Gold Medal SquaredDec 6, 20185 Tips to Getting Started with GMSSo, you’ve Attended a Gold Medal Squared Coaches Clinic. Now what? Time to apply the principles you learned, the advice you received, and...
Gold Medal SquaredAug 14, 2017Blocking in Volleyball – How to Master the Bunch ReadBlocking in Volleyball – How to Master the Bunch Read Blocking in the sport of volleyball is one of the most worked on skills out there. ...
Gold Medal SquaredJan 5, 2017How to Execute the “Set-Over”By Rob Browning, Saint Mary's College Along came Missy White, one of the best setters Saint Mary’s has ever had and the best at the set-o...
Gold Medal SquaredMar 12, 2014Back SettingThere’s currently a discussion going on in the volleyball toolbox forum regarding back setting. I thought I’d share Tom Black’s response...
Gold Medal SquaredFeb 3, 2014Setting off a Lead LegSpend any time discussing setting with another coach, and “what type of footwork do you teach?” pops up pretty quick. It tends to be a ho...
Gold Medal SquaredJan 28, 2014Shot-Put ServeQuestion: “We have all seen the girl that does a “shot-put” arm motion when serving. What have you tired that has helped?” Answer: Carl...
Gold Medal SquaredJun 18, 2013To Block or Not to BlockGold Medal Squared Volleyball Camps and Volleyball Clinics Blocking is an interesting skill to talk about. I’ve often times wondered why...
Gold Medal SquaredApr 17, 2013Serving – Teaching the Young KidsOf all the skills we must teach young kids, serving and passing must be at the top of the list. Mastery of these skills takes a long time...
Gold Medal SquaredDec 12, 2012Coaching the Young Kids, Part 2My last blog entry was about teaching kids how to play the entire game by allowing them to perform all skills in practice and matches. T...
Gold Medal SquaredNov 26, 2012Coaching Volleyball – Teaching the Step-HopIs the Split-Step Worth Teaching in Volleyball? We have been experimenting with a step-hop (or split-step in Tennis) with our passers, an...
Gold Medal SquaredApr 6, 2012Training SettersPerhaps no other skill in volleyball is taught so differently as setting. I have seen many great setting coaches train their setters in c...
Gold Medal SquaredFeb 7, 2012See It, Pass ItWritten by GMS Advisory Staff Member Ron Larsen During my tenure as an Assistant Coach with the USA Men’s Team, I often had the opportuni...
Gold Medal SquaredFeb 2, 2012Thoughts on ServingGame-like Serving is the only skill in volleyball that begins and ends with the individual. You toss, you hit. You don’t have to react...
Gold Medal SquaredNov 23, 2011How to Dig a VolleyballHow to Dig a Volleyball If you visit the Gold Medal Squared Volleyball facebook page, scroll down the wall until you get to the video tit...
Gold Medal SquaredNov 22, 2011Outside Hitter EyeworkOnce the initial movement patterns have been taught to our hitters, what they need to look at in order to make the best swing possible be...
Gold Medal SquaredNov 16, 2011Teaching Young Volleyball Players To ServeTeaching Young Volleyball Players How to Serve We have a thread going in our toolbox message board regarding teaching young kids how to s...
Gold Medal SquaredNov 4, 2011Volleyball Setting – Location, Location, LocationThis post is in response to a number of recent emails with coaches looking for information on set location – In 2007, Nina Puikkonen Mort...
Gold Medal SquaredOct 31, 2011Seeing is Everything“Volleyball is a visual motor game, with an emphasis on the visual.” For those of you who have attended a Gold Medal Squared Coaches Clin...
Gold Medal SquaredMay 1, 2010Believing is Seeing – Video FeedbackThis is from Jeff Cole at NorCal VBC – he told us it was inspired by material covered in our LEVEL2 clinic. Some of us are visual learner...
Gold Medal SquaredJul 10, 2009Question: Serving Motion?From a Coach: We say that serving is like throwing. But there are two or three players in our program who “shot-put” the ball instead of ...
