Wingate University Head Coach; over 900 career wins;
2013 AVCA National Coach of the Year;
Wingate has gone undefeated in SAC play in six of the past eight seasons, compiled a league-record 83-match SAC winning streak, and has qualified for 10 consecutive NCAA Tournaments (2005-14)
Coaches spend numerous hours trying to find "magic" drills that will give their players a winning advantage, but they spend little time studying and understanding what it takes to manage a game effectively. Put your team in position to win more games by effectively preparing for and managing your matches. Coach Shelton Collier offers practical and easy-to-follow advice that he's learned and developed over the course of 900 career wins.
In this PowerPoint presentation, you'll learn how to manage game day situations by rehearsing them in practice so when they occur in a match, your players will be prepared and confident. Coach Collier covers many aspects of what it takes to run great practices and make successful in-game decisions.
In-Match Adjustments
To successfully make adjustments during a match, its imperative to rehearse them in practice. Coach Collier shares insights into practicing game adjustments such as: shifting passing formations, serving to different zones, stopping a priority hitter, attacking over a small setter, attacking various defenses and the use of substitutions. Once you rehearse these adjustments in practice, your team will be better prepared to make them during a match.
In-Match Communication
To keep the your opponent from overhearing your strategies, Collier discusses how to discreetly communicate with a player on the court. The ability to make a call or an adjustment without your opponent hearing you could be the difference between winning or losing the next point.
Match Preparation
Coach Collier shares strategies you can use to give your team an advantage before the match even begins. He talks about how to communicate with your team before and during a match, strategies for preparing players for game situations, and the dos and don'ts of pregame communication, pep talks, talking with players and warm-up strategies. Collier also goes in-depth on the variables involved in setting a starting rotation. Effective match preparation will put your players in position to be successful in the match.
Match Strategies
Discover match strategies you can use to succeed in the heat of battle.
- Time outs - Learn the when, why and what of time outs. Calling a time out at the right time can have a huge impact on getting your team back on track.
- Bench stats - Learn what stats can tell you during and after the match and how to use them to help your team win.
- Serving strategies - Learn how to maximize your team's point scoring percentage by making good decisions and getting the most value from every server.
- Volleyball's version of the full court press - Discover a philosophy you can use when your team is down in a match to a good opponent.
- Included is a list of quotes to avoid to prevent players from getting discouraged and many more concepts for succeeding in your matches.
The concepts and ideas in this video will open your eyes to things that you may not have considered or didn't fully understand. Implementing these concepts and strategies will give you valuable techniques to help your team win more games.
45 minutes. 2015.
VD-04832B: with Shelton Collier,
Wingate University Head Coach; over 900 career wins;
2013 AVCA National Coach of the Year;
Wingate has gone undefeated in SAC play in six of the past eight seasons, compiled a league-record 83-match SAC winning streak, and has qualified for 10 consecutive NCAA Tournaments (2005-14)
Volleyball isn't always "pretty," so you have to teach your team what to do when it gets "ugly."
2013 AVCA Coach of the Year, Shelton Collier delivers sophisticated drills and strategies for helping players get comfortable playing out-of-system. Using on-court demonstrations, Coach Collier shows how to create chaotic situations in practice to prepare your team for live action, out-of-system situations.
You will learn a series of progressive drills that take players through a variety of scenarios they will face when out-of-system. These drills focus on building players' confidence in a controlled environment.
Warm-Up Drills
Coach Collier showcases a four-phase progressive warm up for developing ball control. All players work on passing and setting skills while also improving communication - an essential skill for out-of-system play. These progressions are a great lead-in for a practice full of out-of-system work.
Systematic Drills
Through a series of progressive drills, Coach Collier makes sure all of his players can set or attack when out-of-system. Players get consistent reps, giving them opportunities to practice out-of-system sets and various situations. These drills cover skills like taking the easiest set available, reversing the flow and setting hitters while giving them feedback. Coach Collier's out-of-system dig and set drill series will help you create a sophisticated offense.
Second Ball Drills for Liberos
If you have a libero who can set a second ball, you can separate yourself from an average team. Coach Collier provides a series of drills that focus on this crucial element of out-of-system play. These drills include multiple phases that progress from basic libero sets to high-level libero moves. Your liberos will work on developing their hands, platform, setting ability and the ability to take the ball in front of the attack line with their hands. The series progresses to drills with hitters so your liberos can work on delivering hittable balls. A unique drill in this section features liberos working on setting middle hitters, which is rare in out-of-system play, but can be a valuable tool for your team to have.
Second Ball Drills for All Players
These drills are a great tool for developing your players' problem solving. Throughout the drills, Coach Collier shows how to use them both systematically and randomly. Systematic drills allow multiple, controlled touches, while random drills gives players game-like touches.
Team Drills
The last segment of the video focuses on drills that are team-oriented and game-like. These drills will teach your team to play out-of-system in each of the six rotations, cover hitters, attack out of the middle, and attack by sliding in front of and behind the setter.
When a hitter is blocked and the coverage team digs the ball, teams usually don't have a plan or haven't practiced how to run an offense in that situation. The Cover Drills series will help teach your players how to handle this out-of-system moment in many different fashions. The drills also cover how to attack when a player other than the setter covers the hitter, when the setter covers the hitter, and when the hitter covers their own attack.
The drills shared in this video are valuable to teams of all levels that want to take their game to the next level. Bad passes, difficult digs, and setters taking the first ball are all common occurrences. The team that is best prepared to handle these situations will be the team that achieves victory.
64 minutes. 2015.