CA 2/17- Boston #2 🌇

Written By Mac Barron

Highlights 💥

  • TWO DAYS AWAY: Special Guest Speaker: Cooper Kemnitz on Difficult Conversations with Athletes (Wednesday, February 19⋅7:00 – 8:00pm) - Link to Join

    • Cooper has a match time change with Carthage, and needs to push this out a week.

  • NIKE Boston Festival #2 - Feb. 21-23, 2025 (Boston, MA)

    • Boys 171, 181 (Last Tournament of the Season!)

    • Girls 161, 171

    • Mac Attending

    • Torie Attending

  • For this week please complete the prompt: Week #2 - February, This week’s focus is Body Image

  • 10 Thoughts on Culture from Taras “Terry” Liskevych

Calendar 📆

  • Special Guest Speaker: Cooper Kemnitz on Difficult Conversations with Athletes 📋🏐 - Wednesday, February 19⋅7:00 – 8:00pm

    • We are excited to announce that Coach Cooper Kemnitz, Director of Boys Volleyball at Madison Inferno Volleyball Club and Assistant Men's Volleyball Coach at Carthage College, will be joining us as a guest speaker. While his specific topic is yet to be determined, Coach Kemnitz's diverse experience ensures a valuable and insightful session.

      Summary of Coach Kemnitz’s Career & Achievements:

      • Current Roles:

        • Director of Boys Volleyball at Madison Inferno Volleyball Club:

          • Recognized as the AVCA Boys Club Director of the Year in 2024
            Badger Volleyball

          • Instrumental in developing and promoting boys' volleyball in the Madison area.

        • Assistant Men's Volleyball Coach at Carthage College:

  • Tournaments (Feb)

    • NIKE Boston Festival #2 - Feb. 21-23, 2025 (Boston, MA)

      • Boys 171, 181

      • Girls 161, 171

      • Mac Attending

      • Torie Attending

  • Birthdays 🎂

    • 2/22- Riley Britton- Girls 151

    • 2/23- Emma Raza- Girls 152

  • WAT - Whole Athlete Training

    • For this week please complete the prompt: Week #2 - February , This week’s focus is Body Image.

 
 

Education 📋

Taras “Terry” Liskevych

From taking the Ohio State Men to their first Final Four, to building a women’s collegiate powerhouse at UOP, to co-founding the AVCA (with UCLA’s Andy Banachowski), to coaching the USA Women’s National Team, to starting The Art of Coaching Volleyball (with John Dunning and Russ Rose), Terry is a true coaching legend.

10 Thoughts on Culture

  1. If you establish a culture that is higher/better than your competition/opposition — “YOU WILL WIN!”

  2. You cannot simply meet early in season and create a culture — it must be worked on every day.

  3. “Developing a culture means having a tradition that maintains the standards you want to define your program. Culture is established by the people who compose your team and is carried on through those people. You cannot merely expect culture to be a natural occurrence; it has to be taught and made a part of your everyday routine.” — Mike Krzyzewski, Duke Men’s Basketball Coach

  4. “They could care less how much you know, unless they know how much you care.” — Anson Dorrance, 22 National Championships - UNC Women’s Soccer

  5. Leadership is key. The Head Coach is the “ROLE MODEL.”

  6. The Head Coach must guide both staff & players with clarity – hold them accountable.

  7. The Head Coach is never too big to do the small things that have to be done.

  8. Let someone else praise your virtues. (Legacy)

  9. Get players’ buy-in.
    “Terry — I am watching what you are doing and hearing what you are saying — keep it up — because eventually ‘the light bulb will go on for 1/3 of them’ and that is all you need to have a great team.” — Jane Ward, HC San Jose State & Captain of USA Women’s Volleyball Olympic Teams (1964 & 1968) to Terry (1977) — my second year at the University of the Pacific.

  10. Players driving the culture.
    “When team leaders wrest the control of the locker room from you — you will truly be great.” — Bill Walsh, HC San Francisco 49ers to me in the early 90s.

via Volleyball Coaches Book of Lists by Tod Mattox

Drill of the Week: General Practice Outline

Team Management Training Slides - Click Here

Drill Index - Click Here

  1. Warm-up - ~5 min - No static stretching please

    1. Examples: dynamic or maybe 1v1 over the net pepper.

  2. Tutor - ~10-15 min - Break something down, simplify a tough skill.

    1. Examples: Linear Setting, Partner Serving, Ball and Wall, etc.

  3. Serve and Pass - ~10 min - Focus on training serve and pass

    1. Examples: Butterfly, butterfly servers, serve and replace, server vs passer, Around the World.

  4. ONP - ~10-20 min - Over the Net Pepper, work on playing the game over the net, with control or competitively in small games.

    1. Examples: Neville’s Pepper, Kings / Queens with shaped play, Doghouse, 2v2 ladder, speedball

  5. Attack School - ~10 min - Break down some game situations / improve hitters skills or toolbox.

    1. Examples: I throw, you go, You go, I throw, Back Row attack Lines, Target Practice, Hitting Lines (With a focus),

  6. Controlled 6v6 - ~30 min - Focused 6v6 training coach ball entered etc.

    1. Examples: BSBH, USA, Bring it, 2v4, 3 min drill, last ball, OH vs OH, Opposite Volleyball.

  7. Competitive 6v6 - ~30 min - Closer to real 6v6 play, with some shaped play to cause athletes to train specifics.

    1. Examples: Rotation Battle, Games for 22, simple 6v6 with shaped play, Transition Wash, Tug of War, Slip and Slide.

  8. Cool-down - 5-20 min - Off Court // Or Plyometrics -

    1. Examples: Journal Discussion or debriefs from practice.

Action Items

  • ⚠️= Action Required Soon

  • ✅= Completed all Tasks

  • ‼️= Overdue

Program Coaches‼️

  • Elise Jolly - Complete Onboarding - add AAU Memberships Number‼️

Boys

  • Boys 161 ⚠️

    • Dramane Ganou - ATR Volleyfest

    • Luis Quindi - N/A

  • Boys 171 ⚠️

    • Adam Zingales - ATR Volleyfest/ ATR Grand Prix #2

    • Roman Fabrizio - N/A

  • Boys 181 ⚠️

    • Carla Boyer - ATR Volleyfest

    • Tyler Bez - N/A

Girls

  • Girls 131 ✅

    • Amanda Miller - N/A

    • Thomas Clermont - N/A

  • Girls 132 ✅

    • Kristy Jodoin - N/A

    • Anna Gendron - N/A

  • Girls 133 ⚠️

    • Kim Barron - N/A

    • Janet Moran - Complete PayCor Onboarding - Ask Mac if assistance is needed. ⚠️

    • Brooke Lindsay - N/A

  • Girls 141 ‼️

    • Erica Markson -ATR Grand Prix #1 /ATR Boston #1‼️

    • Sophia Miranda - N/A

  • Girls 142 ✅

    • Toni Bailon - N/A

    • Luis Quindi - N/A

  • Girls 143 ‼️

    • Abby Coy - USAV Membership Requirements‼️

    • Sydney Roberts - N/A

  • Girls 151 ✅

    • Carla Boyer - N/A

    • Melissa DeVlaminck - N/A

  • Girls 152 ✅

    • Mandi Rigaut - N/A

    • Thomas Clermont - N/A

  • Girls 153 ✅

    • Ryan Thomas - N/A

    • Marissa Allen - N/A

  • Girls 161 ✅

    • Kim Barron - N/A

    • Anna Gendron - N/A

  • Girls 171 ⚠️

    • Bryanna Kelly - N/A

    • Rhiana DeCosta - Due (2/18) Complete Onboarding ⚠️

 
 
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