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    Gold Medal Squared
    • Dec 6, 2018

    5 Tips to Getting Started with GMS

    So, 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 Squared
    • Aug 14, 2017

    Blocking in Volleyball – How to Master the Bunch Read

    Blocking 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 Squared
    • Jan 5, 2017

    How 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 Squared
    • Mar 12, 2014

    Back Setting

    There’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 Squared
    • Feb 3, 2014

    Setting off a Lead Leg

    Spend 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 Squared
    • Jan 28, 2014

    Shot-Put Serve

    Question:  “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 Squared
    • Jun 18, 2013

    To Block or Not to Block

    Gold Medal Squared Volleyball Camps and Volleyball Clinics Blocking is an interesting skill to talk about.  I’ve often times wondered why...

    Gold Medal Squared
    • Apr 17, 2013

    Serving – Teaching the Young Kids

    Of 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 Squared
    • Dec 12, 2012

    Coaching the Young Kids, Part 2

    My 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 Squared
    • Nov 26, 2012

    Coaching Volleyball – Teaching the Step-Hop

    Is 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 Squared
    • Apr 6, 2012

    Training Setters

    Perhaps 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 Squared
    • Feb 7, 2012

    See It, Pass It

    Written 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 Squared
    • Feb 2, 2012

    Thoughts on Serving

    Game-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 Squared
    • Nov 23, 2011

    How to Dig a Volleyball

    How 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 Squared
    • Nov 22, 2011

    Outside Hitter Eyework

    Once 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 Squared
    • Nov 16, 2011

    Teaching Young Volleyball Players To Serve

    Teaching 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 Squared
    • Nov 4, 2011

    Volleyball Setting – Location, Location, Location

    This 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 Squared
    • Oct 31, 2011

    Seeing 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 Squared
    • May 1, 2010

    Believing is Seeing – Video Feedback

    This 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 Squared
    • Jul 10, 2009

    Question: 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 ...

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