Mistakes

 

Screenshot, Athlete Mindset Cards

Volleyball is a game of momentum. Sustain yours and interrupt theirs. The best way to do that is playing present. Coaches say that many ways:

• "Next play"
• Play "in the moment"
• Focus. 
• Be here now. 
• "Be where your feet are." (my favorite)

Every "run" starts with one play. In basketball, some use the term 372. Three "stops" in a row, seven times a half, both halves. Some call three stops in a row "kills." 

Mistakes are inevitable. Nobody beats a competent team 25-0. In 2005, an 'angry' Melrose team beat an upper division ML team 25-3 after the opposing coach had 'called them out'. 

Mental mistakes frustrate coaches and are correctable. "Don't blame, complain, or make excuses." 

• Foot faults on service can never happen. 
• Ball watching shouldn't happen. 
• Lack of communication "campfires" shouldn't happen.
• Rotation errors can't happen.

Lagniappe. Great short video on technical and tactical passing errors. Thinks "feet, platform, head." 

Lagniappe 2. Serve-receive drill from AoCV.