The Volleyball By Design Podcast

A Complete Breakdown Of Winning The First National Championship In Program History With Head Coach Grant Wilson

In this episode, we are privileged to have on National Championship Coach Grant Wilson who is the head coach of the men's volleyball program at Brandon University who just won their first ever USports National Championship! 

In this episode, we dive into the entire season and a complete breakdown of what it took to win a national championship. We talk about:

• Seasonal Planning 
• Practice Structure 
• Understanding how to look at stats and film 
• Match Prep 
• Block-Defense 
• Serving Strategy 
• Culture 
• Visualization 
• And a few more concepts 

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Strategies & Fallacies On Coaching The Next Generation In Volleyball

A little bit of a different episode, but on today's show we dive into strategies that will help equip you with the tools you need to coach this current generation of athletes. We dive into:

• Coaching Strategies 
• Different types of learners 
• Mental Toughness 
• Coaching Delivery 
• And a few more strategies to help coach your athletes 

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Strategies on Improving Your Players Individual Defense Part 2

I did an episode back in December of 2024 where I shared 10 strategies on improving your teams individual defense. In this episode, I dive deeper and share some more strategies as well talk motor patterns that your players should have in their toolbox to play better defense. In this episode we dive into:

• Mindset 
• How to train the defensive mindset 
• Reading 
• Movement Patterns 
• Technical work with defense 
• And a few more key concepts 

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15 Strategies To Maintain Consistent Energy And Motivation From Your Players Throughout The Season

With a long volleyball season, coaches are sometimes faced with a challenge of keeping the energy high at practices as well as maintaining motivation throughout the season. In this episode I share 15 strategies you can implement to ensure players stay focused, and have consistent energy and motivation for the entire season. We dive into:

• The phases of a season
• 15 strategies you can implement today 
• How to plan for these strategies at the beginning of your season 
• And a few more key concepts 

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How To Fix The Most Common Errors With Inexperienced Or Young Players

When training inexperienced athletes, they always tend to make the same mistakes and sometimes that can be frustrating as a coach if you don't know how to help them. In this episode I share strategies to fix the most common errors you'll see in the technical skills of our game. We dive into:

• How to fix the most common errors in passing 
• Concept of Shadowing 
• Fixing attacking issues 
• Using Video 
• Gaining court awareness 
• Strength training 
• And a few more key concepts 

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Teaching Your Players To Attack Efficiently By Understanding Biomechanics with Former Pro & National Team Player Issac Kneubuhl

In this episode we go back into vault with a great interview diving into the mechanics of attacking with Issac. We dive into:

• How to generate the most power on the ball
• Understanding the mechanics of the swing 
• Myths about the arm swing 
• And a few more key concepts 

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Volleyball Is A Game Of Chess Not Checkers

In this episode, we talk about tactical strategies you can use to approach the game. We dive into: 

• Match Prep 
• Defensive Systems 
• Offensive Systems 
• 20-20 Rule 
• Serving Strategies 
• Playing for the next play
• And a few more key concepts 

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Tactical Strategies To Improve Your Block Defense

In this episode, we pose a lot of questions that coaches need to consider when setting up their block defense. You cannot play the same defense on every team so how can we tactically create an advantage in a match? In this episode we dive into:

• Capitalizing on 3 rotations 
• Blocking various offensive systems 
• Understanding how to tactically play the setter- middle 
• Out of system & In system blocking 
• Adjusting mid match 
• And a few other key points 

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Strategies To Help Your Players Mental Skills & Mindset with Mental Skills Coach Tharsheka Natkunam

In the episode, we go back into the vault and pull one of the top 10 most listened to episodes on the podcast. You'll hear an interview I did with mental skills coach Tharsheka Natkunam who works with our men's volleyball team as well as many other varsity teams. She is an expert in the field of mental skills training. 

We cover topics like:

• How to prepare mentally for serve receive 
• How to bounce back after committing an error 
• How to to not dwell on the mistake you just made 
• How to deal with a player with low confidence 
• How to get players to believe in themselves 
• How to prepare mentally for a game and practice 
• How to maintain a positive mindset when things aren't going well in a game 

If you're interested in working with Tharsheka, you can e-mail her at tharsheka@gmail.com

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Teaching Your Players How to Move Efficiently In Order To Pass More Balls

When we talk about passing and ball control, most of the times the conversation revolves around platform and angle but movement is also vital to passing successfully. In this episode we dive into ways you can coach your players to move more efficiently resulting in more balls being passed to target. We talk about: 

• Body Positioning 
• Efficient movement 
• Passing to the side as well as front and back 
• Float vs Spin reception 
• Spacing 
• And a few more key concepts 

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