Volleyball coaching advice for indoor and beach volleyball by top volleyball coaches and players. Tips and advice for all aspects of the game including beach and indoor volleyball.

Conversation From Office – Serving and Passing Drill Using the Tivo

This video features Shawn Patchell discussing the serving and passing drill from practices that uses the Tivo. In this video Shawn describes how he came to use the Tivo as well as talks about many of the other verbal cues he uses for his players that he picked up from volleyball greats like, Alan Knipe and Karch Kiraly.

Conversation From Office – 4 Ball Volleyball Drill, 6 on 6 Discussed

In this video Shawn gets detailed and discussed the 6 on 6 player, 4 ball volleyball drill. He breaks down each element of the drill its purpose and what he as a coach is focused on as it relates to verbal cues, player instruction and more. This conversation from the office is very revealing and shows why USA volleyball has such high regard for Shawn as a coach.

Conversation From Office – Shawn Advice for Playing College and Professional Volleyball

This video features Concordia and USA volleyball coach Shawn Patchell sharing advice for players looking to play college and professional volleyball. This is a great video offering tremendous insights on what you need to do to play at the next level.

Shawn Patchell Volleyball Coaching Advice for Coaches

In this video Shawn Patchell offers advice for other coaches. This video is really insightful as it offers good easy to use advice to help all coaches at any level get better. Also see Shawn video where he talks about his coaching style and how his style helps make better players.

Shawn Patchell Volleyball Coaching Advice on Connecting with Players

In this video Shawn Patchell offers volleyball coaching advice on how to connect with your players successfully as a coach. This video offers a great perspective from a top level coach who has coached teams of all levels including high school, club, USA Boys, men’s college, USA men’s teams and even professional teams.

Concordia Volleyball Program and How to Play Volleyball At Concordia University

Andor Gyulai (Owner Volleyball1on1) and our staff has spent allot of time at Concordia University filming the Men’s and Women’s Volleyball Programs. In this video we talk about why you should consider attending and playing volleyball here.

First Year National Champion Coach Shares Advice on Volleyball Recruiting

Trevor Johnson, Concordia University shares coaching advice on volleyball recruiting that helped him win the NAIA National Championship their first year as a program. This is a great video where Trevor offers easy to use insights that will help with your recruiting effort if you are a coach.

NAIA Coach of Year and National Champion Share Coaching Advice on How to Win

Trevor Johnson shares coaching advice on how to win and what he did as a coach to help his program have success its first year. This video is an eye opener and will help you as a coach with important elements for success.

Stein Metzger Volleyball Series Setting The Bic

Stein presents part 11 of 27 for setters. Discussed is what is bic set is and how to run “The Bic” effectively. For those interested in the history of the “Bic” set and How Jeff and Stein created the name and were the first to run it in college volleyball go here now for more information.

Sinjin Smith on Being a Good Volleyball Partner

Beach volleyball is a 2 person per team sport and as such the ability to be a good partner on the court is a critical aspect of success. In this video Sinjin discusses how to be a good beach volleyball partner.

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Logan Tom Volleyball Coaching

Logan talks about coaching. This series of videos tell about how coaches have made Logan and others the players they are today.

1. Rebounding refers to getting a soft block that puts the ball up in the air so the defenders can more easily pass it. Getting a second chance to play the ball over is advantageous especially for shorter teams.

Volleyball Setter Tutor Drill With Ron Larson and Tom Black

In this video Ron Larson former USA assistant coach works with the LMU volleyball setters in a tutor drill.
Ron is an incredible coach and this series of videos highlights a number of important talking points for setters.
This includes:
• Consistent Contact Point
• High hands
• Follow through
• Feel – Getting an Intuitive feeling for the location of your sets.

Tom Black Explains Practice Overview to Team and Quote of the Day From Practice 3

In this video Tom offers the quote of the day as well as explains the goals and drills for the practice. I like this video as it gives coaches a great look at how they should consider setting up their practices as well as using quotes and other inspirations stories to motivate and inspire the players.

Tom Black Conversations from Office – Setter Tutor

Tom goes over the finer points of the setter tutor drill and how they are improving.
Note I also included videos of the drill being performed!
Update to this post – I recently watched LMU Setter and it is remarkable her improvement as well as her impact on the game since working with Ron Larson!

Tom Black Conversations from Office – Compete with Transition Emphasis

Tom has phenomenal insight into how competition puts skills into action. In this video tom reviews the last drill from practice namely the Compete with Transition Emphasis Drill. Click here for the full “Read the Game” practice and all of Tom Black’s 170+ Volleyball Videos and Drills Note: We have added the videos from the…

Tom Black Conversations from Office – Jump Float Serve and Money Ball in Volleyball

Tom lends his insight into how the jump float server is so effective in the women’s game and how the men’s game is catching onto the trend. John is one of the expert in the area and has done more research on the subject than anyone we know of. This video should be watched by all female volleyball coaches.