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The Volleyball By Design podcast gives coaches simple, actionable, step by step strategies so you can get clarity in your coaching and apply what you learn right away.
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The game is speeding up and it's important for coaches to be teaching athletes the proper mechanics to execute the skills with speed in mind, so as the athlete develops, they'll be able to adapt and grow with higher level volleyball. In this episode, Daenan breaks down how to train athletes to increase their speed with multiple different skills. He dives into:
- What he's seeing at the higher level
- Split Step
- Drills to train speed
- Answers great questions asked by coaches
- And a few more key concepts
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Monday Jun 02, 2025
Monday Jun 02, 2025
In this episode we have the privilege of hearing from John Speraw who is now the CEO and president of USA Volleyball. This episode is taken from a presentation he gave at DVA Live 2022 which is my annual virtual coaches clinic I run every year. In this presentation, he talks about what's important to him in winning a championship program. Definitely worth the listen.
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Monday May 26, 2025
Monday May 26, 2025
An article was shared with me by national team player Daenan Gyimah that was created by the national team sports psych coach. I think it's a very important conversation that coaches should be aware of and implementing in their program. In this episode, we dive into:
- 7 Components of high performance culture
- A culture of excellence
- Understanding the culture matrix
- And a few more key concepts
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Monday May 19, 2025
Monday May 19, 2025
In this episode we are privileged to welcome the 2024-2025 USPORTS Womens volleyball national championship coach Ken Bentley who secured his 7th national championship in his career. He shares a wealth of knowledge including:
- Strength Training Program and Philosophy
- Off season planning and schedule
- Training technical work
- Planning for upcoming season
- Match Preparation
- What made him win a championship
- Setting technical work
- And a few more key concepts
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Click here to join my free workshop or visit www.volleyballworkshop.com
Reach out via Instagram @BrianSingh_CoachB
Monday May 12, 2025
Monday May 12, 2025
In this episode I walk you through a step by step approach to building your offense from the ground up. We start at the very beginning on advance through to higher level conversation. We dive into:
- The goal of your offense
- Type of offense
- How to determine who's playing what position
- Hitting Lanes
- Number System
- Middle Attacker
- 1 on 1's
- Setter Attack
- Out of System Play
- 2nd Contact
- Offensive Plays
- Backcourt Attack
- And a few more key concepts
Click here to join Digital Volleyball Academy or visit www.digitalvolleyballacademy.com
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Reach out via instagram @BrianSingh_CoachB
Monday May 05, 2025
Monday May 05, 2025
I was asked, if I had a limited budget what volleyball aids and equipment would I get in order of importance. This question led me to record this episode and list all the volleyball equipment that I see head coaches have in their gyms and in order of importance so you can prioritize your purchases.
We dive into:
- Volleyball Equipment
- First Aid
- Technology in your gym
- Software
- Accessories
- And a few more key concepts
Click here to join Digital Volleyball Academy or visit www.digitalvolleyballacademy.com
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Reach out via Instagram @BrianSingh_CoachB
Monday Apr 28, 2025
Monday Apr 28, 2025
In this episode, I share about a ProAm League I started this year consisting of Pro & University players. What's interesting are the things we can learn from these pro players and apply in our gym. Throughout the first set of matches, I noticed things that make these pro's great and I discuss what we can bring to our athletes. In this episode, I dive into:
- Velocity
- Setters
- Perception
- Ball control
- Middles
- Preparation
- And a few more key concepts
Visit www.coachbleague.ca to watch games and check out the league
Click here to join Digital Volleyball Academy or visit here - www.digitalvolleyballacademy.com
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Reach out via Instagram @BrianSingh_CoachB
Monday Apr 21, 2025
Monday Apr 21, 2025
In this episode, we go back in the fault to an episode where Reid Hall dives into 4 key areas of strength and jump training. We talk about
- Strength Training Schedules
- Strength Training (Bilateral & Unilateral)
- Posterior Chain
- Jump Technique
- Increasing Power Output
- Injury Prevention & Rehabilitation
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Reach out via Instagram @BrianSingh_CoachB
Monday Apr 14, 2025
Monday Apr 14, 2025
In this episode we are privileged to welcome Cole Hergott to the podcast who is the strength & conditioning coach for all varsity teams and players at Trinity Western University. He's been a part of a couple national championships with the volleyball program and we dive into how strength training plays a vital role in that. We talk about
- Scheduling for off season and in season
- How many days a week do the teams strength train and what does it look like
- All the exercises volleyball players should be doing
- Velocity Based Training
- 1 x 20 and 5 x 5
- How to strength train with no weight room
- Tactical way to train hitting and jumping
- And a few more key concepts
Click here to join my free workshop - www.volleyballworkshop.com
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Reach out via Instagram @BrianSingh_CoachB
Monday Apr 07, 2025
Monday Apr 07, 2025
In this short episode, I go through some technical differences between the 3 as well as the pros and cons for different techniques. We dive into:
- Which muscles you're using for each one
- Stance and Position
- Pro's and Cons
- Which one is the best
- Some interactive things you can do to see the difference
- And a few more key concepts
Click here to join Digital Volleyball Academy or visit www.digitalvolleyballacademy.com
Click here to join my free workshop or visit www.volleyballworkshop.com
Reach out via Instagram @BrianSIngh_CoachB