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Four Ways to Improve Your Team’s Volleyball Game Without a Ball
June 2, 2023
It’s important for a coach to train the team to understand the game without the ball. It is important to be great without the ball because a player spends about 1 percent of a one-hour match actually playing the ball. When my nephew started T-Ball in 4th grade, I was excited to see him play […]
Beach Setting Basics
June 2, 2023
Add legs and toss to self, unload legs and arms in the same rhythm so hips, knees and elbows all extend at the same time. Stein Metzger just led UCLA to its first beach volleyball national title in school history. When he is not busy winning collegiate championships, Stein wears another hat as Club Director of Los Angeles Beach […]
Turning Baseball Drills Into Competitions
June 2, 2023
If you ask any youth athlete in any sport what their favorite thing about practice is, not too many would list drills at the top of their list. Drills, while important to teaching athletes proper form and technique and helping the movement become second nature, aren’t usually the most interesting or fun part of a […]
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Plyometrics Vertical Training for Volleyball Athletes
June 2, 2023
If you don’t have access to a gym or performance training coach, there are still ways to improve at home. Take your game to the next level with this equipment-free home workout to improve your vertical jump. Warm Up (3 Rounds): 5 Burpees, 10 Air Squats, 12 Lunges Lateral Hops: First cycle to be performed […]
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Stickhandling Secrets
June 2, 2023
Consistency is not only important in your game, it’s important in your work ethic.
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Coaching Puck Possession in Today’s Game
June 2, 2023
It’s got to be engrained, and that goes into when the kids go home, stickhandling and reps and having a stick in their hands and a puck – the better off they’ll be when they get on the ice for handling the puck without looking at it. USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program assistant coach […]
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12U-18U: 3v3 3-Pass to Coach
June 2, 2023
Defensively, coaches should emphasize good body position (take good angles, force offensive players to the outside, clog passing lanes), playing with head on swivel, sticks on ice and anticipating when to pressure the puck. Purpose: This is a competitive way to start practice using a drill that doesn’t require a goaltender. The purpose is to win […]
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Tips on How to Generate More Offense
June 2, 2023
Even the best goal-scorers, if they want to have special seasons, they need to get to the hard areas, create traffic and chaos on the opponent and get rebound goals. Seth Appert is developing some of the top young talent in the country. The USA Hockey National Team Development Program’s Under-18 Team head coach shared […]
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High-Tempo Hockey Passing Drill
June 2, 2023
Encourage the player to have a firm bottom hand on their stick which will allow them to one-touch the puck back hard and flat. Purpose: To create a high-tempo, high-repetition passing drill with movement, timing and strong-stick passing. Coaching Points: Have two lines go at the same time. On the whistle, have the X1 player depart the […]
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Clinics Emphasize the Skills of Proper Body-Checking
June 2, 2023
Having the players understand that critical difference that everything they’re doing, the way they control their body, the way they use their stick, and the way they can actually gain possession of the puck translates into a smarter hockey player Joe Provenzano grew up playing youth hockey on the east side of Detroit. Following a […]
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