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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 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
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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
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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
Click here to join Digital Volleyball Academy or go to www.digitalvolleyballacademy.com
Click here to join my free workshop OR go to www.volleyballworkshop.com
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
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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
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Reach out via Instagram @BrianSIngh_CoachB
Monday Mar 31, 2025
Monday Mar 31, 2025
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
Click here to join Digital Volleyball Academy or visit www.digitalvolleyballacademy.com
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Reach out via Instagram @BrianSingh_CoachB
Monday Mar 24, 2025
Monday Mar 24, 2025
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
Click here to join Digital Volleyball Academy OR www.digitalvolleyballacademy.com
Click here to join my free workshop OR www.volleyballworkshop.com
Reach out via Instagram @BrianSingh_CoachB
Monday Mar 17, 2025
Monday Mar 17, 2025
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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Reach out via Instagram @BrianSingh_CoachB
Monday Mar 10, 2025
Monday Mar 10, 2025
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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Reach out via Instagram @BrianSingh_Coachb
Monday Mar 03, 2025
Monday Mar 03, 2025
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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Reach out via Instagram @BrianSingh_CoachB