with Trish Knight, Head Coach, Texas Tech University; 2x AVCA Junior College Coach of the Year while at Missouri State; member of the NJCAA Volleyball Coaches Hall of Fame (2005), Career record at Missouri State 676-170
As a 4x state championship high school coach and multi-time Junior College Coach of the Year, Trish Knight has experienced success at every level she has coached. In this on-court AVCA convention presentation, Knight shares a series of skill and drill progressions designed to improve overall passing skills, with the ultimate goal of mastering deep receive passes. Knight begins with passing basics featuring a review of proper passing mechanics including platform and body positioning, and a three-drill progression to train stationary and movement pattern passing. Knight moves to her 5-phase progression for lunge passing, which includes lunge basics, low lunge passing, deep ball passing and deep and short passing combinations. This series of progressions offers a clear idea of how to work your players from the basics through more advanced passing. The key to successful skill development in passing is the development of the toss. Throughout her presentation, Knight shares instruction on how to perfect the toss to assist in more rapid passing development. Knight offers you creative ways to improve the range of your passer.
with Coach John Dunning, Stanford University Volleyball Head Coach; 2004 & 2001 NCAA Volleyball Champs; former University of Pacific Head Volleyball Coach, 1985 & 1986 NCAA Champions
Coach John Dunning believes that the cornerstone of great volleyball lies in the development of the skills of passing and defense. In this volleyball video, Coach Dunning begins by sharing the characteristics for great passing before moving into skill development areas that span ability levels from basic through advanced. In this volleyball video, he covers set-up and ready position, strike zone and early platform establishment. Throughout this excellent volleyball video, Dunning interjects with coaching tips and volleyball drills that incorporate communication, movement and court spacing, while emphasizing the need to maintain a consistent form as the game pace increases. In the Part 2 video: Digging, Dunning begins with individual body posture and positioning for readiness to run to the ball. He shares his tips in this volleyball video for body control and how to cushion hard hit balls, and then adds motion drills for high and low digs followed by lateral movement drills to dig. Coach Dunning moves next to on-court applications, bringing game speed to the volleyball skills. He utilizes a two-digger volleyball drill and defines the roles for positioning. In the final segment of this volleyball video, "Attitude of a Champion," Coach Dunning shares an all out volleyball drill that challenges a defender's will to get to the ball. Concluding this segment of this volleyball video is a montage of game footage highlights of aggressive digging. Throughout the video presentation, Coach Dunning calls upon Stanford All-American Bryn Kehoe to share her thoughts and invaluable insights from a player's perspective.
with Geoff Carlston, Ohio State University Head Coach: former Ohio University Head Volleyball Coach, 4X Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year; 4X MAC Champions
Geoff Carlston believes that a team possessing a dominant passing and defensive attack will wear down its opponent and, through attrition, be the last team standing! Carlston feels that repetition is the key to ball control and the key to repetition is giving players the opportunity for more touches. Carlston devotes this 3-Part presentation to sharing drills and practice strategies that create multiple touch opportunities.
Part 1: Ball Control Basics - Five progressive ball control partner drills, an individual five-sequence ball control drill, and a free ball progression from basic to complex and ending with a competitive "short court" game.
Part 2: Team Passing Philosophy - Carlston shares the importance of identifying and developing the Libero. He follows with several serve receive drills that focus upon the libero and shares five additional team-passing drills designed to improve the passing skills of your entire team.
Part 3: Ball Control Technique - Essential technical points for effective ball control skill development.
Along with the touch opportunities, Carlston's drills also are designed to enhance a player's creativity, increase a player's volleyball IQ, present players with opportunities to make plays, require problem solving, communication and teamwork.
with Russ Rose, Penn State University Head Coach; 2007 & 1999 NCAA Champs, 2007 AVCA D-I Coach of the Year, over 900 career coaching victories, recognized by USA Volleyball as one of their All-Time Great Coaches in 2005
More than 25 drills to get your athletes as many touches as possible in practice! Rose quickly covers the basics of defense and passing and then gets right into the drill work. These drills include partner drills, team drills, and competitive drills. This tape includes everything from warm-up drills to Rose's famous "Pit" drill for training athletes to go for every ball!
with Coach Bond Shymansky, Marquette University Head Volleyball Coach; former Georgia Tech Head Volleyball Coach; 2004 ACC Volleyball Coach of the Year
Taking your game to the next level is all about Gettin' Better. In this volleyball video/dvd presentation, Coach Bond Shymansky presents 40 tips that are designed to help you take your game where you want it to go! This volleyball video presentation deals with two key parts of winning volleyball: Setting and defending. Being great at setting is about being great in your mind, heart and hands. In this video, Shymansky shows how proper hand positioning makes your movements tighter, more concise and efficient while allowing for touch and finesse on sets. Coach Shymansky details a number of setting techniques, including the spin set, jump set, back & front one set, one-hand set and the peak-a-boo set. The video shows the other skills covered to develop a complete setter include footwork, targeting, attacking and rotating off and on the net. Defending is all about attitude and going after every ball on every play. Volleyball defense starts with good, tight body positioning. From a "palms up" position, the player can create two platforms to deflect the ball. Other teaching points in this video include the drive, 3-meter target, one step extension, floor extension, hands defense, one arm j-stroke and the pancake. Range, confidence and ball control will be the result of these defensive tips. This volleyball video/DVD delivers two more cornerstones of the game of volleyball that will increase your volleyball skills and productivity on the floor.
with Bond Shymansky, vMarquette University Head Coach; former Georgia Tech Head Volleyball Coach; 2004 ACC Coach of the Year
In this information packed 3-section video, Coach Shymansky shares the ball control skills and drills designed to develop your elite players. Shymansky's instructional methodology includes simple verbal cue sequences to assist in the technique instruction. Following each part of this video, Shymansky breaks down game footage showing how the skills are implemented in game settings. Part 1: Setting - Technical instruction on "small hop" jump setting, spin setting, reverse direction setting, side spin setting, and setter attack jump sets. Part 2: Passing - Break down of non-linear passing, drop step passing, and hand passing. With passing instruction, Shymansky includes demonstration along with detailed rationale for helping a player and coach chose the appropriate pass at the appropriate time. Part 3: Defense - Shymansky focuses on digging technique and skills to extend the range of digging defense. Skills included are extensions, floor moves with hands digging, and one-handed digging.
developed by the American Volleyball Coaches Association
Master volleyball's key techniques and elevate performance in all facets of the sport. Volleyball Skills & Drills teaches the fundamentals and contains the proper progressions to help players master and apply those skills on the court when it counts. Featuring 90 of the sport's best drills, this guide will maximize both the rate and quality of learning to help players and coaches get the most out of each practice session. This book includes an introduction by Taras Liskevych and chapters from 10 of the game's top coaches on the topics they know best:
Paul Arrington: Practicing
Sean Byron: Setting
Don Hardin: Blocking
Jim McLaughlin: Attacking
Marilyn Nolen: Receiving Serves
Penn State assistants with Russ Rose: Playing Defense
Tom Peterson: Serving
Joan Powell: Digging
Joe Sagula: Playing Offense
Stephanie Schleuder: Transitioning
Volleyball Skills & Drills is both the perfect in-season coaching manual and a superb off-season player development manual. It's like attending the best volleyball clinic available on each important aspect of individual and team performance!
with Mary Wise, University of Florida Head Volleyball Coach, 2X AVCA National Coach of the Year!
This video is packed with 60 drills and variations for developing offensive skills. In each section, Wise emphasizes her teaching and coaching philosophy, which includes progressing a player from individual skill development to team play. Every step of the way her goal is to make practice fun, challenging and competitive. In Part 1: Passing Drills, Wise shares 18 drills beginning with elementary passing drills and progressing to platform passing, advanced multi-skill drills, and competitive drills for the team. In Part 2: Setting Drills, Wise shares 19 drills that progress from individual to partner and team drills that cover all aspects of the setting. In Part 3, Hitting Drills, Wise shares 23 drills. She breaks down the arm swing by drilling on a box allowing players who may not be big jumpers to focus on their arm swing. Wise then progresses into toss-and-catch and toss-and-hit drills before incorporating the approach. She then shares competitive drills that include scoring and accountability. This DVD is a must for the coach looking to develop individual and team play for offense.
with Bond Shymansky, vMarquette University Head Coach; former Georgia Tech Head Volleyball Coach; 2004 ACC Coach of the Year
Coach Shymansky focuses on non-linear passing, specifically the platform passing technique. Platform passing starts with the players' feet, toes, knees, shoulders and hips all square to the ball, not to the target area. Moving players use two shuffle steps to get into position for the ball. Hand positioning is key and Shymansky prefers the overlapping technique, or fist technique, for non-linear passing. Thumbs are pushed down to the floor as elbows are extended out. The contact point is in the forearm area with the left hand over right. Contact should happen at the knee level and important to non-linear passing. The next key in successful platform passing is the shift. The focus is on creating power by shifting the body, not by swinging the arms. Holding your angle when hitting the ball gives feedback after the ball is hit. The exaggerated hold move is known as a take away and it the last major point Shymansky covers. Several key troubleshooting issues are described and demonstrated. Drop step passing, hands passing, and send/receive tactics round out the Complete Guide to Passing DVD!
with Kim Oden, 2X Olympian, 2X USA Olympic Team Captain, 3X "All-American" (Stanford), Stanford Volleyball's "Player of the Decade" ('80s), St. Francis HS (CA) Head Coach
Kim Oden believes that a crucial element of successful volleyball is ball control, and in this DVD she shares several of her favorite ball control drills that feature active play, skill development, and a high number of touches. These versatile drills require essential elements of the game including thinking, moving, and communicating, while consistently improving your team's "volleyball IQ". Each drill is demonstrated, is shown and explained how to execute properly and the benefit of each drill is made clear. While summarizing each drill (how/when to "ramp up"/ "slow down" a drill, how to increase/decrease intensity, and how to require player accountability), Oden offers insightful coaching "nuggets" from her experiences as a successful player and coach! Excellent!
with volleyball coaching legend Dave Shoji; 4x National Volleyball Champion, 9x WAC Volleyball Coach of the Year
Every volleyball rally starts with a pass, and the best pass gives the setter several options. Volleyball coaching legend Dave Shoji explains the techniques he uses to teach his players to make the best possible pass in this excellent volleyball video; first, he breaks down the ready position, and then he demonstrates the proper hand position, forearm and elbow position and the proper stance to perform a simple pass. The most effective footwork for several movement patterns is explained in this video, and demonstrated with related volleyball drills. Finally, in the video, Coach Shoji explains the floor responsibilities for the four-and two-man formation and the importance of communication between players to maximize the effectiveness of these formations. All volleyball techniques are explained and demonstrated in live volleyball drill settings.
featuring Coach Mary Wise, University of Florida Head Volleyball Coach and 2-time AVCA National Volleyball Coach of the Year!
Whether you are coaching a beginning-level volleyball team, or are a volleyball player looking to improve upon the "foundations" and fundamental skills of your game, this video/DVD series will benefit you!
Each video/DVD in this series is designed using a similar format. Coach Mary Wise first has college-level players demonstrate the volleyball skill to be featured in the DVD. Through correct modeling of the technique, you and your players will get an excellent look at the skill and the very best technique to perform the skill correctly.
Wise then takes a look at teaching the volleyball skill to a beginning-level volleyball squad; she breaks each skill down to the very core, featuring how to teach the skill and the volleyball drills to use to help each player learn the skill correctly.
In each video/DVD, she concludes with demonstration (again with the college-level players) of more advanced-level techniques of the featured skill ... showing all coaches and players where their skill progression can take their game! 1999.
with John Dunning, Head Volleyball Coach, Head Volleyball Coach Stanford University, 2004 & 2001 NCAA Volleyball Champs; former University of Pacific Head Volleyball Coach, 1985 & 1986 NCAA Volleyball Champions
Coach Dunning is one of the sport's finest technicians and has taught the game of volleyball to players from youth club all the way up to the NCAA Championship-level! Three times Dunning has taken the NCAA volleyball crown, due in large part to the technically sound play of his athletes in all facets of the game. This volleyball video series has been created specifically for volleyball players to provide a resource that shows and clearly details how a volleyball player can improve in all aspects of the game! This series is also an excellent addition to any coaches library as it provides an excellent series of drill progressions that Dunning uses with all of his players!
with Coach Bond Shymansky, vMarquette University Head Volleyball Coach; former Georgia Tech Head Volleyball Coach; 2004 ACC Volleyball Coach of the Year
40 Tips for Better Outside Hitting and Blocking
Item Number: VD-02612A
with Coach Bond Shymansky, vMarquette University Head Volleyball Coach; former Georgia Tech Head Volleyball Coach; 2004 ACC Volleyball Coach of the Year
The common denominator of all great athletes is that they are constantly finding ways to get better and in this volleyball video/DVD, Coach Bond Shymansky shares with you 40 tips to help you improve your blocking and outside hitting. Shymansky begins this video presentation with Transition. The "T" position on the floor is the point where the three meter line meets the sideline. This is where players will transition back to each time. Footwork into the attack is left, right, left, staying open to the setter. Arm swing mechanics are important to outside hitters. Being a great shot maker and good arm swing mechanics can make a player a valuable part of the team. Instruction on tip shots demands that players use an open hand and make contact with all five fingers. Good vision allows tippers to tip to the opponents open area of the floor. By executing the same technique, but slowing down the arm swing, players can hit roll shots. The sweep is a shot close to the net that bounces off the opponents block. Another skill is tooling the block which requires vision, swings with the high elbow, and uses the same exchange and good swing mechanics. The high swing, line shot, and extreme angle shots are tools that outside hitters must master. This position requires versatility as players must be able to Pass, Defend, and Block to hitting transition. A one foot takeoff is also demonstrated and enables a player to hit with power. Volleyball Blocking is also a main technique in becoming the best player you can be. The vision sequence spells out each key for blocking preparation. The sequence is ball-setter-ball-hitter. The key is to read the hitter's tendencies, then apply them in your blocking skill. Hand and footwork mechanics, penetrating the net, keeping the eyes open, coiled position, and strong hands benefit your blocking skills. This information packed volleyball video/DVD is a must for any serious player looking to take their blocking and outside hitting to a new level!
85 minutes. 2006.
40 Tips for Better Middle Hitting and Blocking
Take your middle hitting and blocking to a new level! In "Gettin' Better," Gerogia Tech head coach Bond Shymansky shares more than 40 tips to help you improve your middle hitting and blocking play. Intensity, footwork, getting open for a set and always communicating with your setter are keys for middle hitters. Teaching begins with the "ready hitting position." The key is a fast exchange in which the wrist and elbow work in unison. Because of active defenders, hitting the ball in different directions is imperative for middle hitters. Directional hits include the left and right back 3-meter shot. The cross body swing, a deceptive skill against blockers at the net, and the basic tip, which includes the shallow and deep tip, are other techniques demonstrated. Techniques for the one-foot take off include the left "tempo" step and the left-right-left running motion. A middle hitter must have good transition footwork. "Dropping the Hammer" is another aspect of hitting at the net and is addressed here. Shymansky begins the blocking segment by discussing the vision sequence, which spells out each key for blocking preparation. Hand and footwork mechanics, penetrating the net, keeping the eyes open, coiled position and strong hands benefit the blocker. This incredible DVD is packed with tips and teaching points, and is a valuable tool to your middle hitting success - a must for aspiring volleyball players!
71 minutes. 2006.
40 Tips for Better Passing and Serving
Item Number: VD-02612C
with Bond Shymansky, vMarquette University Head Coach; former Georgia Tech Head Volleyball Coach; 2004 ACC Coach of the Year
Coach Shymansky's passion for improving volleyball skills is on display in this DVD on passing and serving as he delivers tips and technique instruction that will elevate your passing and serving skills. The first set of tips deals with footwork. Coach Shymansky covers the ready position, the shuffle and the crossover mechanic. From there he covers passing and how to hit the ball properly, demonstrating how to stay square to the ball and shoot the platform to contact. This will correct "platform swing," the biggest problem passers have. Drop step and hands passing techniques are discussed in detail. He presents a basic run-through movement that goes from a shuffle to a run, and concludes with a J-stroke for backspin to help keep the ball on your side of the net. Shymansky also shows how to stop short passes and how to be successful against jump servers. Shymansky next moves to serving, discussing the float and jump serves. Demonstrated is the pull-toss-step technique to serving. With these techniques, a player can serve efficiently to different zones in the opponent's court. Improve your skills by implementing these tips and you are well on your way to Gettin' Better.
56 minutes. 2006.
40 Tips for Better Setting and Defending
Item Number: VD-02612D
with Bond Shymansky, vMarquette University Head Coach; former Georgia Tech Head Volleyball Coach; 2004 ACC Coach of the Year
Taking your game to the next level is all about Gettin' Better. In this presentation, Bond Shymansky presents 40 tips that are designed to help you take your game where you want it to go! This presentation deals with two key parts of winning volleyball: Setting and defending. Being great at setting is about being great in your mind, heart and hands. Shymansky shows how proper hand positioning makes your movements tighter, more concise and efficient while allowing for touch and finesse on sets. Shymansky details a number of setting techniques, including the spin set, jump set, back & front one set, one-hand set and the peak-a-boo set. Other skills covered to develop a complete setter include footwork, targeting, attacking and rotating off and on the net. Defending is all about attitude and going after every ball on every play. Defense starts with good, tight body positioning. From a "palms up" position, the player can create two platforms to deflect the ball. Other teaching points include the drive, 3-meter target, one step extension, floor extension, hands defense, one arm j-stroke and the pancake. Range, confidence and ball control will be the result of these defensive tips. This DVD delivers two more cornerstones of the game of volleyball that will increase your skill and productivity on the floor.
