I sit down to chat with the coaching staff for UW-Green Bay:  Abbey Sutherland (Head Coach), Korey Schroeder (Assistant Coach), and Delaney McCreary (Assistant Coach) to talk about how to build a team culture, what UW-GB has done to shape their program and athletes, and transferring this to the youth level.  So many great nuggets in this episode!  And a fun call back to Trevor Ragan's Anti-Talent Show! You can catch UW-Green Bay Volleyball on the socials here: Facebook:...

This week BJ LeRoy is my guest cohost and we chat with Marouane Jafir.  Marouane is an experienced volleyball player with his roots starting in his home country of Morocco!  He has a bunch of cool stuff on his resume like Player of the Year, Player Honors, etc etc.  Basically he's awesome.  He's currently the Club Director of Delaware United Volleyball Club and if you look at his Facebook profile, it looks like his favorite thing to do is fish. We talk about how he went from a player on...

David Cordes, the Director Ridgecrest Starlings Volleyball Club, joins me and BJ to talk about punishments.  David is the perfect guy to talk to about this because he's an everyday coach just like us!  He despises the use of punishments in the gym and talks to us about all the ways coaches try to justify it.  Be prepared for a lot of moaning and groaning from me. Coaches - we are better this.

This episode, I'm joined by Alexis Lebedew!  He's a jack of trades, sharing his insight across volleyball, gymnastics, and coaches in general!  Alexis has coached with the Australian national team (and even made an appearance in the Sydney Olympics), NCAA collegiate programs, and is currently working with coaches in the gymnastics field in Singapore! We have a question.... Why do we coach this?  Is it because this is the way we've always done it?  Is it really effective and the best use of...

My other physical therapist joins the show to talk about ankle, knees and hip injuries in volleyball!  Dr. Chad Kuntz is located in Pineville, NC and is the owner of Pr1me Movement! Pr1me Movement: https://pr1memovement.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pr1memovement YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCZr2ZhTbc_gy194qqhtB5A

Brian Swingle, Pat Madia, and BJ LeRoy join me in chatting about Competitive Cauldrons, how to use them, and the usual rambling of volley-nerds.

COVID-19 has completely turned the volleyball world upside down, for good and bad. This week, Pat and I are talking to Tim Doyle and Alex Brodjeski.  Tim is the the current Head Volleyball Coach at William & Mary going into his 3rd season.  Alex Brodjeski is the Athletics Performance Coach at William & Mary and comes from a club volleyball background with Northern Lights.  They recently worked on a research project called Engineering Winning Volleyball.  What they didn't realize was...

Pat Madia turns the tables and asks ME about coaching younger players.  Over the years, I've turned my focus from high schoolers to the youngins and haven't turned back!  I'll talk about all the things that make me successful, enjoy this age group, and of course - the usual Sara and Pat banter. Coaches Manifesto from USA Volleyball

So important, I'm splitting this up!  We chat with one of my many many physical therapists, Dr Alicia Allie with Sol Physical Therapy!  We talk about hurt shoulders, jammed fingers, sore backs, and overuse injuries. Thrower's Ten exercises provided by University of Florida John Kessel article about ACL injury prevention --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

OMG.  This is one of my favorite episodes I've ever recorded.  Brian and I get to sit down and chat with the GREAT Trevor Ragan!   Trevor is the mastermind behind The Learner Lab and Train Ugly.  He has AMAZING content on growth mindset, motor learning, and so much more. We talk about ways to change our coaching habits to make our players better learners.  We discuss one of the most polarizing ideas between coaches (training "ugly" v training blocked) and the misconceptions with it. This is...

Sara talks to Pat and BJ about drills and what makes them work. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Today I'm talking to Dan Mickle about Mental Skills Training!  This seems to be the trend lately among clubs and coaches, so let's hear about it from an expert! His Mental Skills website: https://soulperformanceacademy.com/ His regular website: https://www.danmickle.com/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Sara and Pat talk to BJ LeRoy about planning for the team you have, the season ahead, and everything in between! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Here is a list of all the resources Loren mentioned: John Kessel – Growing the Game Trevor Ragan – The Learner Lab Joey Peters– Game Play Learn Marianne Davies  -https://dynamics-coaching.com/ Kathy Sierra – Pantherflow

This week, I'm chatting with Loren Anderson.  Loren is the director of Rise Volleyball Academy in Idaho and has a fantastic approach to coaching.  We talk about our philosophies, our successes and our challenges navigating our careers as coaches. Loren gave some GREAT resources at the end that I am uploading that as a separate episode with links to all the great people he mentions! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Sara and Pat talk about starting out as a coach! Sara's Website:  www.digitwithsara.com VCT Facebook page:  www.facebook.com/groups/volleycoaches/ Ruckus Drill:  This is from a couple years ago, but it was a drill that changed my practices from "meh" to "woah", in terms of court awareness and energy. X vs X (or Y, make it work for your team), players serve. Coach's sole job is to work the flip-score to the best of his/her ability. Points are scored via any meaningful communication made...

Here we go!  I'm so excited to get this started!  Here's a little peak into what this is all about!