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Volleyball combines athleticism, teamwork, and skill. It offers a lifetime of fun for everyone, from beginners to aspiring Olympians and Paralympians. Young players develop respect, communication, and leadership on the court. When you play volleyball, you become part of a community where everyone is welcome and lifelong friendships are built through play, competition and fun.

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How Small Clubs Thrive in a Competitive Market
April 3, 2019
If club’s niche is offering a regional program that is more affordable and time manageable, make that program the best it can be. The increase in junior volleyball participation has led to growth in the number of junior volleyball clubs. New clubs are forming, large clubs are acquiring smaller ones, and on average a club […]
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Anxious vs. Confident: How to Instill Confidence in Your Athletes
March 31, 2019
Give Specific, Positive Feedback: Coaches can help the confidence process by giving players specific, positive feedback. A volleyball coach is all too familiar with the dread that can affect a player in serve receive during a tight match. Coaches see it on the athlete’s face and the athlete certainly feels it.  The face seems to […]
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Four Serving Strategies to Score More Points
March 26, 2019
Serving is a critical part of the game.  A server can make the job of the passer a lot more difficult by serving to spots on the court at different speeds and locations. Here are 4 serving strategies and tactics that will elevate your beach volleyball game.  By working on these techniques during practice and at every […]
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4 Essential Skills of Mental Toughness Needed for Success
March 25, 2019
Mental toughness will not necessarily win you a championship, but not having mental toughness will lose it for you. Let’s dive into the 4 skills in the hierarchy of mental toughness, and why it’s important to develop one skill in order to progress to another. 1. MOTIVATION An athlete needs to find a “why.” Why do […]
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How To Succeed As An Undersized Player
March 16, 2019
Another key is understanding that the low seam is almost never available. Avoid it! Better options are hitting high hands or tooling out of bounds for the point.
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Coach the Team You Have This Season
March 14, 2019
My coaching felt rehearsed. My expectations and goals felt predetermined. And before I knew it, I realized I had somehow adopted someone else’s philosophy.
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My Team Just Lost Badly – What Next?
March 13, 2019
You need to judge yourself by how many kids play the next season after playing for you – those who don’t, well, those are the real important losses to study and learn from, about honing your teaching skills.
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Five Ways to Train Your Athletes to Love to Compete
March 13, 2019
Coaches, continue to develop your craft- read leadership and coaching books, learn from your peer group and become the coach your athletes deserve. Most coaches will tell you a high percentage of sports, and life for that matter, is played between your ears. If you have played or coached sports long enough you know that […]
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The Riddle Offense
March 13, 2019
When something is fun for the players they are happier and when they are happier they give more effort. 
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Using Affirmations to Reach Your Goals
March 12, 2019
We all talk to ourselves on a daily basis, but how much of this self-talk is ever scrutinized? Self-talk has been shown to be both divisive as well as productive in helping and hurting athletes fight through challenges.
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