Kim Oden: Why do you play volleyball?
Kim Oden, a former captain of the U.S. Olympic team and a longtime coach, speaks to a group of young players in this video and emphasizes that they need to chart their own course on the volleyball...
View ArticleJohn Dunning drill: 3 points in a row earns match-point serve
Stanford Coach John Dunning teaches a 6-on-6 wash drill here that rewards steady side out play followed by a clutch performance under the pressure of a match point. The drill starts when one team...
View ArticleHugh McCutcheon: Keys to better blocking
University of Minnesota women’s coach Hugh McCutcheon, who coached the U.S. men’s national team to an Olympic gold medal in 2008 and the U.S. women’s team to an Olympic silver medal in 2012, talks in...
View ArticleHow to train the slide to boost your offense
Brandon Rosenthal—Lipscomb University Head Coach—thinks that running the slide helped propel his team from being one of the worst squads in the nation to a respected program. At Lipscomb, they set...
View ArticleJohn Dunning teaching the slide
Stanford coach John Dunning goes over the do's and don'ts of the slide approach.
View ArticleJohn Dunning on how to read an attacker
According to John Dunning—head coach at Stanford University—one of the keys to team defense is individual defense. Being able to read the ball is a crucial component of individual defense. Dunning...
View ArticleTriangle pepper drill with Terry Liskevych
Terry Liskevych, former US National Team Coach and current head coach at Oregon State University, demonstrates a pepper drill that involves three players and can be adjusted for different skills...
View ArticleToss and collapse defensive posturing
Lizzy Stemke—head coach at the University of Georgia—works on defensive posture in this appropriately titled drill. According to Lizzy Stemke—head coach at the University of Georgia—good defensive...
View ArticleThree on three warm up from Doug Reimer
Doug Reimer demonstrates a fun and competitive drill that gets players warmed up and ready to go. During the three on three rally, players must rotate after the ball crosses the net and can only...
View ArticleJohn Dunning drill: Preparing to win Game 5
Stanford coach John Dunning stresses here that hitting errors in Game 5 correlate directly with losing. The drill he shares in this video addresses that, rewarding attackers on the "A" team who keep...
View ArticleAn expert’s thoughts on defense
In the eyes of John Dunning, head coach at Stanford, one of the biggest advantages of the middle-middle defense is that defenders don't have to move far to get in position. The less defenders have to...
View ArticleAnson Dorrance part 3: Coaches need different strategies for different players
Great coaching is clearly not one size fits all. As North Carolina Women’s Soccer Coach Anson Dorrance explains here, different players are often motivated by vastly different things, so good coaches...
View ArticleBill Neville on improving approach acceleration and footwork
Bill Neville discusses how the movement of the arms can affect a player's hitting approach, one way to fix goofy-footed approaches, and other tips to maximize approach efficiency.
View ArticleFan drill that will tax your setter’s brain
This drill, explained here by Stanford coach John Dunning, combines the physical and mental challenges of setting. It starts off easy, with a player or coach replicating a perfect pass by tossing...
View ArticleThe advantages of the tripe threat defensive posture
Ever wonder what the most effective defensive position is for your athletes? Western Washington coach Diane Flick has an answer: The triple threat defensive posture. There are 3 types of attacks that...
View ArticleControl freak drill with Laurie Eisler
As Laurie Eisler, head coach of the University of Alberta women's volleyball team, mentions, most coaches like to be control freaks and "fix" things during drills. The drill seen here is a team drill...
View ArticleTips for training setters from UCLA’s Mike Sealy
UCLA women’s coach Mike Sealy believes setter is the most important position in volleyball. Setters are constantly touching the ball and control the match’s tempo. At the highest levels of the...
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