Coaching Volleyball Building a Winning Team

by McGown, Carl; Fronske, Hilda A., Ed.D.; Moser, Launa

• ISBN13: 9780205309580
• ISBN10: 0205309585
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-10-23
• Publisher: Benjamin Cummings

Summary

One of the most complete books on coaching volleyball ever printed includes advice, tips, and cues that take the experienced coach years to accumulate.This comprehensive book covers every aspect of coaching volleyball from the beginning basic skills to information on aiding the talented college-bound athlete. It guides the coach through the decision-making processes of tryouts, practice schedules, setting up the team's offense and defense, coaching a game, and dealing with parents and administrators. Here are the keys to creating a winning volleyball class or entire volleyball program from the elementary to collegiate level, based on the solid knowledge that comes with years of experience.Volleyball coaches and physical education teachers.

Table of Contents

Preface	xiii
PART ONE So You Want to Be Coach
Is Coaching for You?	1	(3)
Coaching Takes Many Hours	1	(1)
What Effects Do Coaches Have on Players?	2	(1)
What Do You Want to Achieve?	2	(1)
How Important Should Your Players Be to You?	3	(1)
Summary	3	(1)
Best of the Best Coaching Philosophies	4	(8)
Be a Teacher First	4	(1)
Be Willing to Change	5	(1)
Be Positive	5	(1)
Establish Priorities	6	(1)
Emphasize Work Ethic	6	(1)
Teach Discipline	7	(1)
Encourage Teamwork	7	(1)
Be Prepared	8	(1)
Know Your Players	8	(1)
Communicate	9	(1)
Use Gamelike Situations Whenever Possible	10	(1)
Tell Players What You Want to See Them Doing, Not What They Are Doing Wrong	10	(1)
Use Player-Centered Drills	10	(1)
Encourage and Allow Your Players to Take Risks	11	(1)
Summary	11	(1)
PART TWO Foundations of Coaching Skills and Drills
Before You Teach a Skill or Drill	12	(11)
Specificity versus Generality	13	(1)
Transfer	13	(1)
Whole versus Part Practice	14	(1)
State-Dependent Remembering	14	(1)
Random versus Blocked Practice	14	(1)
Application	15	(1)
Improving Responses to Drills in Practice	16	(1)
What Information Should Players Receive about Skill and Drills?	17	(2)
Teaching Players How to Perform the Skills of the Game	19	(2)
Summary of the Steps in Teaching Skills	21	(1)
Keys to Being a Successful Teacher	21	(1)
Keys to Teaching Successful Drills	22	(1)
Summary	22	(1)
PART THREE Skill Pyramid Basics
Forearm Pass	23	(7)
Cues	24	(1)
Why	25	(1)
Drills	26	(3)
Summary	29	(1)
Overhead Pass	30	(5)
Cues	30	(2)
Why	32	(1)
Drills	32	(2)
Summary	34	(1)
Serving	35	(7)
Cues	36	(1)
Why	37	(2)
Drills	39	(2)
Summary	41	(1)
Spiking	42	(9)
Cues	43	(3)
Why	46	(1)
Drills	46	(2)
Advanced Attacks	48	(2)
Summary	50	(1)
Individual Defense	51	(8)
Cues	51	(4)
Why	55	(1)
Drills	56	(2)
Summary	58	(1)
Blocking	59	(6)
Cues	59	(2)
Why	61	(1)
Drills	62	(2)
Summary	64	(1)
PART FOUR Serve Reception
Serve Receive	65	(8)
Basic Serve-Reception Concepts	65	(3)
Alignment	68	(4)
Summary	72	(1)
PART FIVE Developing an Offensive System
Offensive Guidelines and Strategies	73	(15)
Key Components in Constructing an Offense System	73	(1)
Putting Your Lineup Together	74	(5)
Offense Tips	79	(2)
Transitioning	81	(2)
Types of Attacks	83	(2)
Designing Simple Plays and Combinations	85	(1)
Hitter Coverage	86	(1)
Summary	87	(1)
PART SIX Setting Up the Defense
Defensive Guidelines and Strategies	88	(14)
Major Defensive Considerations	88	(6)
Basic Blocking Concepts	94	(5)
Back-Row Defense	99	(2)
Attitude	101	(1)
Summary	101	(1)
PART SEVEN Choosing and Training a Setter
Setting Guidelines and Drills	102	(17)
Choosing a Setter	102	(2)
General Ideas and Concepts	104	(2)
The Perfect Set	106	(3)
Setter Attacks	109	(1)
Setting Signals and Plays/Combinations	110	(1)
Setting Tactics/Philosophy	111	(4)
Mental Checklist for Setters	115	(1)
Setter Evaluation	115	(1)
Drills with Setting Emphasis	115	(3)
Summary	118	(1)
PART EIGHT Innovative Gamelike Drills
Making Drills Work	119	(19)
Knowing What Skills Your Team Needs to Improve	119	(1)
Making Drills Competitive	120	(1)
Getting the Most out of Drills	120	(1)
Creating Drills	121	(2)
Scoring Systems	123	(2)
Drills for Skills	125	(10)
Individual Defense	135	(2)
Summary	137	(1)
Games and Consequences	138	(8)
Adding Emphasis to Games	138	(1)
Consequences	139	(1)
Games	140	(5)
Summary	145	(1)
PART NINE Putting a Practice Together
Tryouts	146	(8)
Suggestions for Volleyball Starter Programs	147	(1)
Announce Tryouts	148	(1)
General Tryout Considerations	148	(3)
Posting Your Team	151	(2)
Summary	153	(1)
Designing Effective Practice Sessions	154	(13)
Season Flow Chart	154	(1)
Practice Equipment	155	(1)
Basic Facts to Consider When Planning Practices	156	(1)
Practice Goals	156	(1)
General Practice Outline	157	(1)
Designing the Best Practices	158	(6)
A Sample Practice	164	(2)
Summary	166	(1)
Team Statistics and Scouting	167	(13)
Stating Your Team in Matches and Practices	167	(2)
Recommended Basic Math Statistics	169	(3)
Releasing Team Statistics	172	(1)
Goals	173	(1)
Improving Rotations with Statistics	173	(2)
Using Statistics in Practice	175	(1)
Scouting	176	(3)
Tips	179	(1)
Summary	179	(1)
PART TEN The Athlete's Body
Hydration, Nutrition, and Rest	180	(10)
Hydration	180	(3)
Nutrition	183	(6)
Rest	189	(1)
Summary	189	(1)
Prevention and Treatment of Injury	190	(9)
Injury Prevention	190	(5)
Injury Treatment	195	(3)
Summary	198	(1)
Conditioning and Weight Training	199	(10)
Conditioning	199	(1)
Conditioning for Volleyball	199	(1)
Principles of Training	200	(7)
In-Season Conditioning Program	207	(1)
Pre-/Postseason Conditioning	208	(1)
Summary	208	(1)
PART ELEVEN Strategies and Coaching Techniques during the Match
Competition Strategies	209	(16)
Winning Strategies	209	(1)
Pregame Strategies	210	(2)
Coaching Responsibilities	212	(2)
Game Strategies	214	(8)
Substitutions	222	(1)
Officials	223	(1)
Summary	224	(1)
PART TWELVE Molding the Winning Attitude
Teaching the Winning Attitude	225	(7)
Attitude	225	(4)
Hard Work	229	(1)
Mental Toughness	229	(2)
Success	231	(1)
Summary	231	(1)
The Challenge	232	(4)
What Is the Challenge?	232	(1)
Foundations	233	(1)
Why Challenge?	233	(1)
Timing of the Challenge	233	(1)
Balance of the Challenge	233	(1)
Issuing the Challenge	234	(1)
Be Willing to Be Challenged	235	(1)
Accepting the Challenge	235	(1)
Summary	235	(1)
PART THIRTEEN Survival in the Coaching Arena
Dealing with Conflict	236	(4)
Conflict Involving the Whole Team	238	(1)
Summary	239	(1)
Parents	240	(5)
Supportive Parental Involvement	240	(3)
Sportsmanship---A Matter of Attitude	243	(1)
Tips for Working with Parents	244	(1)
Summary	244	(1)
Administration and Support Personnel	245	(10)
Administration	246	(1)
Fellow Coaches	247	(1)
Faculty	248	(1)
Student Body and Cheerleaders	248	(1)
Volleyball Coaching Staff	249	(3)
Trainers, Team Physicians	252	(1)
Statisticians, Managers, Scorekeepers, Announcers	252	(1)
Bus Drivers	252	(1)
Maintenance Crew	253	(1)
Officials/Line Judges	253	(1)
Summary	254	(1)
Public Relations and the Press	255	(3)
Media Promotion	255	(2)
Summary	257	(1)
Coaching Ethics	258	(3)
Setting an Example	258	(2)
Summary	260	(1)
PART FOURTEEN College Bound
Information for the College-Bound Athlete	261	(7)
Guide for the College-Bound Student	261	(1)
NCAA Initial-Eligibility Clearinghouse	262	(1)
Don't Wait to Be Discovered	262	(3)
Tips to Help Athletes Being Recruited	265	(2)
Summary	267	(1)
PART FIFTEEN Camps and Tournaments
Summer Camps	268	(11)
Individual Camps	268	(1)
Team Camps	269	(1)
Junior High Camp	269	(2)
Summary	271	(1)
Junior High Information Sheet and Entry Form	271	(2)
Sample Schedule for High School Camp	273	(6)
Hosting and Participating in Tournaments	279	(5)
Hosting a Tournament	279	(1)
Round Robin	280	(1)
Pool Play	280	(1)
Single- or Double-Elimination Tournament	281	(1)
Regular versus Quick Scoring	281	(1)
Putting a Tournament Together	281	(1)
Summer Team Camp Tournaments	282	(1)
Funding for Summer Team Camp Tournaments	282	(1)
Tournament Ideas	283	(1)
Summary	283	(1)
Appendix Masters for Coaches	284	(24)
References	308