Discover "little tricks" and ideas you can implement immediately to maximize your time in practice.

Todd Dagenais has developed an efficient practice system and philosophy based on his experiences as the assistant head coach at USC and as a member of the USA National Coaching staff.

Now Dagenais brings his unique practice ideas to DVD and shows you how to maximize contacts while saving large chunks of valuable practice time.

Daganais' will show you how to plan backward from your end-of-season goals and objectives to better implement daily and weekly objectives. Plus, you will learn quick and effective ways to provide on-court feedback and error correction without stopping your drills.

Dagenais guides you through a live practice that includes his team's pre-practice ritual and a 10-block practice session. These 10 blocks begin with fundamental, individual skill work and progress step-by-step through partner, group and competitive team play.

Throughout each block Dagenais narrates as his team demonstrates the skill set for each area of emphasis. Dagenais' ongoing instruction includes tips for learning to control the variables for each block of practice; allowing you to intertwine individual player development with team development.

Implementing Dagenais's practice plan model will assist you in protecting your one of your most precious commodities--training minutes!

2010.

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 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.

When watching Mary Wise it is easy to see her unconditional love for the game in every aspect of her coaching. Wise feels that above all, the most important value a coach can instill in a player is a love for the game. In Practice Planning Solutions, Wise begins by presenting four themes that echo in all of her practices. These themes encompass the head and the heart for learning and competing, while having fun and loving the game. Wise presents eight principles for helping a coach establish a pattern for effective practice planning. In addition, she discusses seven areas of emphasis she feels are essential for coaching younger players. The theme of these concepts is to create an atmosphere of success with ideas for modifications that can easily be implemented to ensure a successful and fun practice for younger players. To bring it all together, Wise offers a bird's eye view of her teaching and coaching methodology by taking a team of young players through seven different drills that reflect the model for an effective practice that challenges players with game-like situations.

33 minutes. 2005.