Coach Dunning shares with you a 4-part guide to assist you in taking your setting to the next level. His presentation spans a skill range including basic, intermediate and advanced levels of the position. In Part 1, "Characteristics of the 'Total' Setter," Dunning discusses the position dynamics including the role of the setter, setting situations and factors of successful offense. In Part 2, Setting Skills, Dunning teaches the proper mechanics of court positioning, body posture, hand positioning, squaring to target, essential footwork, ball touch and follow through. He shares a series of drill progressions that teach court awareness. In Part 3, Specific Sets, Dunning delivers comprehensive demonstration of the one, three and "A" sets followed by three varieties of setting for the back row attack. Dunning follows with a segment on Zones and Footwork, including front and back zone fan drills along with specific details for positioning and footwork relative to the setting target. Dunning teaches the spin, tilt and the tight zone sets. In Part 4, Tight Pass Setting Options, Dunning details jousting and tight pass dumps and dump strategies. Included in this section is game footage highlighting several tight pass situations. As a bonus, former Stanford All-American setter Bryn Kehoe shares her insight on a variety of aspects of the position.

67 minutes. 2008.

John Dunning believes that the cornerstone of great volleyball lies in the development of the skills of passing and defense. Coach Dunning begins by sharing the characteristics for great passing before moving into skill development areas that span ability levels from basic through advanced. He covers set-up and ready position, strike zone and early platform establishment. Throughout this segment, Dunning interjects coaching tips and drills that incorporate communication, movement and court spacing, while emphasizing the need to maintain a consistent form as the game pace increases. In Part 2: Digging, Dunning begins with individual body posture and positioning for readiness to run to the ball. He shares tips for body control and how to cushion hard hit balls, and then adds motion drills for high and low digs followed by lateral movement drills to dig. Dunning moves next to on-court applications, bringing game speed to the skills. He utilizes a two-digger drill and defines the roles for positioning. In the final segment "Attitude of a Champion," Dunning shares an all out drill that challenges a defender's will to get to the ball. Concluding this segment is montage of game footage highlights of aggressive digging. Throughout the presentation, Dunning calls upon Stanford All-American Bryn Kehoe to share her thoughts and invaluable insights from a player's perspective.

51 minutes. 2008.

Legendary coach John Dunning presents the point scoring areas in volleyball: Attacking, Serving and Blocking. All topics are presented from the foundational basics and progress through advanced tactics. In Part 1, Attacking, Dunning shares technical and tactical goals for successful attacking. Coach Dunning implements a series of technique drills on the box without the jump, teaching foundations of rotation and body before progressing to the approach. He details the approach without the ball followed by approaches with hitting. Throughout the drills, Dunning offers invaluable insights for footwork, planting, location and landing. Next, Dunning moves into hitting situations and sets including quick set and hits. In Part 2, Serving, Dunning shares technique, strategies and ability-based progressions for the standing float serve, jump float, jump spin, short serve and deep court serve. In Part 3, Blocking, Dunning's basic blocking instruction begins with one on ball focusing on proper blocking technique. Next is partner blocking that necessitates court awareness, location, communication and read of the hitter. Drills and strategies included in this section include box drills, movement blocking, jump blocking and soft blocking. To further enhance each skill area you will hear insightful dialog from the players and see game footage of each skill area.

68 minutes. 2008.

One of the volleyball's greatest teachers, Mary Wise, has created this DVD series with the goal of helping volleyball coaches teach and coach essential individual skills while incorporating them into effective team play. Wise's teaching progressions range from beginning level play to a more advanced, aggressive and competitive team play. This series is appropriate for all coaches from club thorough high school level.

Coach Dunning is one of the sport's finest technicians and has taught the game to players from youth club all the way up to the NCAA Championship-level! Three times Dunning has taken the NCAA crown, due in large part to the technically sound play of his athletes in all facets of the game. This video series has been created specifically for volleyball players to provide a resource that shows and clearly details how a volleyball player can improve in all aspects of the game! This series is also an excellent addition to any coaches library as it provides an excellent series of drill progressions that Dunning uses with all of his players!

In this information packed 3-section video, Coach Shymansky shares the ball control skills and drills designed to develop your elite players. Shymansky's instructional methodology includes simple verbal cue sequences to assist in the technique instruction. Following each part of this video, Shymansky breaks down game footage showing how the skills are implemented in game settings. Part 1: Setting - Technical instruction on "small hop" jump setting, spin setting, reverse direction setting, side spin setting, and setter attack jump sets. Part 2: Passing - Break down of non-linear passing, drop step passing, and hand passing. With passing instruction, Shymansky includes demonstration along with detailed rationale for helping a player and coach chose the appropriate pass at the appropriate time. Part 3: Defense - Shymansky focuses on digging technique and skills to extend the range of digging defense. Skills included are extensions, floor moves with hands digging, and one-handed digging.

90 minutes. 2004.

VV-02231B: with Bond Shymansky,
Georgia Tech Head Volleyball Coach

In this comprehensive 3-section video, Coach Shymansky shares the arm swing skills expertise that has catapulted Georgia Tech Volleyball into national prominence! In all of the instruction, Shymansky follows a pattern of showing the entire skill, breaking down the skill into components, and re-building the entire skill. Game footage included allows you to see these skills in a competitive situation. Part 1: Hitting - Break down of hitting components for middle and outside attackers with straight-on and cross-body arm swings. Also included are the roll shot, the deep tip, and the sweep shot. Part 2: Serving - Both the aggressive float serve and the jump serve are taught. Shymansky builds both of these serves from the ground up using drills and techniques that offer you an easy-to-follow teaching progression. Part 3: Blocking - Shymansky details the technique and instructional methodology for solo blocking and the swing block. He begins with set-up positions followed by lead-up drill progressions that lead to blocking skill perfection.

70 minutes. 2004.