Coaching Volleyball

This post looks at some figures about the best and worst places for passers to receive the ball in reception and ponders serving strategy.

Legendary coach Terry Pettit has shared some observations about the current state of the game to which I react.

A reader asked me to speak to the subject of advanced serving zones in volleyball. Here's a bit on the subject.

Serving certain targets - be they Zones or passers - can be very useful. Let's not forget, though, the one actually having to make the…

How important is getting aces to winning in volleyball? More important in the men's game than the women's based on the numbers.

When we coaches say aggressive serving, what exactly does that mean? Here is what I mean when I use that phrase.

There is a point at which service aggression is just right to achieve the highest point scoring (breakpoint) percentage, but it varies.

A fellow blogger took a look at scoring points in streaks in the volleyball and how it relates to the outcome of sets. I have…

It's time to put in your line-up. Do you put your best server(s) first in the rotation? Or are there other possible considerations that are…

In the 2016 men's NCAA volleyball finals it looked like a conservative serving strategy ended up backfiring pretty badly.