Volleyball Drills for Champions: Mastering Key Skills with 7 Winning Coaches (Paperback)

~ Russ Rose and Mike Schall (Author), Lisa Love (Author), John Dunning (Author), Brad Saindon (Author), Greg Gionavazzi (Author), Jim Stone (Author), Mary Wise and Nick Cheronis (Author), Mary Wise (Editor) "Drills are like recipes..." (more)
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Editorial Reviews

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""A great resource, whether you're looking for new drills or just variations of drills you may already use. An outstanding collection of top-level coaches.""

Don Shaw
Head volleyball coach, Stanford University
NCAA Champions in 1992, '94, '96, and '97

""Every coach loves drills, especially new drills that come from other successful coaches. Each coach develops the drill ideas for one particular part of the game, which makes this a very unique book and a must read for any serious coach. There is much useful information to be gained from this new addition to the volleyball library.""

Douglas P. Beal
Head volleyball coach, USA Men's National Team
Coach of Gold Medal-winning 1984 Olympic Team

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Product Description

Practice like a champion! Make the most of each minute on the court by using drills that demand 100% effort and concentration. Volleyball Drills for Champions provides 73 practice activities to produce the maximum individual player and team development at any competitive level.

Seven of the world's top volleyball coaches combined their knowledge to produce this special practice tool. Each coach focuses on one of volleyball's key skills:

• Serving: Russ Rose, Pennsylvania State University

• Passing: Lisa Love, University of Southern California

• Setting: John Dunning, University of the Pacific

• Attacking: Brad Saindon, Australia National Team

• Blocking: Greg Giovanazzi, University of Michigan

• Digging: Jim Stone, Ohio State University

In addition, editor Mary Wise, head coach at the University of Florida, contributes valuable insights for designing drills and incorporating them into effective practice sessions.

Become a champion by practicing like one. Volleyball Drills for Champions will help you turn hard work on the practice court into title-winning seasons.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Human Kinetics; 1 edition (November 19, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0880117788
• ISBN-13: 978-0880117784
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #466,355 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Oh no, not another drill book! Well, kind of..., July 13, 2000

By	P. Wung "Engineering is my vocation, volleyba... (Tipp City, OH USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

One problem with being a beginning coach is the constant and nagging suspicion that there is one absolute and definitive drill that will magically solve all of your problems for you. Well, no. It takes a systematic design of the practice and a good understanding to coach the sport. But what is a beginning coach to do?

This book is a good source for drills, but Coach Wise presents the drills in a format that encourages people to think about the skill first and then go into the drills. This is a drill book but it is a little more than that. Each chapter breaks down the essntials of the theme of the chapter and THEN goes into the drills. For those desperate for more drills, that does not prove to be enough of a side track to force them to think about what they are teaching, but for those who do stop and reflect on the technique and skills required to perform the drills, it is a nice touch that proves to be very beneficial. Because of the scattered nature of the book, a name college coach wrote each of the chapters, this is a compendium of knowledge which is quite uneven in terms of writing. But is serves its purpose well.

I would recommend Arie Selinger's book and Mike Hebert's book for more advanced coaches and Bill Neville's book for beginning coaches who actually wants to coach and not just throw the kids into a maze of drills.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book of Drills, October 27, 2007

By	M. Janes "MJ" (New York) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Not a season goes by I don't give this book a twice over to look for some drill I might of missed, great read for new and experienced coaches.

3.0 out of 5 stars GOOD PLACE TO START., April 9, 1999

By A Customer

This book has a lot of good basic drill for the technical game of volleyball. I must say, for the coach that does not have a lot of drill tucked away in his/her head, this book is a definite asset. It has a lot of good solid drills that would help any coach. I would have like to have seen some more technical drill, but on the other hand, if your team can handle all of the drills provided, your doing alright.. Well worth the money.. Thanks