Dave Neeley
How Many Serves Should A Volleyball Team Miss?
Like many other volleyball fans, players, and coaches, I spent a majority of this past weekend watching the NCAA women's volleyball...
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- Dec 23, 2019
Expert Analysis: Stanford vs Wisconsin, NCAA National Championship by Joe Trinsey
The NCAA Volleyball National Championship has had a history of exciting matches. Last year Stanford pulled out a tightly-contested 3-2...
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- Dec 20, 2019
Expert Analysis: Stanford vs Minnesota, NCAA National Semifinals by Joe Trinsey
We started our NCAA Tournament Analysis with a look at the Wisconsin vs Baylor match. Now, we turn to the other semifinal: Stanford vs...
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- Dec 20, 2019
Expert Analysis: Wisconsin vs Baylor, NCAA National Semifinals by Joe Trinsey
This NCAA season has been one of the most contested in recent years; at least 10 teams felt like they had a shot to win the National...
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- Dec 5, 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...
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- Aug 14, 2017
Blocking in Volleyball
AN OVERVIEW OF THE BUNCH READ BLOCKING SYSTEM AND THE SKILLS NEEDED TO BE GREAT AT IT. Blocking in the sport of volleyball is a defensive...
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- Jan 5, 2017
How to Execute the “Set-Over”
By Rob Browning, Saint Mary's College I started coaching as a men's volleyball coach. I rarely saw setters attempt to score a "set-over"...
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- Jan 3, 2015
Middle-Middle 2.0
The first time I heard of Carl McGown, I thought he was a fool. I read an article about how most balls go to the middle of court, and...
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- Mar 12, 2014
Back Setting in Volleyball
There’s currently a discussion going on in the volleyball toolbox forum regarding back setting. I thought I’d share Tom Black’s response...
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- 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...
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- Jan 28, 2014
Shot-Put Serve in Volleyball
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...
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- Aug 26, 2013
Fail Faster, Learn Faster
My friend Keegan told me about a business model of an app company: We will Fail Faster than any other app creator. The idea is that they...
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- 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...
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- Mar 29, 2013
Coaching Volleyball’s Youth – Part 3
When coaching younger kids we sometimes wonder what we should be doing for strength and conditioning and overall volleyball fitness. Here...
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- Nov 12, 2012
Teaching the Young Kids
As the club volleyball season gets underway, I would like to share some thoughts on my experience Coaching Volleyball players from 8 to...
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- Jun 28, 2012
Specificity
One of the “hot button” items at our coaching clinics is when Carl discards the notion of general athletic ability and lays out the...
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- Feb 6, 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...
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- 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...
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- Dec 24, 2011
Initial Ability vs. Final Ability
Let’s call this CONCEPT ONE. In our GMS coaching clinics we often say that initial ability and final ability are not highly correlated....
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- 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...
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