Coaches don't enjoy telling players about their needs. "Coaching is not criticism." Even the best players I've coached had areas to improve - strength, lateral quickness, perimeter shooting, limiting fouls, containing the ball on the dribble. Yet their strengths were so impressive they added value to every team they played on.
Here are a few examples:
- Lateral quickness for double blocking and getting to balls
- Reading hitters, avoiding ball watching
- Blocking hand position
- Impact serving - better floats and/or topspin
- Serving to areas (seams and sidelines)
- Serve receive versus hard serves (think Winchester, Westborough)
- Power for vertical jump and arm swing
- Setting, even front row players benefit by serving other front row players
- Attack footwork and timing
- Passing and attacking "out of system" balls
- Attacking the two ball (especially setters)
- Attack versatility (line, crosscourt, cut shots, tips)
- Back row attack (select players)
- Downballs
- Tooling the block
- Setting (primary setters)
Yes, the list is long. But everyone doesn't do everything. If you don't serve, then you don't have to worry about that. If you're not a blocker (attacker or setter), then no ownership. If you have ambition to be a 'six-position' (all-around) player who never comes off then you learn to excel at everything.
Your mission is to improve your domain skills, game understanding, athleticism, and mental toughness. Process turns potential into performance.
Lagniappe. Commit to your process.
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