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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.
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.
Episodes

Monday Aug 21, 2023
How To Bring A Professional Game Atmosphere In Your Gym
Monday Aug 21, 2023
Monday Aug 21, 2023
Have you every been to a professional volleyball game or college match? Talk about an event. How can we bring that into our gym? In this episode I'm going to dive into the importance of this for your team and how to accomplish this. We dive into:
- Strategies that you can implement in your programming to deliver this to your athletes and your club/school
- Equipment needed to accomplish this
- How this will lead to a more successful program
- Opportunity to fundraise
- Take your team and program to another level
- And a few more key ideas
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Reach out via Instagram @BrianSingh_CoachB

Monday Aug 14, 2023
Monday Aug 14, 2023
In this episode, I share my top takeaways from each of our guest speakers at DVA Live 2023. Some of these points helped these coaches and players win championships and it's something that you definitely may want to add into your volleyball program. We heard from
- John Speraw (US National Team Coach and UCLA Head Coach)
- Erik Shoji (US National Team Libero)
- Taylor Averill (US National Team Middle)
- Wayne Wilkins (National Champion Coach)
- Paige Tonz (Mental Skills Coach)
Click here to join Digital Volleyball Academy
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Reach out via Instagram @BrianSingh_CoachB

Monday Aug 07, 2023
5 Meetings To Include In Your Volleyball Program To Optimize Performance
Monday Aug 07, 2023
Monday Aug 07, 2023
An important part of building your volleyball program is understanding the importance of relationships among coaches and players as well as the players amongst themselves. This, believe it or not, leads to wins. In this episode we discuss:
- 1 on 1's
- Team Meetings
- Leadership Meetings
- Coaches Meetings
- Study Hall
- And a few more key concepts
Click here to join Digital Volleyball Academy
Click here to register for my free workshop
Reach out via Instagram @BrianSingh_CoachB

Monday Jul 31, 2023
Coaches Guide To Training Camp
Monday Jul 31, 2023
Monday Jul 31, 2023
In this episode, I break down training camp to all its ingredients and walk coaches through how to plan and structure their training camp. We dive into:
- Purpose of Training Camp
- Training Camp Objectives
- Volleyball Manual
- Schedule
- Ingredients
- Variations
- Team Building
- 1 on 1's
- And a few more key concepts
Click here to join Digital Volleyball Academy
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Reach out via Instagram @BrianSingh_CoachB

Monday Jul 24, 2023
Coaches Guide To Running Tryouts
Monday Jul 24, 2023
Monday Jul 24, 2023
In this episode, I share with you a guide to conducting and managing your tryouts. You can find a more in depth training inside Digital Volleyball Academy if you're interested. We talk about:
- Tryout Presentation
- Assessment Factors
- Assessment Tools
- Tryout Structure
- Drills
- Post Tryout
- And a few more key concepts
Click here to join Digital Volleyball Academy
Click here to join my free workshop
Reach out via Instagram @BrianSingh_CoachB

Monday Jul 17, 2023
4 Blocking Systems: A Mindset Shift For Coaches Creating Blocking Systems
Monday Jul 17, 2023
Monday Jul 17, 2023
In this episode, I share a strategy on designing your blocking system that is simple and effective regardless of the team you're playing. We discuss:
- Spread vs Bunch
- Reading
- Committing
- Neutral
- Fronting Setter
- 4 Systems and how you create yours
- A few more key concepts
Click here to join Digital Volleyball Academy
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Reach out via Instagram @BrianSingh_CoachB

Sunday Jul 09, 2023
An Essential Ingredient To Your Program That Coaches Are Hesitant About
Sunday Jul 09, 2023
Sunday Jul 09, 2023
In this episode, I share an important ingredient to the success and efficiency of your team especially during practices. This is one of the biggest objections I always hear from coaches and I want to break that objection in this episode. In this episode we talk about:
- Assistant coaches responsibilities
- Volunteers
- Getting hired as an assistant coach
- And a few more key ideas
Click here to join Digital Volleyball Academy
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Reach out via Instagram @BrianSingh_CoachB

Monday Jul 03, 2023
3 Strategies To Train Offense More Efficiently In Practice
Monday Jul 03, 2023
Monday Jul 03, 2023
In this episode I share some minor but effective changes we've made to training our offense in practice. These changes have enabled us to be more intentional with every rep and maximize our offensive touches in practice. In this episode we talk about:
- A more intentional warmup
- More efficient hitting warm up
- Ball control emphasis
- More efficient 6 on 6 offensive drill
- And a few more key concepts
Click here to join Digital Volleyball Academy
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Reach out via Instagram @BrianSingh_CoachB

Monday Jun 26, 2023
Monday Jun 26, 2023
How do coaches relay important information to players in the middle of a match? How do coaches effectively and strategically manage timeouts and in between sets? In this episode, we dive into strategies I wish I knew as an upcoming coach that would have saved me points in matches. In this episode we talk about:
- What to say during a timeout
- Use of clipboard or iPad
- Timeout Plans
- 3 minute plan
- Communication during the match (gameplay)
- Energy
- Substitution plan
- And a few other key concepts
Click here to join Digital Volleyball Academy
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Reach out via Instagram @Brianingh_CoachB

Monday Jun 19, 2023
Monday Jun 19, 2023
Make sure you have a pen handy to take some notes. In this episode, I summarize the major takeaways from 3 days of attending coaching sessions with national team coaches. These subtle changes can actually take your team to another level. In this episode, we dive into:
- Training the setter
- Defense
- Out of System Balls
- Serving
- Training Attacking & Offense
- Player Habits
- Training the Middle
- And a few more concepts
Click here to join Digital Volleyball Academy
Click here to register for my free workshop
Reach out via Instagram @BrianSingh_CoachB
