Volleyball

Volleyball

6/29/03 - Improve the Skill Level of your Team
Improving the skill level of your junior / High School volleyball team is easier than your think.

6/22/03 - How to Create Your Own Volleyball Drill
Coach Houser gives some pointers on creating your own volleyball drill.

6/22/03 - How I Started My Volleyball Club
How Tom Houser started his junior olympic volleyball club.

5/30/03 - Six Steps to Fighting Player Burnout
Many times high school coaches this time of year say that their players are so tired from the club season, they are having a hard time motivating them to start working to prepare for the coming fall high school season.

5/4/03 - When Coaches Play Favorites
Are coaches playing favorites or are they just playing the best volleyball player? Read up on one coaches feelings about the "looser's limp" of a comment, "Coaches just play their favorites."

4/6/03 - Choosing a Junior Team that is Right for You
There are some things that you need to know before you try out for that Junior Olympic volleyball team.

3/26/03 - Playing Your Best for Each Match
If you want to have the best volleyball club season experience possible this season, you have to make a promise to yourself, your teammates, and your coach right now: I promise to do whatever is necessary to make sure I am awake and ready to play from the first serve of the morning to the last of the afternoon-no matter what!

3/16/03 - Getting the Most From Your Kids
How to get the most out of your players and yourself.

2/2/03 - How to Get the Most from Club Season
Setting Goals is Key.

1/12/03 - The Self-Awareness Inventory
The Simple Keys to Producing the Best Results

1/5/03 - Ten Tips for Coaching Survival
Avoid Making Common Coaching Mistakes

12/29/02 - What We Talked About
A look at the top forum discussions for 2002.

12/10/02 - The Recruiting Video
A step by step method to create the college recruiting video.

10/27/02 - What I Learned From Volleyball
A forum look at the last volleyball season.

9/30/02 - Talk it Out
The importance of communication.

9/15/02 - Getting Tough Mentally
A five step plan to fool proof mental toughness.

8/25/02 - A List of 6-2 "Be Carefuls"
Things to watch out for when running a 6-2 offense.

6/23/02 - Slime Volleyball
A Volleyball Video Game Sweeping the 'Net

6/22/02 - AVP on Fox Sports Net - Yawn!
Is Fox Sports Net Killing Beach Volleyball?

6/8/02 - Get the Most Out of Camp This Summer
Getting the most out of summer volleyball Camp depends on how much you put into it.

5/26/02 - The Secrets
Follow these secrets to having a winning season every year.

5/15/02 - AVP Returns to Live TV

4/21/02 - Coaches: Get Your Players to Camp

4/4/02 - Improving Your Teams Serve Receive

1/7/02 - 10 Volleyball Wishes for 2002
A group of things I would change in the volleyball community if I ruled the world.

12/16/01 - Five Ways to Avoid 6-2 Pitfalls
There are many pitfalls in running a 6-2, follow these to avoid them.

12/10/01 - Young Spikers Drill
The head coach showed me a drill in 1995. Follow his drill to get reward all players and give
a special award to those that do it correctly.

11/21/01 - Learning the 6-2
A graphical explination of this offense formation.

11/11/01 - Five Ways to Deal With a Big Hitting Team
Every team can use this advice.

11/06/01 - Understanding the 4-2
A graphical explination of this easy to use formation.

10/04/01 - Calling Service Zones
Don't forget this valuable offensive weapon when coaching your young inexperienced players.

09/08/01 - Serve Receive Drill
Sometimes drills can do amazing things if they're thought out so carefully that they fit your team's needs EXACTLY. This drill is designed to do just that.

08/26/01 - Athletes: Make Pre-Season as Painless as Possible
In volleyball, stretching is a preventative action-it prevents many (not all, of course) injuries. It is also beneficial to your game in that it helps you stay healthy and on the court doing what you love a greaterpercentage of the time!

08/12/01 - Selecting a College for Volleyball Players
Priorities, hints and questions that each volleyball player should ask when selecting a college.

08/05/01 - Coaches: Reduce Injuries and Increase Effort During the Pre-Season
The time spent stretching before a practice can save your volleyball players from injury.

07/23/01 - A Winning Pair
Brent Doble and Lee LeGrande Win Second Straight AVP Tour Stop in Belmar, NJ

07/16/01 - USAV High Performance Tour
Follow these Junior Players as they Tour Europe.

07/15/01 - AVP Sunkist Open
Linda Hanley Mocks the Sands of Time

07/02/01 - Teaching Overhead Serves
A Simplified Method for Teaching Overhead Serves to Juinor Players.

06/26/01 - Volleyball in Italy
Follow these young volleyball players as they tour Italy.

06/17/01 - AVP/Paul Mitchell's 2001 Open Champions
These winners are No Strangers to the Winner's Circle

06/16/01 - Making the Team
Preparation is the Key in Making that High School Team.

06/11/01 - Sand Giants
Todd Rogers and Dax Holdren are the AVP to watch this year.

06/03/01 - AVP, Bringing Everyone Together
AVP's new plan to bring both men and women under one tour banner.

05/27/01 - End of the BVA?
With the AVP contracts signed and the new season ready to go, does this mean the BVA's days are truly over.

05/20/01 - Attention Volleyball Players
Ask the vast majority of volleyball players what was the difference during that one practice, game or season when they played their best and the answer is universal; “I was really having fun then!” Yet many times they overlook one of the key reasons that time was so enjoyable, their coach, the one in control of the whole situation, was having fun too!

04/29/01 - Running a Camp
Before you put together your volleyball camp, make sure you get your camp priorities in line.

04/15/01 - Create Your Own Volleyball Drill?
If it is to help create a better team and focus on the weaknesses of your players, YOU BET!

03/24/01 - 4 Steps to Developing an Ideal Volleyball Player
It is our responsibility as coaches to not only make our players aware of the mental skills needed to succeed in competition, but also to teach them how to develop these skills. Teaching players how to develop mental skills is no easy task. However, if these steps are adhered to, every player exposed to learning about and improving their mental game will ultimately benefit.

03/18/01 - Which Summer Camp is Good for My Daugher?
There are a lot of things to consider when choosing a volleyball summer camp for your children. Here's a break down of what to look for and what to ignore.

03/01/01 - Iberia Tour 2001
Our college ladies are touring Europe again. Follow their advantures in their online journals.

02/25/01 - Simplified Play Calling
Sometimes in Volleyball calling sets can be very confusing. Use this simple system for quick and accurate play calling.

02/20/01 - Getting in Shape for Volleyball
It's almost summer and it's time to get ready for beach volleyball. Get there using this workout.

01/21/01 - Should There Be an AVP?
How long should we wait for the managment at MVL bring us a viable and entertaining AVP?

01/13/01 - New Year Brings New Rules
NCAA Men's Volleyball changes some of the rules.

01/07/01 - The Most Famous Volleyball?
Taking a look at Wilson From "Cast Away."

01/01/01 - Best and Worst of 2000
A look back on the year in volleyball on About.com
12/16/01 - Five Ways to Avoid 6-2 Pitfalls
There are many pitfalls in running a 6-2, follow these to avoid them.