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    Gold Medal Squared
    • Mar 10, 2020

    Volleyball Attack Names

    Types of Volleyball Sets and Attacks Each volleyball attack type has its own name. Coaches, setters, and hitters need to know each of the...

    Gold Medal Squared
    • Jun 10, 2019

    Rotation Formations & Overlap Rules – Rotation 6

    Rotation 6 is another fairly simple formation with little movement required for the Setter and the two front row attackers. Rotation 6 - ...

    Gold Medal Squared
    • Jun 3, 2019

    Rotation Formations & Overlap Rules – Ro 5

    Rotation 5 The two front row attackers in Rotation 5 are the H1 and the M1. This should be the best outside hitter on the team and the be...

    Gold Medal Squared
    • May 27, 2019

    Rotation Formations & Overlap Rules – Ro 4

    Rotation 4 If you are running a 5-1 offense, Rotation 4 is the first rotation with a front row setter. The only two front row attackers a...

    Gold Medal Squared
    • May 20, 2019

    Rotation Formations & Overlap Rules – Ro 3

    Serve Receive Formations - Rotation 3 This it the third of our 6-part series on volleyball rotations and overlap rules analysis. Today w...

    Gold Medal Squared
    • May 12, 2019

    Rotation Formations & Overlap Rules – Ro 2

    Serve-Receive Formations - Rotation 2 In the second of our 6-part volleyball rotations and overlap series, we are exploring rotation 2.  ...

    Gold Medal Squared
    • May 6, 2019

    Rotation Formations & Overlap Rules – Intro

    Rotations Introduction In this blog and video series, we’re going to cover serve-receive rules, along with overlap formations for all six...

    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
    • 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
    • Feb 21, 2013

    6-2 With Subs

    When to Run a 6-2 With Your Volleyball Team At Gold Medal Squared we believe that volleyball coaches should build their systems around th...

    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
    • 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...