The Volleyball By Design Podcast

In this episode, we talk about strategies you can use to motivate your players during the course of a season. I share strategies that I use in practice and outside the gym. We talk about:

• Storytelling 
• Practice 
• 1 on1 
• Goal Setting 
• Monitoring progress 
• Internal & External motivation 
• Gamification 
• And a few more ideas. 

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In this episode, I discuss how to create and structure your volleyball systems. We talk about:

• What a system is?
• Defensive systems 
• Offensive systems 
• Adjustments 
• And a few more key concepts 

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In this episode, we have the privilege of having Kat Georgiadis on the pod who is a national team libero and she shares great insight to the libero position as well as breaks down many of the skills from a technical standpoint. We dive into: 

• Passing 
• Digging 
• Out of System 
• Technical aspects of various skills
• And so much more 

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In this episode, I share my top takeaways from DVA Live that occurred this past weekend. We had some fantastic speakers in John Speraw, Taylor Averill, Micah Ma'a, Erik Shoji and Paige Tonz. In this episode we discuss:

• Player specialization 
• Player Coach Relationship 
• Non-negotiables 
• Leadership 
• Mental Skills 
• Top Coaching Characteristics 
• And a few more key concepts 

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In this episode, we have the luxury of interviewing 27 year veteran coach Wayne Wilkins who shares many lessons learnt along the way as well as key details on how he built his championship programs. Topics include:

• Off season 
• Recruiting 
• Training Camp 
• Culture 
• Seasonal Planning 
• Practices 
• And a few more key concepts 

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In this episode, I go over some technical elements of passing that should help your players improve if applied. In this episode we talk about:

• Passing Box 
• Shoulders 
• Elbows 
• Separation 
• Angles 
• And a few more elements 

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In this episode, I share my top strategies on what to include in running your camp or clinic so you not only have parents and athletes wanting to come back again but that your camp/clinic produces results. I share some methods that I haven't seen many coaches implement but I believe can take your athletes experience so an entirely different level. In this episode we talk about:

• Planning 
• Metrics 
• Video
• Email
• Organization
• Experience 
• Results 
• And so much more 

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I got asked by a coach to differentiate the different types of volleyball sessions because there's a lot and it can be confusing to decide which one you want to run. What is the purpose of each? Which one is better suited for your needs? In today's episode, we dive into the 5 different types of volleyball sessions. These are some topics:

• Outline all 5 different type of sessions 
• What is the transformation?
• Duration 
• Strategies to run them
• And a few more concepts 

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In this episode, I share some things happening to volleyball coaches all around the world. Many coaches are faced with not being able to execute the program they want because of problems that may be out of their control. Topics discussed in this episode are:

• Dealing with admin/parents 
• Imposter Syndrome 
• Assistant Coaches 

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This is part 2 in the footwork series. In this episode we dive into the footwork for leftside, rightside as well as libero. Topics in this episode include:

• Stance: wide vs shoulder width a part
• Footwork for passing 
• Approaching and manipulating speed 
• Footwork off the net 
• And a few more key concepts 

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In this episode, we talk about the different types of footwork for 3 positions: Middles, Setters and Pin Blockers. There are many different types of footwork for each position and for various situations, so it's important to have them in your players toolboxes so you can use them when needed. Topics discussed in this episode include: 

• Starting Position 
• One foot and 2 foot for setters 
• Pivoting 
• Shuffle 
• 3 step cross over 
• 2 step cross over 
• And much more 

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In this episode, we dive into a common problem where coaches are coaching from a player mindset and it could be hurting their teams growth and development as well as their own. We discuss topics such as: 

• Different types of athletes 
• Coaches Participation in drills/scrimmages 
• Seasonal/Practice Planning 
• Systems 
• Experience 
• And so much more 

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In this episode, I share 5 strategies on how to effectively analyze film of you own team. It's not only important to look at your opponents game play but also your own. Analyzing film is a skill and it will help your athletes develop faster and be aware of their weaknesses. In this episode we talk about: 

• Rotation
• Block-Defense 
• Court Awareness 
• Setter play 
• Offense 
• Game Breakdown 
• And a few other items 

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In this episode, I dive into the art of speech and communication. As coaches, we have significant power with our voice. Using this power is crucial for not only motivating your players but having them be engaged and retain information. Some topics in this episode include:

• 12 Ingredients to effective communication 
• Speech techniques 
• Engagement 
• And a few other concepts 

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In this episode, I talk about the creativity with offense and how it can help change the momentum or add to the momentum of your team. We've focused a lot on defense and various skills but offense is just as important. In this episode we talk about:

• Basic offensive principles 
• Hitting lanes 
• In system vs out of system 
• Combo's 
• Rally's 
• Offensive plays 
• And a few more things 

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No matter where you coach, you will be preparing for some kind of tournament with your team. But do you have a plan for that tournament? What is your goal for the tournament? How do you plan for the tournament? In this episode, I walk you through a plan that you can use to prepare for upcoming tournaments. We discuss:

• Goals 
• Different prep for different age groups
• What to focus on for match preparation 
• Team procedures at tournaments 
• 3 Big questions 
• Things to avoid when at tournaments 
• Post Tournament 

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In this episode, we talk about a concept coaches are always trying to help their players achieve and that's cue reading. Cue reading is using information the opponent is giving you to help put yourself in a better position to play defense as well as offense. And when you can read these cues, you have to make decisions in order to play the ball. Topics discussed in this episode are:

• Serving cues 
• Blocking cues 
• Attacking cues 
• Setter cues 
• Contextual cues 
• A couple more items 

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In this episode, I discuss and explain the concept of rotation efficiency and show you 3 ways you can make your rotation more efficient in order to run a better offense. Topics include: 

• Order
• Rotation 6
• Rotation 5
• Rotation 4
• Rightside Position 
• Different options for Middle 

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Losing is hard but inevitable. What you do after a loss is really important. What types of conversations are you having with your players? What about your team as a whole? In this episode, we discuss 5 key strategies to implement after a loss. Topics include:

• Communication with players 
• Film 
• Stats 
• Practice 
• And more 

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In this episode, Dustin shares some interesting insights into where the game is going and what he sees successful players doing in the pro leagues. If we can teach some of our players these techniques, they'll be able to advance their game to another level. Topics include

• The split step 
• Out of system offense 
• Practices 
• And so much more 

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In this episode, we take a listen to part of a conversation Taylor had with my DVA members as he answers some great questions. Topics that are covered are:

• How he was able to block more balls 
• Goofy Foot Jumpers 
• Read Blocking 
• What skills to train 
• And so much more 

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In this episode, we are privileged to have on the podcast national champion coach Brock Davidiuk as he walks us through the road to the finals. Have you ever wondered what the planning, thought process and team dynamic of a championship team is? Coach Brock takes us step by step through how he trained this team to win a national championship. Topics include:

• Off season 
• Serving 
• Offense 
• Culture 
• Training Camp 
• Match preparation 
• And so much more.. 

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Coaches are always asking me how I've delt with parents and strategies they can use to not have to stress about dealing with parents. I get it. I've been there and seen a lot. In this episode, I share my 5 best strategies for creating an environment that fosters less conflict with parents and strategies to deal with parents when you need too. I discuss: 

• Tryouts 
• Parents Meeting 
• 24 hr. rule 
• Player/Coach Contract 
• Outlining the role for the parent 
• Doing your job 

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In this episode, I talk about in game adjustments and how they can help you generate a few extra points which could play a significant role in winning the game. Topics discussed are:

• Match ups 
• Middles 
• Blockers 
• Back court defense 
• Serving 
• Hitting 
• And a few more 

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In this episode, I share my top 8 takeaways from my 2021-2022 volleyball season. Some of these takeaways should help you gain perspective and apply various strategies to your team. Topics I covered are: 

• Experience 
• Decision Making 
• In Game Adjustments 
• Culture 
• Match Preparation 
• And more 

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In this episode we dive into the libero position. The libero position is becoming more important as the game evolves as their is a lot more responsibility on the libero in addition passing and playing defense. Topics discussed in this episode are: 

• Rules of the libero 
• Placement of the libero 
• Libero setting 
• Libero responsibility 
• Film 
• And a few more concepts 

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You ever wonder why some refs call the game differently and how some rules can be interpretated differently? In today's episode, we have FIVB official Andrew Robb on the show and get the inside scoop on how referees interpret and carry out these calls so we can be better prepared for matches. In this episode, we cover: 

• The Lift & Double Contact Call 
• Arguing or Protesting 
• Position Faults 
• Net Play
• Future of the game 
• Attacking the ball 
• And much more 

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In this episode, I walk you through all the necessary information you could potentially put in a game plan. As a coach, it's important to understand how to craft a game plan to maximize your teams ability to be prepared for any team. We dive into topic such as:

• Purpose of a game plan 
• Opponents behaviors and tendencies 
• Positions 
• Opponents systems 
• Crafting a game plan 
• Film 
• And a few more things 

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In this episode, we talk about 8 strategies that will help your setter run a more efficient offense.

Topics discussed are:

• Location 
• Decision Making 
• Mismatches 
• Offensive Flow 
• Set Distribution 
• And much more

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I received a question from a coach on Instagram asking how do you make fundamental work more fun. We can all agree as coaches, working on fundamentals is crucial to not only the success of your team but the development of your athletes. But sometimes fundamental work can be boring and tough for athletes to stay completely dialed in. In this episode, I share 8 strategies to help solve this problem. We talk about: 

• Gamification 
• Adding Scoring 
• Competition 
• Relays 
• Tournaments 
• Interactive Assessments 
• And more. 

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In this episode, we dive into serving. As a coach, it's important to consider serving strategies and what might be best for your team. It's also important to understand how you want your players to train the serve and see them grow into fantastic servers. In this episode we talk about:

• 5 Different types of serves 
• Bad strategies 
• 5 different serving strategies with 1 bonus strategy 
• Teaching younger and older athletes to serve 
• And a few more things 

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As coaches, we all know the importance of nutrition and how it can help your athletes improve their performance. The problem is athletes actually implementing this in order to see results. In this episode, I'm going to walk you through our system that we use in which we break down nutrition in a simple way where athletes understand it and know how to track and monitor it in order to see results. In this episode we talk about: 

• What your TDEE is and how to calculate it
• Macronutrients 
• Tracking and monitoring progress 
• And a few more things. 

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In this episode we dive into what a playbook is, what it's not, and how to create one. This goes hand in hand with last weeks episode on volleyball hand signals and verbal cues. This episode goes into the 4 areas of a playbook as well as ideas on a fundamentals checklist and drill book. The 4 main areas covered in this episode are: 

• Offense 
• Defense 
• Blocking 
• Serve receive & rotation 

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In this episode, we dive into hand signals from not only the setter but the coach and other players as well. Then we transition to verbal cues and how you can use verbal cues to communicate effectively with your players and avoid having to burn unnecessary timeouts. In this episode we cover:

• 10 different hand signals 
• Different positions that have different purposes 
• Play calling 
• Verbal cues and how to create them 
• And much more

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In this episode, I share 5 strategies that will help guarantee your growth as a coach in 2022. In this episode, I talk about: 

• Changing your environment 
• Aggregation of marginal gains 
• Athlete development 
• Learning and being an action taker 
• Mentorship
• And a few more things 

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In this episode, I dive deep into the ingredients to building a successful volleyball program by breaking it down into 7 steps. These steps are: 

• Vision/Values/Culture 
• Finding the right help 
• Plan your season 
• Experience 
• Player Development 
• Monitoring 
• Reflection 

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What are the main takeaways coaches can take back to their gym and apply to their players from the NCAA national championship match. This isn't a recap or summary of the match but rather some distinct things I noticed and feel it's important to be aware of so we can use it in our gym. Topics we cover are: 

• Serving & Passing 
• Double quick 
• C Ball 
• Pipe 
• Blocking 
• Momentum 
• And much more... 

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In this episode, I talk about how to prepare for a coaching interview and certain things you should definitely be talking about during your interview. I discuss concepts such as 

• Interview Presentation 
• Culture 
• Programming 
• Reflection 
• Etc. 

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Have you ever wondered when is the right time to make a sub or what are some strategies we can do to make subs? In this episode we talk about:

• Rules regarding subs 
• Development vs competitive 
• When to make the right sub
• Subbing strategies (eg. serving sub) 
• Managing errors 

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In this episode, we dive into ball control and why it's vital that coaches train this skill in multiple different ways. We go over topics including: 

• Overhead Ball Control 
• Forearm Ball Control 
• Free Ball 
• Short ball 
• Setting 
• One Hand Ball Contact 
• Setter Forearm Control 
• Placement 
• Out Of System Balls 
• And much more 

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In this episode, we talk all about playing the ball at the net. This doesn't necessarily mean just blocking but there are other facets of net play that are important. In this episode, we talk about: 

• Net rules both under and over 
• Simultaneous contact
• Joust 
• Overpass 
• Reading the ball 
• And a few more concepts. 

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In this episode, we are privileged to have on the Head Coach of the University of Alberta, Brock Davidiuk, as he is an expert setting coach. In this episode, he shares so much technical aspects of setting and provides amazing insights to the position. He talks about:

• The technical principles - Feet, Hands, Body & Eyes 
• Principle of a live environment 
• Stages of setting 
• Youth setting to college setting 
• College setting to Pro setting 
• Setter hitter relationship 
• And so much more 

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In this episode, I share some key factors that has helped me grow as a coach in 2021. Hopefully you can relate and use some of these factors to help you grow as a coach in the upcoming year. In this episode we talk about:

• Experience 
• Planning 
• Players 
• And a few more items 

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In this episode, we have the privilege of interviewing on of the best libero's in the world Erik Shoji. He shares some tangible advice that coaches can take and apply in their gym right away with their players. Topics include 

• Passing Technique & Strategies 
• Reading and Cues 
• Mental side of passing 
• Defensive movement & cues 
• And so much more. 

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A received this question from multiple coaches regarding how do we best approach a new team in terms of training, development, culture, efficiency, etc. In this episode, I share my approach to starting a new team and how you can get things off the ground quickly and see success a bit faster. Topics include:

• How to establish culture and expectations 
• First practice 
• Assessing players 
• Fundamentals 
• Chemistry 
• And more... 

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In this episode, we talk about the most effective team blocking strategies so you can decide which one would be best for your team. Topics include: 

• A bunch read system 
• A spread system 
• Commit system
• Middle blocking strategies 
• Pin blocking strategies 
• And a few more items 

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In this episode, I am privileged to have my mentor John Speraw who is the head coach of the US men's national team as well as the coach of the UCLA Men's volleyball team. In this episode, we talk about a lot of great topics. Included in our discussion is:

• Tokyo Olympics 
• Seasonal Planning 
• Practice Structure & Planning 
• Fundamentals 
• Game Day 
• And much more 

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In this episode we talk all about planning and running a practice. Also, listen to episode 60 where we talked about planning a volleyball season because they go hand in hand. In this episode, we discuss:

• Fundamentals, Tactics & Strategies 
• Learning Goals & Success Criteria 
• Warm Up 
• Use of whiteboard 
• Drills & Scrimmages 
• Stats 
• Breaking up the practice 
• And much more 

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In this episode, I'm joined by Mindset Coach Paige Tonz, who works specifically with female athletes helping them improve their mindset, confidence and so much more. In this episode we discuss:

• How to prepare mentally for serve receive 
• How to bounce back after committing an error 
• How to not dwell on the mistake you just made 
• How to deal with a player with low confidence 
• How to get players to believe in themselves 
• How to prepare mentally for a game and practice 
• How to maintain a positive mindset when things aren't going well in a game

If you're interested in getting in touch with Paige, you can find her on Instagram @paigetonz

You can also go to her website at https://www.paigetonz.com/

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I was asked by a coaching inside Digital Volleyball Academy on how to effectively run 1on1 training sessions. Funny enough, I have a lot of experience with running 1on1 sessions and have a system that has seen 100's of athletes not only get results but come back wanting more. In this episode, I share these strategies with you so you can start having a greater impact during your 1on1 sessions and more importantly, having athletes coming back wanting more. Enjoy! 

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