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This week's skill is a coaching skill about why and how to use only a few simple rules to create a game that will help shape how our athletes perform during practice, and ultimately, perform better in competition. This type of coaching provides a TON of transfer from practices to games, so it should be a vital part of how coaches think of training their athletes. Not only can coaches incentivize their players to play in the manner that they are focused on, they will also find that this type of shaping has a lot of volleyball intelligence opportunities, too!

In our scenario segment Tod leads the way, discussing his proposal for athletes to call their touches in competition, and examining how this one minor rule change could help our athletes come closer to our overall goal of helping athletes live lives of integrity.

We always share one great resource each week, and this week it is The Art of Coaching Volleyball's handouts and worksheets, which can be found under the Resources tab. These handouts can save you time and energy, since someone has already done the work for you. You are definitely going to find something close to what you need!

Skill of the week: Using a few simple rules to help athletes learn faster

Scenario of the week: Calling your own touches in competition

The Art of Coaching Volleyball videos that were discussed on The VolleyPod This Week:

Beth Launiere from University of Utah and JJ Van Niel (currently Head Coach for Arizona State University) from Utah explain their 4 v 4 out of system game: https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/4-on-4-kamikaze-volleyball-drill-with-beth-launiere/

An example of using a few simple rules from Ray Bechard from Kansas, about how to create a drill using only a few simple rules (and get a lot of game-like overhand defense): ⁠https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/hand-to-hand-combat-drill-to-train-overhead-hands-on-defense/

The Resource of the Week is The Art of Coaching Volleyball's printable resources, which can be found here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/category/resources/