{"id":1505,"date":"2013-11-25T09:10:15","date_gmt":"2013-11-25T09:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coachingvb.com\/?p=1505"},"modified":"2013-11-25T09:10:15","modified_gmt":"2013-11-25T09:10:15","slug":"coaching-log-nov-23-24-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testsite.coachingvb.com\/index.php\/2013\/11\/25\/coaching-log-nov-23-24-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Coaching Log – Nov 23-24, 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is an entry in my volleyball coaching log<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Had two sets of competition over the weekend. On Saturday the second team players had their first league fixture, along with a friendly match. Unfortunately, due to absence, we fielded a weaker team than would have otherwise been the case. That probably was the difference in the tight loss suffered to a relative good team. I was generally not displeased with how the players executed their skills. It was mainly a question of being ready to play the ball and not looking for someone else to do so, resulting in balls dropping on a few occasions. There were also some missed serves we could have done without.<\/p>\n

That group has a pair of league matches coming up on Saturday, so I will have them play together a lot this week in preparation.<\/p>\n

Something approaching a first team line-up played a pair of regional league matches on Sunday against not particularly strong opposition. I very much focused on continuing to build confidence and aggression in the hitting game, and in serving as well. There were a couple of wobbly moments, but the matches were comfortable wins in the end. The hitting numbers, while not spectacular, where probably the best we’ve seen thus far by a comfortable margin. Attackers were going for it when they had the opportunity, which was good to see.<\/p>\n

The first team has three important league matches on Saturday, so my plan is to keep the focus on the attacking, go for the win, mentality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Both the first and second teams had matches over the weekend. The B side has some mental issues they need to overcome, but the A side players are progressing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1445,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,10],"tags":[177,203,288,322],"class_list":["post-1505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2013-14-exeter-university","category-volleyball-coaching-log","tag-hitting","tag-mental-toughness","tag-serving","tag-team-psychology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testsite.coachingvb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testsite.coachingvb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testsite.coachingvb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testsite.coachingvb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testsite.coachingvb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/testsite.coachingvb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1505\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testsite.coachingvb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testsite.coachingvb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testsite.coachingvb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testsite.coachingvb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}