The VolleyPod presented by The Art of Coaching Volleyball - Episode 32: Decreasing the opponent's hitting efficiency, starting off the season with an experienced team, and The VolleyNerd Podcast

Episode 32: Decreasing the opponent's hitting efficiency, starting off the season with an experienced team, and The VolleyNerd Podcast

11/25/22 • 30 min

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

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/

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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undefined - Episode 31: Switching from indoor to beach and beach to indoor, when the ref is inexperienced or below average, and OnForm Video Analysis App

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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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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undefined - 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?

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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A strong "Base" defense can frustrate the opponent through discipline and defensive grit. How can you be super solid in base and win way more rallies where the ball comes over on 1 or 2 contacts, or they run the quick?

On this episode of The VolleyPod, Davis and Tod go over the importance of, and keys for, a strong "Base" defense. Base defense has been described as one way coaches can tell if they have a disciplined team, and the tips in this episode can definitely help with that. Next, Tod and Davis discuss a situation that happens all the time on younger teams: when one player is less experienced than the rest of your team, and offer some great ideas for how to handle it, that are win-win for the player and the team. Finally, we share What Drives Winning, a Ted-talk style website that features influential figures in sport delivering some of their best advice.

Skill of the week: Protecting your "Base" defense

Scenario of the week: When one player is significantly less experienced than the rest of the team

Resource of the week: What Drives Winning can be found here: https://whatdriveswinning.com/

AOC Volleyball drills mentioned in this episode:

Tod's win more than 50% game allows for tons of team defense feedback: https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/defensive-transition-drill/

Defense is an attitude and teams should use that competitive edge to score more points: https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/digging-to-score-and-train-a-competitive-mindset/

Nabil Mardini plays 3 vs. 6 in his practices to reinforce good team defense habits: https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/wash-to-five-drill-with-nabil-mardini/

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