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Learning to Play in the Chaos (opens the original)
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One of the hardest parts of moving toward an ecological or constraints-led approach to coaching is getting comfortable with how messy practice can look. There are usually more errors, more hesitation, more strange solutions, and more moments where athletes seem unsure of what to do. The ball hits the floor. Two players go for the same ball. Nobody goes for it. A hitter makes a choice that looks completely wrong. For a coach who is used to clean drills and orderly repetitions, that can feel like
What We Teach Them to Notice (opens the original)
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A few days ago, I got a phone call from the mother of a 12-year-old girl who was interested in our volleyball club. It started like most of these conversations do. She asked about our tournament schedule, how often we practice, and what a typical season looks like. Then she mentioned that she had looked us up in the CEVA rankings from last season and noticed that our highest 14s team was ranked somewhere in the 90s. I don’t actually know if that’s true. I assume it probably is. She knew, though,
Maybe It’s Not Just the Genes (opens the original)
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Thank You for Reading (opens the original)
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I sent a note this morning to the people who had chosen to become paid subscribers here, letting them know that I don’t plan to continue writing on Substack and encouraging them to cancel their subscriptions.But I also wanted to say something to everyone who has spent any amount of time reading what I’ve written here.Thank you.When I started writing these articles, I wasn’t particularly interested in becoming a content creator. I mostly had a lot of ideas bouncing around in my head about volleyb
A Note to My Paid Subscribers (opens the original)
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