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What Is Motivation?

What Is Motivation?

What drives you to dive for every ball, jump for every spike, and push through every practice? In this blog, we'll explore the different facets of motivation: internal, external, and the often-overlooked concept of amotivation. We'll also delve into the natural...

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Volleyball Positions | Everything You Need to Know

Volleyball Positions | Everything You Need to Know

Volleyball is one of the most popular sports in the world, played by millions of people at all levels. This popularity has led to the sport being played in many different formats, from pick-up games on beaches to organized leagues and tournaments. If you’re new to...

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How to Set and Keep Your Goals

How to Set and Keep Your Goals

Every year, most people have either made goals or have considered making goals. But, the problem with creating goals is that most people aren’t good at it. Their goals lack clarity or direction or they’re too broad. I am going to briefly go over how you create BETTER...

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How to Teach Mental Toughness

How to Teach Mental Toughness

For coaches, teaching players how to be "mentally tough" and subscribe to a positive mindset is one of the toughest skills a coach has to teach. If you are a player, learning how to be mentally tough and staying positive after making mistakes is one of the toughest...

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How Many Sets Are Played in Volleyball

How Many Sets Are Played in Volleyball

Volleyball is a sport that generally has a different set of rules depending on the level of play. Although many of the rules do overlap, there are some small differences in how rules are interpreted and applied. Another difference can be the number of sets that are...

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How to Make Better Mistakes in Volleyball

How to Make Better Mistakes in Volleyball

Making mistakes is part of volleyball. There’s no way around it. But hopefully, with a little bit of practice, you can learn to make better mistakes which will then lead you to be a better volleyball player. Before we learn how to make BETTER mistakes, we first have...

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Ask Me Anything: About Volleyball

Each week, I have players and coaches who submit questions. Some of them are a big enough topic where they get their own individual video, but I also get a lot of questions that have shorter responses. This list is the Top 10 Questions In received this month about...

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5 Reasons Why Players Are Cut From Tryouts

Getting cut from the team is never fun for a player unless their parents were making them tryout and they didn't want to be there in the first place. Nonetheless, getting cut is a brutal part of any sport, volleyball included. As a coach, I feel that most schools and...

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