The Volleycast

In this podcast Dave and I share our experiences from the NCAA Men's National Championship and the NCAA Beach National Championship. Check out scoutvb.com for more info on premium webinars, including the upcoming one on May 21 with Anders Nelson.

The Volleycast is back for a second season! In this episode Dave and I talk the inaugural season of the Athletes Unlimited pro league, my experience coaching, and his experience following the league.

Today's podcast comes from a reader question: "I am a juniors volleyball player in the Midwest, and I'm super interested in going into coaching. I have a few questions for you: In your opinion, What can I be doing the next year before college in order to be learning how to be the best coach I can be in the future?  Where can I learn about volleyball coaching ideas and how the best do it? Are there any books you would recommend to an aspiring volleyball coach?"

Newly engaged Pepperdine Men's Volleyball Head Coach joins me to talk about changes in the NCAA and club volleyball landscape.

In this episode, I answer a listener question about how to measure out-of-system attacking and how to form an out-of-system attacking philosophy. I back up to 2008 to talk about how influential that Olympic Games was on American volleyball, how some different styles of attacking have emerged, and how to measure out-of-system attacking. Check out scoutvb.com for more information on Coaching Workshops and follow me on Twitter or Instagram @volleycast.

In this episode I answer a reader question about what I like to look at when I'm coaching within a match. For more information on Coaches Workshops, check out scoutvb.com.

A listener asks, "You mentioned this briefly on the pod, but I was wondering what you're looking for these days when you're going through film. Do you go through it once and see whatever catches your eye? Go through person-by-person until you get through all 12 players on the court? What do you do when you're watching video?" I answer this question in this episode and outline my strategy to watching and studying video. Hope you enjoy! Follow me on Twitter or Instagram @volleycast for more!

In Episode 31, I shared 5 tools every assistant coach should have in their coaching toolbox. In a recent blog post: http://www.scoutvb.com/blog-1/2020/6/24/assistant-coaches-toolbox-part-2 I expand on the value of learning DataVolley, and studying video in general.

In this session, I answer a follow-up question from a participant in this past Saturday's Coaches Workshop. Luka Slabe was the guest clinician for this. A coach asked: "I would be curious to hear your opinions on what you think the most important things would be for a young assistant coach to have in their toolbox or qualities that they should have. I'm getting ready to transition from my graduate assistant role into (hopefully) a full time assistant coach role after the 2020 season and looking for almost some direction." To participate in one of my Coaches Workshops, check out scoutvb.com

Quick solo episode to answer a listener question about setting footwork. If you want to see the video clips I saw at the end of the episode, check out the Youtube Channel at: https://youtu.be/k5wPPd90JAA For coaches workshops and more, check out: http://www.scoutvb.com/

This podcast accompanies the blog post I made on the same topic.

USA Volleyball just released Return to Play Guidelines for club volleyball programs. Scott Mooney, director of Cherry Hill Volleyball Club in the GEVA Region, joins me as we offer our opinions on them. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/files-382/1589351464_USAV-Return-to-Play-Guidelines-Effective-5.15.20.pdf

Jordan Larson hops on a call to talk the HUGE announcement of the new professional women's volleyball league. https://auprosports.com/2020/04/29/abby-wambach-jessica-mendoza-and-kevin-durant-to-help-launch-professional-indoor-volleyball-league/

John Grossman and Scott Mooney join me to discuss AAU's announcement of plans to host Nationals this June, along with other juniors vb and covid-related topics.

Peter Wong joins me to talk about his takeaways from the workshop we did with Nate Ngo on Data Visualization for volleyball coaches. In particular, we talk about some of the more advanced concepts can apply to youth coaches.

Isaac Kneubuhl joins the show to talk about a topic that came up on the Dan Fisher Webinar: The Double-Arm Lift. He drops some biomech knowledge on that and a bit more. The audio content is good, but this is also a great one to watch on Youtube as we talk about some specific clips: https://youtu.be/8XZt65LaKzs  

Dave Hunt and I chat about the coaching trees that came out of USA Men's Volleyball in the 1980s, and how that's affected the current NCAA Women's Volleyball landscape.

In his episode, John joins the show to give his take on Dan Fisher's webinar and we discuss how those concepts apply to coaching youth sports. For more information on premium webinars, check out scoutvb.com

Isaac Kneubuhl joins the show to talk biomechanics and, in particular, armswings. Check out his Instagram @torqvb for some really great content on volleyball training.

Jordan Larson joins the Volleycast to talk about how her and her teammates on Team USA are staying in shape and getting ready for the now-2021 Olympics.

Harjiv Singh joins the show to talk about how focusing on the effects of actions rather than the actions themselves makes athletes more successful.

John Grossman joins the show to talk more about the quarantine effects on club volleyball and what coaches can do to help their players, and themselves.

In this episode of the Volleycast I talk with Scott Mooney, director of Cherry Hill Volleyball Club, in the GEVA region, about the landscape of club volleyball.

Dave and Strick join the podcast to talk about how coaches can interest contrast to their training to increase or decrease the difficulty level. Check out our premium webinars at Scoutvb.com

Dave and I recap the Chris Tamas Setting Webinar from Friday. We talk about introducing a fast offense, the types of hitters who do well in a fast offense, and a bunch of other stuff. For more info on our premium webinars, check out Scoutvb.com

Shannon Winzer aka the "Swiss Army Knife of Canadian Volleyball" joins us to talk about developing the next generation of Volleyball Canada Athletes. Check out our premium webinars on Scoutvb.com.

Solo episode today where I discuss the difficulties of figuring how good a blocker actually is. I discuss this blog post: http://www.scoutvb.com/blog-1/2019/3/20/evaluating-blocking-part-1 And also mention the GMS+ coaching education platform, where I'm doing most of my blogging nowadays. Check it out here: https://www.goldmedalsquared.com/gms-plus Our premium webinars fill up fast! Check out Scoutvb.com for more info.

On this episode of the Volleycast I'm joined by Deana Jespersen, Head Coach of Rowan University. She talks D3 Volleyball and how's she's still running her "practices," despite not being able to be with her team in the gym. For more information on our premium webinars, check out Scoutvb.com.

Dave and Strick join the podcast as we discuss what information athletes need to know, and what information coaches can or should keep to themselves. For more information on premium webinars, check out Scoutvb.com

In this solo episode of the Volleycast, I talk a few different ways of measuring or thinking about hitting and offense. A few of our guests have touched on this topic, so I break it down and connect some dots. Check out Scoutvb.com for information on our premium webinars.

John Grossman joins the Volleycast to talk about some of the latest research on motor learning. The video we discuss is here: https://www.instagram.com/tv/B8pccExFzYD/?igshid=i88ebbg78ppz As of this upload, there's still a couple more spots in the Premium Webinar I'm hosting with Jeff Liu of the USA WNT staff. Check out Scoutvb.com for more info.

Dave Hunt is back on the Volleycast to share his thoughts on the Tom Black Sideout Offense Webinar. We talk key factors for sideout, fundamentals vs tactics, and what is "expected sideout."

Quick solo episode today. I share 3 tactics for better coaching. Also, the next premium webinar is available to sign up! Check Scoutvb.com for more information!

  In this episode, I talk with Jon Newman-Gonchar, Head Coach at the University of New Mexico. We dive heavily into how the covid updates are affecting NCAA teams and what he's doing to stay engaged with his team. If you like episode, share it, or let us know in the comments or on Twitter @thevolleycast  

Quick solosode today; sharing some thoughts after the webinar with Tom Black. If you weren't able to make the webinar, and still want to check it out, go to Scoutvb.com and check it out. Tom is one of the best coaches out there, and he broke down each rotation of his sideout offense for our webinar attendees. This was our first webinar using Zoom and it went great! I highly recommend checking that out if you are doing distance coaching with your team right now. Hit us back on Twitter @thevolleycast and let us know what coaches you'd like to see on a webinar.

In this episode, I talk with Ben Josephson, Head Coach at Trinity Western University in Canada and Assistant Coach for the Canadian National Team. We talk about the premature end of his season, what he's doing now, and whether he's a pioneer, settler, or town planner. Link to the blog article we discuss: https://blog.gardeviance.org/2015/03/on-pioneers-settlers-town-planners-and.html If you like episode, share it, or let us know in the comments or on Twitter @thevolleycast

In this episode, Dave and I talk with Andrew Strick, who was an advisor with the Pepperdine Men's Volleyball team. Andrew is a PhD student at the University of Tennessee with a concentration in motor learning. We discuss observational and mental practice, two methods that are more important now than ever! As of this posting, we have 2 more spots available for the Tom Black Webinar on Sunday, March 22 at 3pm ET. Go to ScoutVB.com for more info!

In this solo episode of the Volleycast, I talk about what I'm hoping to share over the next... weeks? months? I'm thinking about: 1. Distance Coaching 2. Rulesets and governing bodies 3. Zoom and other webinar tools 4. How to keep a team together when you're not together 5. Physical conditioning (or at least, not de-conditioning) Check out scoutvb.com for information on our webinar with Tom Black, Head Coach for University of Georgia and Canada Women's National Team. We'll be talking with him on Sunday, March 22nd at 3pm ET. Spots are limited but (as of this posting) there are still about 5 left!

The Volleycast is back! Since we're all shut up inside of our houses, Dave and I got back on a call to talk about what the heck coaches can actually do now that we can't be with our teams for a while. Technical issues are still getting sorted out, and we're getting our podcast legs back under ourselves, but I'll get the production quality up as we go. I just wanted to start getting some content out there for coaches!