Common phrases during volleyball play which I discourage athletes from using. “Call for help!” When children are in playgrounds, they express a natural urge...
Category: Sports
What should I have done?
I hear a number of common phrases during volleyball play which I discourage athletes from using. I watched as the ball looped over his...
May 28, 2019
Background / Beach Volleyball / Instruction / Opinion / Science / Sports / Training / Volleyball / Volleysensei
PFP is our CTE
Football players are plagued by the disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). It’s a neurodegenerative disease that results in mood swings, behavioral changes, and dementia...
April 16, 2019
Beach Volleyball / Coaching / Instruction / Movement / Sports / Training / Volleyball / Volleysensei
Proactive Blocking
Blocking is a crucial strategy and technique in volleyball. The homographic confusion often talks about the technique solely, about the jump and penetration, but it’s...
April 15, 2019
Rehabilitation is not Prevention
I decided to revisit an old video done by the McKibbin Brothers called “Knee Pain Explained and How to fix it“. In this video,...
April 13, 2019
Beach Volleyball / Coaching / Culture / Science / Skepticism / Sports / Training / Volleyball / Volleysensei
Understanding Competence
Coaches often refer to athletes as being beginners or novices, as well as those who are “advanced” or “elite”. In racing sports like track...
April 11, 2019
Role Model
The common refrain is that Southern California is the mecca for beach volleyball. Perennially good weather and nearly unlimited availability of courts, people have...
February 21, 2019
Visualizing NCAA GPA data
On 5 Sept 2018, the NCAA Research team tweeted out this chart : It reports the average core high school grade point averages (GPA)...
September 6, 2018
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