Missed yesterday with some tech issues but today we cover our Thankful Tuesday and Wisdom Wednesday. Miles thanks coach Joe Wortmann for all he did for University of the Pacific and the Men's Volleyball players. We then go back in time to look at some tried and true lessons for a great high school basketball coach.  

Today we have a great interview with Head Strength and Condition Coach Joey Rossi from University of the Pacific. Joey goes in depth about what athletes, especially volleyball players need to do to perform at their peak.

Happy Monday, today we we take a look at Grit. This is a great word to share with your players as a coach and if you are a player Grit is about getting after it through good and bad.  Check out this links below they are the articles that Miles references today and hope it gets everyone fired up for the week ahead and ready to take on the new year.  

 https://www.donaldmacnaughton.co.uk/the-importance-of-grit-in-sport-performance/ 

https://www.shape.com/fitness/tips/why-grit-key-your-strongest-mind-and-body-ever 

https://exactsports.com/blog/building-grit-for-sports/2016/04/11/

Today we look at a couple of great volleyball Mems, look forward to what we have coming up and give some insight to coaching. 

This is a great episode where Kevin breaks down how to get recruited to play college volleyball. He runs a great program at Wave Volleyball and has seen players go to many Division 1 programs based on what he talks about today.  This is a great video for parents and players to see how to market themselves to coaches and schools so that they can get a look.

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Today we get the wisdom of coach Chris Tamas say how important it is to read books which is a great prelude to our Thoughtful Thursdays. Miles then interviews Mike Ellson the athletic director of Christ Presbyterian Academy Lions. He gives us a break down of the books that inspired Inside Out Coaching and is unapologetic about Christ being the guide for the culture at their school. This is a great interview that sticks with the themes we have seen from all our coaches so far that creating an authentic culture is important.

Wisdom Wednesday... 

In today's episode we hear some great recruiting wisdom from Coach Todd Hollenbeck and Miles breaks it down for high school and club coaches as well. It is about court vision separating players and how it needs to be taught younger to help players and how coaches can use it to find potential in players. 

https://youtu.be/Dd_pvEew14g

We have a great interview today with one of the top Volleyball coaches in the country Chris Tamas from University of Illinois. He gives great insight to how he runs his practices and how he builds a great culture. Chris also talks about how much he learned from all the great coaches he had and how it is so important to be authentic to yourself as a coach.

Today we start Thankful Tuesday where we will highlight people we are thankful for and allow coaches to share who have been their biggest influences. Today we thank our first guest Jason Borchin for giving us a chance to hear from a great coach and work out some kinks. 

Miles also thanks his co-host Kevin Pratte for his support and help and talks about implementing gratitude in your program. 

Today we start Mindful Monday. We have a great quote that Coach Tamas brought up, "You never lose either you win or you learn." We break it down a bit and we will continue with more themed days as we go on. Thank you for your support and you can hear the full length interview with Chris Tamas from University of Illinois tomorrow.