Morgan Housel informs that there are two types of information, permanent or expiring. Permanent information is better, it has more staying power. Expiring information is like yesterday's weather. It may have been good or bad, but it's over.
Sometimes sport experiences a "paradigm shift," a new way that replaces the standard. Dick Fosbury changed the way high jumpers performed and won a Gold Medal in 1968.
What's "expiring knowledge" in volleyball? Opponent personnel and strategy change year to year. Years ago an MVB opponent thrived on tip attacks and annoying dancing after every point won. What was the best way to manage that? Stop the tips; stop the dancing. MVB won the sectionals.
What's permanent, truth that you can 'bank'?
The movie "Risky Business," explains the commercial.
1) Talent, there is no substitute. Melrose's gold standard team, 2012, had four current or future All-State players, "The Great Wall," and a pair of Boston Herald "Team of the Decade" members. Platform skills, footwork, armswing, and setting all get paid.
2) The best teams, the exemplars, win more points. In the postseason, you can't rely on opponent errors. You have to win the points, scoring off aces, block-kills, and attacks. You need defense to keep the ball up for offense.
3) Sport rewards athletic explosion. Volleyball rewards quickness to the ball, verticals, and power.
Study the serving, blocking, footwork, and aggression by some of MVB finest.
4) Toughness is a skill. Toughness is physical (going to the floor, competing at the net) and mental, the will to stay focused regardless of the situation. Toughness works for you raising a family, in school, and in your career. Sport teaches skills that stay with you for a lifetime.
5) Learn every day. Be coachable. Absorb the fine points that create edges, reading and reacting to plays to get to the spot quicker and ready to play. Learning is a durable ability.
Summary: Develop permanent skills.
Talent
Scoring
Athleticism
Toughness
Learning
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