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
/ 1 year 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
/ 1 year 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
/ 1 year 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
/ 1 year 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...