We are back and better than ever! Coach Will and Coach Shantelle are back after a busy summer with YF Summer programs and update you on what’s been happening over the last two months. 

The topic for today is a volleyball Q&A! Diving into volleyball specific programming, on-court and strength training questions! 

Questions:

1) I’m currently 3 weeks into your EZ vert program and not finding the speed/plyo days particularly hard. I’m following all rest times and the workouts are only taking me about 40 minutes. Am I doing something wrong?

2) How do I get better at diving?

3) I’ve been doing the university/college periodization throughout the summer and loving it. I just started the first in-season phase and noticed a lot of weird lunging variations. I know you’re a big strength guy but I find I can’t load these exercises the way I was loading Bulgarian splits squats in the off-season, is that ok?

4) Back squats hurt my back, can I do something else?

5) I’m doing the 17U periodization and have noticed a lot of slow tempos (eccentrics/isometrics), I thought volleyball players needed to train fast? Just curious. 

6) Top 3 exercises for increasing my vertical

7) How to choose the best online program?

Follow us on social media @yfvolleyball. Visit our website at ⁠⁠yfvolleyball.com⁠⁠ for online programming and more information about our in-person services. If you enjoyed this podcast, help us out by leaving a review.