Melrose Lady Raiders Volleyball

  Legendary basketball coach Don Meyer described three phases of coaching - blind enthusiasm, sophisticated complexity, and mature simplicit...

Japanese libero training is famous.  Kobata is among the best in the world. 

It's a long way to the top. Melrose made four trips to the finals and didn't win it all until the third in 2012.  Winning is hard. T...

  "The magic is in the work."  Elena Soukos skies for the attack. Elena with Coach Scott Celli and her Massachusetts Volleyball Co...

Happy Thanksgiving and congratulations on a great season. Are you working on your game for 2022? Work on the "core skills" and you...

Bill Parcells had a saying, "you are what your record says you are." That's not always true but if not, explanations should be...

"Success is a choice." What are you prepared to sacrifice? Cross-posted .  

"Iron sharpens iron." Upgrading the schedule has long been a priority of Coach Scott Celli. Part of the solution emerged from the ...

Among other iconic performances,  "Queen" is famous for "Another One Bites the Dust." Well, that wouldn't summarize ...

Sustainable competitive advantage is the name of the game. How do you get there? You see the same teams go deep in the playoffs, year after ...

Scheduling tough opponents is critical for success. Melrose opponents in the Massachusetts finals include: Division 1 - Newton North Divisio...

Potential applications are legion.  - Will I invest more time studying?  - Will I exercise?  - Will I follow a healthier diet?  - Will I get...

Melrose made another deep playoff run with strong play from its four seniors who will leave big shoes to fill.  Outside hitters Elena Soukos...

Top-seeded Westborough derailed Melrose's planned trip to its fifth state final with a 25-19, 25-14, 28-26 defeat.  To get to the champi...

Stay ready. Lineups are dynamic. Players get sick, injured, have an off day, break a shoelace.  Just because you haven't been in the rot...

Everyone falls. Not everyone gets up. Sport celebrates creativity. One of the top plays of the postseason came early in the second set again...

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Volleyball semifinal tickets  

"There's always somebody saying you can't do it, and those people have to be ignored." -Bill Cartwright #MondayMotivation ...

"Your money is no good here." Literally. Fans must buy tickets for tomorrow night (Watertown, Tuesday 7 P.M.) at https://gofan.co/...