The VolleyPod presented by The Art of Coaching Volleyball

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How can we decrease our opponent's hitting efficiency, making it easier on our team to produce enough points to win the match?

On this episode of The VolleyPod we discuss specifics about how to hinder the opponent's scoring by following several (relatively) controllable principles. The principles found in this episode can help any team to be more competitive immediately.

Then, Tod and Davis go over some ideas for how to start off the season with an experienced team. The ideas that we cover on this topic can help your team get off to a fast start at the beginning of the season.

Finally, we share Davis' first project, The VolleyNerd Podcast, with our listeners. The VolleyNerd Podcast is a deep dive into some of the more interesting and fun topics surrounding coaching.

Skill of the week: Decreasing the opponent's hitting efficiency

Scenario of the week: Starting off the season fast with an experienced team

Resource of the week: The VolleyNerd Podcast can be found here: https://open.spotify.com/show/4yk8DUT53pb98uGTMjuYt9

AOC Volleyball drills mentioned in this episode:

Mark Rosen's video about understanding the opponent's setting tendencies: https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/volleyball-strategy-setting-patterns/

Russ Rose's video about defending the left side attack and its important role in decreasing the opponent's hitting efficiency: https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/defending-the-left-side-attack-with-russ-rose/

John Dunning's fascinating talk about how to set up your defense in order to compete against different types of teams: https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/defensive-scheming-with-john-dunning/

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This week's skill is how and why to develop a more balanced offense. Many teams fall into over-setting their best hitters and can miss out on opportunities to increase their team hitting efficiency. In this episode we discuss how to create more strong scoring attempts merely by getting offense from all parts of the net.

Our scenario segment is about when two are sharing a court and how to make the most out of that time for everyone. These ideas are really cool and are sure to help when your team when you share a court.

For our resource section we honor the life and legacy of Byron Shewman, a leader in the volleyball community, and an extremely generous person. Shewman was an outspoken advocate for volleyball and founded The Starlings Volleyball Program, a community-based club system, that was able to reach groups of people that typically would not have much access to volleyball. He was also an extremely talented player, and played on the Olympic team, and later on the beach. Beach Volleyball, by Shewman and Karch Kiraly is a thorough look at how to become a high level beach volleyball player.

Skill of the Week: How and why to create and implement a more balanced offense

Scenario of the week: When two teams are practicing on the same court and how to make the most of your team

This week's Art of Coaching Volleyball videos focused on why and how to create a balanced offense:

This video by Jim Stone discusses team attacking and using a variety attack positions across the net: https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/jim-stone-sample-offense-with-multiple-attack-points/

This video from the AOC Vancouver Hitting Clinic explores running offense in gaps and overloading the block: https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/running-an-offense-finding-gaps-overloading-blockers/

Tod Mattox discusses how to get offense from your middle blockers when the pass is in the middle of the court: https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/running-the-middle-from-center-court-with-a-block/⁠

The Resource of the Week, Beach Volleyball, by Byron Shewman and Karch Kiraly, can be found here: https://www.amazon.com/Books-Byron-Shewman/s?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3AByron+Shewman

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Do you ever ask you athletes how many times they tooled the block?

Tooling the block is so frustrating for the opponent and can open other types of attacks, so this episode is all about how to help you athletes hit off of the block for points.

Then, they talk about how to get the most out of your team and win when your best player is out.

They also share a resource that will surely get you motivated with heartfelt messages from popular culture's most noteworthy people, called Mindsethub_

In addition, they point coaches at 3 drills from The Art of Coaching Volleyball's platform that can help them with getting their athletes to tool more

Skill of the week: Tooling the block

Scenario of the week: Concepts for playing and winning without your best player

Resource of the week: Mindsethub_ can be found here: https://www.instagram.com/mindsethub_/?hl=en

AOC Volleyball drills mentioned in this episode:

This cool drill uses punching hand pads to aim at and still protect the blocker's fingers: https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/the-art-of-the-timeout/

Nabil Mardini from L.A. Mission College runs a fun game where you can only score with a tool: https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/how-to-score-off-the-opponents-block/

John Dunning's fun, cooperative game where hitters aim at the block: https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/tooling-the-block-drill-from-john-dunning/

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What do our players have to do to switch successfully from indoor to beach and from beach to indoor?

On this episode of The VolleyPod, Davis and Tod go over some of the key differences, that can be trained between indoor and beach. Then, they discuss how to respond when the ref you have for your match is inexperienced or below average. They also share the latest and greatest Video Analysis App, OnForm, which uses video to help athletes learn from watching their (or others') technique in a multitude of different ways. In addition, they share 2 great video resources from The Art of Coaching Volleyball library that coaches can view to consider how the beach game relates to the indoor game. And, they share an episode from The VolleyNerd Podcast that compares and contrasts beach and indoor volleyball even more thoroughly with Coach Justin Marshall from Park University Gilbert.

Skill of the week: Switching from indoor to beach and from beach to indoor

Scenario of the week: When the ref is inexperienced or below average

Resource of the week: OnForm Video Analysis App can be found here: https://www.onform.com/

AOC Volleyball drills mentioned in this episode:

Adam Johnson's beach benefits indoor and indoor benefits beach video: https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/adam-johnson-beach-helps-indoor-indoor-helps-beach/

Holly McPeak's video about the specific differences between beach and indoor: https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/beach-volleyball-training-the-differences/

Additional Resource for the Week:

The VolleyNerd Podcast Episode (on Spotify) comparing and contrasting beach and indoor volleyball with Justin Marshall from Park University, Gilbert: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7p9KNNJPSSb59JRl7Cndfl

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Increasing your scoring from the pins goes a long way towards helping your team win, so how can your team start putting up a bunch of points from the wings?

On this week's episode of The VolleyPod, Davis and Tod discuss ways to immediately impact your scoring from the pins and some longer-term principles to help you keep your scoring high all season.

Then, they explore some non-standard ways that coaches can utilize their assistant coaches in a meaningful way other than that day's fun chat.

They also share an incredibly "rich" resource, RichKern.com, that is like an encyclopedia of results, players, and schools, and much more.

In addition, they point listeners towards Britney Abercrombie's "Opposite Hitting Series" of videos from The Art of Coaching Volleyball's highly useful library. This series covers technique, tactics, and the mental approach of attacking.

Skill of the week: Scoring from the pins

Scenario of the week: Utilizing an assistant coach in non-standard ways

Resource of the week: Rich Kern's informational website about all things volleyball: www.richkern.com

AOC Volleyball drills mentioned in this episode:

Brittany Abercrombie's Opposite Training Series Intro Video: https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/opposite-training-series-intro/

Footwork and Mechanics: https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/arm-swing-and-footwork-mechanics/

Hitting Back Sets: https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/hitting-back-sets/

Hitting on the Left Side: https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/hitting-on-the-left-side/