The VolleyPod presented by The Art of Coaching Volleyball
Jun 5, 2026 · 25 min · 12 segments
Support The Volley Pod by engaging with us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/thevolleypod This episode explores innovative volleyball training methods using ecological dynamics…
Right.
Absolutely.
And it is...
It can be, it can be...
There's a learning curve to it, let's put it like that.
Yep.
Right? And I, and I love that, and we're gonna get into a bunch of the constraints stuff today, and it's-
Yep
... gonna be awesome.
But before we do that, I'm gonna start with why players love and also can't stand the EcoD approach to practice.
Yes, some players can't stand it.
I know it's amazing when, when you say, "Well, they're gonna be playing more."
Yep.
"They love it." But there are aspects that are very difficult-
Yep
... to deal with, and we're gonna talk about that.
And you kinda mentioned this at the end of the pod yesterday, or last, uh, last week, but, this is gonna be kind of from a player's approach.
Got it.
From a player's standpoint, right? So first, they love it because they do play more games, right? It's fun to play volleyball, and man, I can remember being so mad.
Lee Mays was my high school coach.
Oh, that's right.
Right?
You had Lee Mays, right.
Yes.
Right.
Absolutely.
And it is...
It can be, it can be...
There's a learning curve to it, let's put it like that.
Yep.
Right? And I, and I love that, and we're gonna get into a bunch of the constraints stuff today, and it's-
Yep
... gonna be awesome.
But before we do that, I'm gonna start with why players love and also can't stand the EcoD approach to practice.
Yes, some players can't stand it.
I know it's amazing when, when you say, "Well, they're gonna be playing more."
Yep.
"They love it." But there are aspects that are very difficult-
Yep
... to deal with, and we're gonna talk about that.
And you kinda mentioned this at the end of the pod yesterday, or last, uh, last week, but, this is gonna be kind of from a player's approach.
Got it.
From a player's standpoint, right? So first, they love it because they do play more games, right? It's fun to play volleyball, and man, I can remember being so mad.
Lee Mays was my high school coach.
Oh, that's right.
Right?
You had Lee Mays, right.
Yes.
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