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Building the Next Generation: Inside the LOI Collective’s Junior Officials Program
As youth sports organizations across the country face a shortage of qualified officials, an initiative on Hawaiʻi Island offers [...]
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4 Ways to Manage the Chaos of Volleyball Tournament Travel
Club volleyball teams are constantly on the move. Between multi-day qualifiers and regional tournaments, teams travel nearly every weekend across the state and country. Coaches, club directors, and team parents juggle travel schedules, hotel [...]
Coaching Solutions: Volleyball Defensive Technical and Tactical Player Feedback Using Match Film
Minnesota Select coaching staff provided Defensive Specialists with individualized feedback on defensive positioning using match film from the previous tournament. Coaches who utilize Hudl apply this review process throughout the season. Film becomes especially [...]
4 Important Rules Every Volleyball Parent Should Know
Being a volleyball parent is a full-time commitment. You are the driver, the snack provider, the emotional support system, and sometimes the referee for your own sideline debates. As a former Club Director, I [...]
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Business Solutions: Revenue Protection Insurance and Considerations for Your Club
As the cost of living continues to climb, many families are re-evaluating how and where they spend their money including in youth sports. While most parents are willing to make sacrifices to keep their [...]
Appalachian Boys Power League Launches in 2023
Growing boys volleyball in Tennessee has been a most rewarding challenge. In 2012 K2 Volleyball Coach Cory Felts started a boys team that included his son and his son's friends, some other coaches' sons, and [...]
Business Solutions: 4 Tips for Planning and Executing Your Volleyball Summer Camps
The idea of planning and executing summer camps can be daunting, especially after just completing a grueling club season schedule. Here are a few simple ways to break it down, minimize expenses and maximize [...]
Coaches
Train Your Teams to Officiate and Keep Score
Once tournament play begins, it is apparent which clubs have done their due diligence to train and prepare the athletes for their work team responsibilities, and which ones have not spent the time. Every director should make it a priority...
Attacking Drills to Train Proper Technique and Eliminate Bad Habits
To develop proper attacking technique it's important to break down specific steps for athletes to follow. Repetition on proper technique will create good habits as will reception on improper technique will create bad habits. Here are drills to train proper attacking habits, and eliminate the bad ones.
4 Tips to Help Manage the Stress of Tryout Season
As summer comes to an end, school volleyball is on the front burner of many minds. But for club directors, administrators and staff, club season is just around the corner. If you’re like me, you’re already devising practice...
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5 Mental Steps to Tournament Success
It’s that time of the season when teams have put in the hours building up strength and conditioning, perfecting skill sets, and running offensive and defensive schemes. The goal is to translate all that preparation into tournament-winning volleyball that...
How Volleyball Players Can Strength Train With Minimal Equipment
No weight room? No problem. Many athletes and teams have limited or no access to a weight room or simply do not emphasize weight training due to athlete age, size, and any number of factors. How, then, do athletes get...
Proposed NCAA Legislation: A Call to Action for Volleyball Clubs
Recently, the AVCA published an article in its blog regarding proposed legislation that could directly affect how PSA’s are recruited. With over 85% of collegiate volleyball athletes being recruited at the club level, the proposed legislation is a call to...
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