Episode 84: Common misperceptions for coaching youth volleyball part 2, When you want to start fast in a match, and CoachUp

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Our skill segment focuses on two more common misperceptions for coaching youth volleyball. This segment follows up on a prior podcast we did, but this time we focus on the ideas that everything you do in practice should be relevant to what the athletes will do later in their high school volleyball experience (it does not need to be), and how being "positionless" in their youth volleyball experience can help them down the road (they should).

Our scenario segment deals with an important topic for club coaches: when you want to get off to a fast start for a match. We all have those early morning matches, and often teams get off to a slow start and blame it on the team not be "awake". This segment goes into how to make sure that your team will be ready to go for their first match of the day!

For our resource segment we share information about CoachUp, a coach finder app that allows anyone to find an individual coach for their needs. This resource gives athletes who do not have access to private coaching or who are not affiliated with a club, the ability to find and connect with a coach in their area. This is a great resource. If you are in the Los Angeles South Bay area you can find Coach Josh Cannon, an excellent beach volleyball coach, on the app and get started!

Skill of the Week: Common misperceptions for coaching youth volleyball

Scenario of the Week: Getting off to a fast start in a match

The Art of Coaching Volleyball videos that we used this week focused on youth volleyball coaching:

https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/4-2-volleyball-offense-jim-stone-chalk-talk/⁠ Jim Stone does a great "Chalk Talk" explaining the 4-2 in detail

https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/hybrid-systems-6-3-in-4-2-style/ Tod explains how to modify the 4-2 into a 6-3 and make a more effective offensive system

https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/making-good-hand-contact-when-attacking/ Jim Stone focuses on how to get great hand contact on the ball

The Resource of the Week: CoachUp, can be found here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.coachup.com

GRACE under pressure: John Baldoni with Dr. Oleg Konovalov