Stories By JVA
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Youth
/ 1 year agoAn Official’s Impact: Helping Others Learn the Game We Love
“Officials love the game of volleyball. I have always viewed it as a way to help others learn the game that...
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Youth
/ 1 year ago12 Creative Scoring Ideas To Encourage Competitive Practices
The season is filled with opportunities to win and lose during tournament play. Most clubs organize some sort of scrimmage or...
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Youth
/ 1 year agoCoaching Mental Performance: No Such thing as a “Bad” Practice
While working as a counseling intern for the leading harm reduction facility here in the Greater Chicagoland area: Above and Beyond...
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Youth
/ 2 years agoAn Official’s Impact: Affecting the Younger Generation in a Positive Way
“When both teams have enjoyed the match win or lose and basically you’ve been invisible, you know that you’ve done a...
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Junior
/ 2 years agoCoaching Mental Performance: Team Identity and Value Systems
Despite a club’s best intentions to make sure all coaches are maintaining consistent verbiage across age groups and skill levels, and...
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Youth
/ 2 years agoCoaching Mental Performance: Reinforcement and Punishment
After the season I always find it appropriate to challenge coaches to reflect on how their teams formed and performed throughout...
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Youth
/ 2 years agoTeach your team to embrace and respond to the randomness of Volleyball
I attended the 1988 Summer Olympic Games in Seoul over 20 years ago. The USA men went on to win the...
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Youth
/ 2 years agoCoaching Mental Performance: Termination Conversations
The season is coming to a close and the last tune-up tournaments are taking place before the big National events. It’s...
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Youth
/ 2 years agoClub Training Model: End of Season
Teams who are attending Nationals in June have the month of May and much of June to prep for a Championship....
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Youth
/ 2 years agoMaster Training Philosophy and Execution for 12U-18U
Illini Elite utilizes the master training philosophy for all of its programs from camps and clinics to youth teams and high...
Collegiate
Bears fall to Brandon in national final
Collegiate
Game Day Preparation pt.1
