The VolleyPod presented by The Art of Coaching Volleyball
Aug 21, 2026 · 30 min · 9 segments
In this episode, Davis and Tod share practical coaching tips for improving individual volleyball training, focusing on effective rep techniques, player development, and team management strategies for…
You can totally do this little process, and I think you're gonna get a lot of good stuff to happen if you're doing reps, okay? So first, watch them.
And I know it sounds kind of obvious, but I do think oftentimes we put the cart in front of the horse, and we're like, "We're gonna do these reps," and then they actually, some of them already are, can do it.
So, so like, yeah, watch them and do it, and then be smart about the reps that you choose to do, right? So then once you've observed what they can and cannot do, okay, show them the key part, okay? Then have them try it.
Okay, show them is the best way to do it, okay? So don't explain it, just literally just show them, and if they can do it right then with no explanation besides the show, I think that's awesome, and I would try to do it.
So now when you say show, are you doing it? Are you having them do it kind of in slow motion? Are you using video or are you doing all of the above?
And that's why I kind of did leave it open-ended 'cause I think the show kind of depends, right?
I would say you try to get it as live as possible, but there are times to slow it down, right? So that they can notice it, right?
Right? So it's like, go ahead and make this beautiful, you know, you know, dolphin dive.
You can totally do this little process, and I think you're gonna get a lot of good stuff to happen if you're doing reps, okay? So first, watch them.
And I know it sounds kind of obvious, but I do think oftentimes we put the cart in front of the horse, and we're like, "We're gonna do these reps," and then they actually, some of them already are, can do it.
So, so like, yeah, watch them and do it, and then be smart about the reps that you choose to do, right? So then once you've observed what they can and cannot do, okay, show them the key part, okay? Then have them try it.
Okay, show them is the best way to do it, okay? So don't explain it, just literally just show them, and if they can do it right then with no explanation besides the show, I think that's awesome, and I would try to do it.
So now when you say show, are you doing it? Are you having them do it kind of in slow motion? Are you using video or are you doing all of the above?
And that's why I kind of did leave it open-ended 'cause I think the show kind of depends, right?
I would say you try to get it as live as possible, but there are times to slow it down, right? So that they can notice it, right?
Right? So it's like, go ahead and make this beautiful, you know, you know, dolphin dive.
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