When I first started coaching at Gordon College, I had little to no idea of what I was doing. I came in with almost no coaching experience, and I shaped my approach to coaching largely from what I had seen as really working well from prior coaches. I also used a lot of what I had seen as not working well from the player perspective to shape how NOT to be as a coach, which shows how important both positive and negative experiences can be for a person's development. Generall

In 1985 a group of volleyball experts founded Gold Medal Squared to enhance the use of data and statistics in understanding and advancing the sport of volleyball. Think "Moneyball" but with less attention on the finances of the sport and more focus on how to use data to help determine high probability outcomes. I absolutely love this approach, because I myself am a scientist at heart - I've always favored the data analytic side of my research work. I am also a HUGE proponen

There is a principle that I talk with my research lab of graduate students about quite often when we are reviewing professionalism topics...

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There are many different types of parent cheering styles. Here are a few I've noticed: The Retired Player (this is me... cringe): This...