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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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Monday Feb 20, 2023
Monday Feb 20, 2023
In this episode, we have the priviledge of interviewing Author, Coach and professional sports consultant @JP Nerbun who, since 2017, has dedicated his life to sports culture within a team and organization. He has worked with professional coaches in various sports and has created a system for implementing in your program to sustain strong team culture. In this episode we dive into
- 5 stages of sport culture
- Discussing elements of culture on the Phoenix Suns and New England Patriots
- Important ingredients to strong culture in your program
- And many other key aspects of culture
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Sunday Feb 12, 2023
Sunday Feb 12, 2023
It's so frustrating losing points on scattered balls where there is complete chaos on the court. Well, there are actual strategies you can use with your team to help earn points on these situations. In this episode we talk about:
- Play around the net
- Balls dug into the net
- Dumps
- Assessing freeballs
- Setter strategies
- And a few more key concepts
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Monday Feb 06, 2023
Monday Feb 06, 2023
In this episode, we dive into transition. There are many facets to Transition Offense and we cover the main areas coaches need to be aware of. In this episode, we discuss:
- 4-6 different types of transition
- Footwork
- Setter decisions
- Basic strategy for running an offense
- Different routes for different players
- And many more key concepts
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Monday Jan 30, 2023
Monday Jan 30, 2023
An important part of practice is your warm up. When I say warm up, I'm referring to after you do your dynamic stretching or whatever mobility and warm up routine you have for your team. What do you do before you get to the nitty gritty of practice?
As coaches we want to make sure we gain our athletes attention and focus as well as have some fun before we dial into the more volleyball related purpose of practice. In this episode, I share my best drills/games to do before practice. We talk about
- Non volleyball related activities/games
- Volleyball related team activities
- Volleyball related skill based activities
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Sunday Jan 22, 2023
Sunday Jan 22, 2023
I know many coaches will encounter a game in your career where you're going up against a team that you know is better skilled, ranked higher, better players, etc. The important question is, how do you approach a game like that? In this episode, I share strategies and the mindset that I've found to be successful when put in this position. In this episode we talk about:
- Game Plan
- Coaching the game
- Important questions to address
- Mindset
- And a few more key concepts
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Sunday Jan 15, 2023
Sunday Jan 15, 2023
In this episode, I share some research about mental toughness for coaches as well as some strategies I use to try and be a more mentally tough coach. In this episode we talk about:
- Define mental toughness for coaches
- Characteristics of a mentally strong coach
- Strategies to be a more mentally strong coach
- And a few other key concepts
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Monday Jan 09, 2023
Monday Jan 09, 2023
In this episode, I share some important strategies that coaches should be aware of when taking over a team. Even if you're not taking over a team, some of these strategies may help with your current team as well. Topics in this episode include:
- Player Personnel
- Culture
- Coaching
- Identity
- And a few more key concepts
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Monday Jan 02, 2023
Monday Jan 02, 2023
In this episode I share my top takeaways from 2022 as well as my plan for 2023. I always enjoy hearing coaches takeaways from their year because there are so many nuggets you can gain and take back to your team. I hope I'm able to do that in this episode for all of you coaches listening. Enjoy!
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Monday Dec 26, 2022
Monday Dec 26, 2022
In this episode, we talk about some creative tactical ways you can generate points that isn't being utilized much in our game. Volleyball is progressing and you'll find some pro teams being really creative and taking our game further. In this episode, I share some of these tools that you can try with your team. We dive into:
- Setter taking the first contact
- Engaging Middle from backrow 2nd contact
- Deception with your offense
- A great offensive drill
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Sunday Dec 18, 2022
Sunday Dec 18, 2022
I had the privilege of attending the NCAA women's national championship and there were a few takeaways that I think would be valuable to coaches. In this episode I talk about:
- Different rules in the US
- Texas's strategy
- Key factors in the outcome of the game
- and a few more items
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