On 5 Sept 2018, the NCAA Research team tweeted out this chart : It reports the average core high school grade point averages (GPA)...
Category: Sports
Homographic terms
Many terms in athletic coaching are poorly defined yet form the basis of disagreements. For example, the word athletic is really not quantifiable, and...
August 21, 2018
Volleyball and Newton
I ignited a fierce debate a few months back by simply asking: “the higher you jump, the more force you land with, right? (Yes,...
August 6, 2018
How do you want your set?
I hear a number of common phrases during volleyball play which I discourage athletes from using. This is why. “How do you want your...
July 23, 2018
Improving Quads 2: Reduce seams
The convention of most teams in beach quads format is the “diamond” formation when receiving serve – the players orient themselves with three players...
June 29, 2018
Recognizing Sports Pseudoscience
In a recent discussion with BJ Leroy of USA Volleyball, I encountered a paper by Bailey et al (2018) published in the open access...
June 8, 2018
Court behavior beyond the game
When people picture beach volleyball culture, they usually just think about just the game. People don’t seem to have to think about how the...
June 6, 2018
“Call me off”
I hear a number of common phrases during volleyball play which I discourage athletes from using. This is why. “Call me off” This phrase...
June 2, 2018
Teaching growth mindset
View this post on Instagram Sport dialog is full of fixed mindset cues: “she’s just too short”. “He’s too slow”. “I’m not good.” Growth...
May 24, 2018