, 2024 |
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Episode 93: Improve the tempo of your practice, The increasing cost of club volleyball, and Volleyball Coaching Wizards' book list
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Feb 02, 2024 |
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Episode 92: 15 Myths about club volleyball to dispel with your athletes, My team plays to the level of our competition, and Within The Game podcast
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Jan 26, 2024 |
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Episode 91: Techniques for creating a more positive coaching framework, Initiation matters, and 7 and 1/2 Lessons About the Brain
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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Episode 90: Guest Andrew Clifton from Goldenwest VBC is here with: serving under pressure, joining new programs, and The Creative Act: A Way of Being
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Jan 12, 2024 |
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Episode 89: Teach your players to coach themselves, Coach better in 2024, and Bring Your Own Parent
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Jan 06, 2024 |
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Episode 88: How to keep your lines short, Don't do this at practice, and Hidden Potential
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Dec 29, 2023 |
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Episode 86: Live From the AVCA Convention in Tampa, Florida
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Dec 16, 2023 |
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Episode 85: Accelerated learning through mindset training, 1st club tournament coach's checklist, and Jelly beans
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Dec 08, 2023 |
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Episode 84: Common misperceptions for coaching youth volleyball part 2, When you want to start fast in a match, and CoachUp
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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Episode 83: The jump float serve, Starting a season, and How I Built This
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Nov 24, 2023 |
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Episode 81: Common misperceptions for coaching youth volleyball, What to expect when you are trying to "level up" your team culture, and Kinexon
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Nov 10, 2023 |
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Episode 80: Postseason Wrap-up: What would we do differently?
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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Episode 79: Setter vision, Concussions, and Whole Child Sports
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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Episode 78: Dave Rubio talks teaching passing, How to work with that challenging lowest group, and Athletes Unlimited
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Oct 20, 2023 |
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Episode 77: Player Vision (What you see is what you get), When a team has beaten you before and you need to beat them now, and The 100 Best Sports Quotes of All Time
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Oct 13, 2023 |
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Episode 76: Teaching players how to use the rulebook to full advantage, I want to be a better match coach, and The Great Coaches Podcast
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Oct 06, 2023 |
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Episode 75: Reinforcing system work in serve receive, getting your Middle Attacker the ball more, and The 10 Commandments of Winning Teammates
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Sep 29, 2023 |
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Episode 74: The Safety Episode, When you need to do team bonding but don't want to do a ropes course, and some science behind how volleyball players get injured
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Sep 22, 2023 |
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Episode 72: Deserted Island Drill: The Listening Game, When your team starts strong and fades in the middle of the match, and Brad Stulberg
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Sep 08, 2023 |
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Episode 71: Deserted Island Drill - Front Row 4s, When you don't feel confident in your coaching, and The Volleyball Institute
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Sep 01, 2023 |
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Episode 70: How to create a more balanced offense, Two teams practicing on one court, and Honoring Byron Shewman and his legacy
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Aug 25, 2023 |
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Episode 69: Coaching language 2.0 (phrases I've dumped and their replacements), Improving servers' tactical awareness, and The VolleyNerd Podcast and Luis Cuatok's discussion on culture
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Aug 18, 2023 |
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Episode 68: Establishing a culture of competition and cooperation, Day 1 of high school, and Tod's quote compilation
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Aug 11, 2023 |
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Episode 67: Decision Making in 6 on 6, How parents can support their athlete during tryouts, and TheTJSanders
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Aug 04, 2023 |
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Episode 66: Defense cues and tips, high school tryout ideas, and Catch Them Being Good
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Jul 28, 2023 |
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Episode 64: Davis' Club Season In Review: Evaluating Your Own Coaching
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Jul 14, 2023 |
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Episode 63: Passing 2.0, Middle School Summer Camp plans, and Run To The Roar
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Jul 07, 2023 |
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Episode 62: Joe Trinsey and The Goldilocks Method (Part 2)
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Jun 30, 2023 |
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Episode 61: Joe Trinsey and the Goldilocks Method, when your team is losing, and SmarterVolley (Part 1)
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Jun 23, 2023 |
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Episode 60: Tod’s Deserted Island Drill, all the gear you need for a multi-day tournament, & ILTWYP
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Jun 16, 2023 |
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Episode 59: Luis Cuatok on mental adaptability
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Jun 09, 2023 |
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Episode 58: Working against the block, is my offensive system a good use of our personnel, and Positive University
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Jun 02, 2023 |
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Episode 57: Coaching Skill -- Adding two contact games to your practice, When you only have two primary passers, and BounceBeach
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May 26, 2023 |
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Episode 55: Process and routine for creating a practice plan, Using a coaching evaluation, and P/ath Sports
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May 12, 2023 |
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Episode 54: Coaching Skill -- Using a glossary to establish a team identity, Managing the Qualifying Process, and TorqVB
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May 05, 2023 |
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Episode 52: Coaching lessons from Japan, coaching in the deciding set, and EpicSports
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Apr 21, 2023 |
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Episode 51: Chasing Greatness by Karch Kiraly, The VolleyPod analysis
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Apr 14, 2023 |
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Episode 50: Getting my team to play with heart, Mental training remedies for playing better in practice than in the games, and VolleyMovement by Daniel Maciel
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Apr 07, 2023 |
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Episode 49: Scouting, My team plays way better in practice than matches, and Mike Leach
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Mar 31, 2023 |
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Episode 48: Teaching decision making, Getting recruited before junior year, and VIVI Athletics
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Mar 24, 2023 |
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Episode 47: Coverage, what should I say during a timeout, and Chasing Greatness by Karch Kiraly
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Mar 17, 2023 |
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Episode 46: Using key words to teach skills, our first ever player profile, Yuji Nishida, and JVA's coaching resources
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Mar 10, 2023 |
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Episode 45: How to hit hard(er), My team is too emotional, and the Changing the Game Project
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Mar 03, 2023 |
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Episode 43: Attacking sharp cross-court, front row players who can't block, and Olympic Medalist Hugh McCutcheon's book
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Feb 17, 2023 |
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Episode 42: Is teaching communication important, I want it more than my team, and VolleyCountry
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Feb 10, 2023 |
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Episode 41: Closing the block, my team has no leaders, and The Team Captain's Leadership Manual
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Feb 03, 2023 |
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Episode 40: Transition take two, winning a 3-day tournament, and AXIO Centripetal Training
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Jan 27, 2023 |
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Episode 39: The tempo spread Offense, the end of the season, and AOC's Youtube channel
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Jan 20, 2023 |
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Episode 38: My team makes too many errors, my team isn't mentally tough and Max Out Mindset
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Jan 13, 2023 |
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Episode 37: Movement and rules of the road for beginners
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Jan 10, 2023 |
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Episode 36: From the floor of the AVCA Convention, with interviews with legend Terry Liskevych, up-and-comer Tina Kinkead, and Hall of Famer Toby Manzanares
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Dec 30, 2022 |
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Episode 35: Making practice great for the players, the What, Why, and How of stats, and Terry Pettit: Talent and the Secret Life of Teams
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Dec 16, 2022 |
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Episode 34: Serving for the newest beginners, handling playing time when roles have not been established yet, and MoreThanWinsVB
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Dec 09, 2022 |
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Episode 33: We must protect our base (defense), when your team has one player that is less experienced than the rest, and What Drives Winning?
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Dec 02, 2022 |
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Episode 32: Decreasing the opponent's hitting efficiency, starting off the season with an experienced team, and The VolleyNerd Podcast
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Nov 25, 2022 |
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Episode 31: Switching from indoor to beach and beach to indoor, when the ref is inexperienced or below average, and OnForm Video Analysis App
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Nov 18, 2022 |
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Episode 30: Raising your team's attacking efficiency, playoff do's and don'ts, and APL shoes
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Nov 11, 2022 |
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Episode 29: Scoring from the pins, utilizing an assistant coach, and RichKern.com
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Nov 04, 2022 |
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Episode 28: Tooling the block, when your best player is injured, and Mindsethub_
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Oct 28, 2022 |
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Episode 27: When, why, and how to use timeouts, when having rules gets into a grey area, and the book "GRIT"
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Oct 21, 2022 |
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Episode 26: Making drills into games, when your team is losing, and the five dysfunctions of a team
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Oct 14, 2022 |
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Episode 25: Serve like a pitcher, when a player loses confidence after playing as a reserve, and Anson Dorrance on AOC
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Oct 07, 2022 |
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Episode 24: The zero tempo 1, our top 10 tips for new coaches, and ProjectPureAthlete
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Sep 30, 2022 |
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Episode 23: Helping hitters with timing, investing in contingency plans, and AOC's blog feature
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Sep 23, 2022 |
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Episode 22: Out-of-system setting, coaching when you have to both develop players AND win, and NOAH
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Sep 16, 2022 |
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Episode 21: Giving feedback that actually helps, deciding between the 5-1 and 6-2, and The Daily Coach
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Sep 09, 2022 |
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Episode 20: Starting over-the-net play with young players (without mayhem), winning without a true setter, and living "Above the Line"
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Sep 03, 2022 |
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Episode 19: Blocking 2.0, running a great first meeting, and optimizing your playlists on AOC
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Aug 26, 2022 |
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Episode 18: Teaching rotations, managing a wide range of interest levels, and getting into "flow"
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Aug 19, 2022 |
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Episode 17: Five key armswings, changing player positions and AOC's free 2-week Premium trial
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Aug 12, 2022 |
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Episode 16: Special guest Villanova University's Josh Steinbach, The 31, staying connected during difficult times and a coaching canon book about the inner game
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Aug 06, 2022 |
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Episode 15: Attacker transition, deciding on a lineup and our #1 practice tool
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Jul 29, 2022 |
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Episode 14: The setter dump, surviving and thriving with a difficult parent and Coach Your Brains Out
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Jul 22, 2022 |
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Episode 13: Slowing down the middle attack, making cuts and an impressive YouTube channel of volleyball highlights
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Jul 15, 2022 |
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Episode 12: Short and deep passing, my team is too quiet, and The Language of Learning
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Jul 08, 2022 |
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Episode 11: The lift tip, match coaching when the outcome is obvious and Jade Cameron's skill and performance site
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Jul 01, 2022 |
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Episode 10: Blocking, when your team's effort wanes during practice and a Facebook group for coaches
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Jun 23, 2022 |
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Episode 9: Overhand digging, when you only have one hitter, and The Athletic Truth Group
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Jun 10, 2022 |
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Episode 8: Serving, what to do when a player misses practice and Joe Trinsey's SmarterVolley
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Jun 03, 2022 |
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Episode 7: Reading, dealing with in-game serving nerves and a Hall of Fame coach's look at building championship groups
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May 27, 2022 |
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Episode 6: Teaching diving safely, how to set up a system for a brand new youth team and a little book with immense wisdom
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May 20, 2022 |
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Episode 5: Attack arm swing, coaching a brand new team and Mark Burik's fun Youtube resource for beginners
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May 13, 2022 |
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Episode 4: Practice warm-up routine, starting the season with core values and Doug Lemov's fascinating take on teaching
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May 06, 2022 |
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Episode 3: Serve receive footwork, working with a big team and a foundational book for coaches
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Apr 29, 2022 |
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Episode 2: Teaching setting, the post-match talk time and learning from one of the greats
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Apr 21, 2022 |
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Episode 1: Spiking footwork, when your best player "doesn't work hard" and a game-changing practice resource
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Apr 21, 2022 |