We use cookies so we can provide you with the best online experience. You can change your cookie settings at any time. Otherwise, we'll assume you're OK to continue.
Just one year after graduating from Southwest Missouri State in 1976, Dr. Cecile Reynaud was named head coach of Florida State’s volleyball and over the next 26 years she established the program as one of the nation’s best and in the process she became one of the country’s most well respected volleyball coaches. Over the course of her career at FSU, Reynaud earned a master’s and Ph.D. from Florida State while heading the volleyball program from 1976-2001. Dr. Cecile Reynaud’s name is ...
The jump floater serve is the same as the standing floater serve except there is an approach and jump to make contact with the ball. For a full three-step approach, the player steps forward with the foot on the nonhitting side (see figure 3.16a), followed by a step onto the hitting-side foot (see figure 3.16b), and then plants the nonhitting-side foot (slightly in front, closer to the net) and jumps up off both feet (see figure 3.16c). The ball may be tossed either with both hands or with ...
These skills, called technical skills, are the fundamentals that provide each player with the tools to execute the physical requirements of the game. These skills, called tactical skills, are the bridge between practice performance and game performance. Although all these skills are important, effective teaching of the technical and tactical skills of the game still provides the foundation for successful volleyball coaching.
When on defense, having all your players in the correct position on the court no matter what defensive system the team is playing allows a team to be successful. Spend some time training players to get in a ready position, read the hitter, move quickly to where they anticipate the ball is going to be hit, and get stopped and ready to play the ball hit at them. The player closest to the ball goes in front to attempt to play the ball, and the player farthest from where the ball is coming goes...
