Coaches, honing you and your staff's hitting skills for coach initiated drills is imperative to running efficient practices. In this instructional volleyball video, you will learn technically sound and healthy hitting skills and learn how to evaluate and react appropriately to a player's skill level to better facilitate development in each drill. In part one, Gonzalez breaks down the anatomy of a healthy arm swing and his system of presenting the ball to his players. Gonzales then follows with four additional skill set areas including knee slide and barrel roll, side spin toss, underspin and topspin series, and hitting. In each area, Gonzalez shares how to run the drill with proper presentation, how to evaluate the skill set of each player and then follow with another round of the drill. Gonzalez's training system will assist you in running coach initiated drills safely and efficiently while meeting the skill development needs of each individual on your team. This is a must-see for everyone on your staff.

2009.

In this information packed volleyball DVD, Coach Moore shares with you a step-by-step run, jump and hit progressive guide to attacking.

Moore begins with a technical breakdown of the footwork for the four-, three- and two-step approaches. Moore shares insight into what to look for from each player through individual drills before moving into full team participation drills for working on the approach.

Moving from footwork, Moore shares the technical aspects of the jump followed by a drill progression that adds a swing and touch to the jump. Moore concludes his jumping instruction by adding a hitting drill that shows you how to evaluate the proper approach for the hit.

Oregon Strength Coach Jeremy Pick shares a quick, but effective, 7-exercise dynamic warm-up for the arm swing that will help your players train for safer hitting. Moore demonstrates the technical aspects for the throw and hit followed by drill progressions that include throwing tennis balls before moving to throwing drills with the volleyball. Moore puts the run, jump and hit together with a series of 10 multi-contact attacking drills, which include transition and serve receive routes.

This guide to attacking is certain to assist you in improving your players' understanding and execution of this crucial skill.

43 minutes. 2009

Got space issues? Never let a lack of space compromise your practices! Here are some great solutions! Former Georgia Tech All-American and current Kentucky assistant Lauren Sauer takes you on a high-energy chase through a series of half court drills in her on-court presentation from the 2008 AVCA Convention. Sauer shows how to get between 300 and 500 reps per practice with limited time and space that many coaches face. Learn a quick, high rep warm-up that will maximize your practice time. Sauer's ball and partner drills will challenge your players - not only for high reps but skill development in all areas of the game. Sauer shares ideas for station drills utilizing all areas of the half court: walls, the net and the floor. Learn a series of blocking drills, 4-corner drills and dig-set drills that will keep you players moving. Sauer's presentation will show you that your training is limited only by your imagination, not by your lack of space.

40 Minutes. 2009.

Coach Fritz feels that it is imperative to breakdown your stats to help you understand and determine priority areas in which to dedicate practice time. In this on-court AVCA convention DVD, Fritz provides drills and strategies that will assist you in creating game-like situations for coaching successful transition. Fritz begins with a statistical breakdown for her season and how it relates to transition. She incorporates footwork development instruction beginning with a right front block move utilizing a "turn, spin, and hop" movement with a 3-step back to the ball approach. Fritz demonstrates this movement with a quick exchange drill that uses both the right front block and left front block moves. Fritz moves into left side transition and shares strategies and drills that emphasize out of system balls. An excellent volleyball DVD from one of the top college coaches in the nation.

44 minutes. 2009.

Coach Aird, capitalizing on his experience at Penn State, takes you on a fast ride through a series of drills and concepts that are designed to maximize the productivity of your team, every minute of every practice. Beginning with practice planning, Aird leads you through an example of how to run your players through a volleyball-specific warm-up that will keep your athletes engaged in the practice. Aird shares ideas to utilize the early season to establish drills so that they become more time efficient as the season progresses. As your players gets warmed up, and the practice progresses, Aird believes that the coaching and teaching need to intensify. He demonstrates drills and activities that will allow your players to think and read and develop game sense in a practice setting. Aird includes four important team skills that guide his practices and follows with a 5-on-5 no middle drill series that shows how to design play that best serves the needs of your team. This presentation shares drill ideas and coaching methodology so that you, too, can maximize practice repetitions.

58 Minutes 2009.