Blog Direction: Building Skills

Learn from volleyball experts (not I) who share their experience and expertise about the "Big Six" skills:

• Serving
• Passing
• Setting
• Attacking
• Blocking
• Digging

Find ways to apply knowledge. 

Recommendations:

1. Have a notebook. It doesn't have to be fancy. A 99 cent composition book works great. 
2. The "right way" is what YOUR coach of the moment wants. Your coach is the person to please. 
3. Consider "why" an action works. 

Ask better questions. 

1. What do you want from your volleyball experience? 
2. How will you improve TODAY? 
3. What is your "All-Star" skill? What strength gets you on the court and keep you there? To play more, raise your game. 

The "best" players are those who make both the team and individual teammates better. 

Every position is open as Coach Scott Celli reminds you. 

Remember the power of stories. Muhammad Ali was born Cassius Clay. As a young boy in Louisville, he saved money to buy a blue bicycle. In his poor neighborhood, someone stole his bicycle within a week. 

As a boxer, when Ali stepped into the ring, he looked at his opponent, telling himself, "you stole my bicycle." The rest is history. 

Several teams stole your bicycle last season. 

Nobody takes your metaphorical bicycle and gets away with it.