October 27, 2023
Episode 79: Setter vision, Concussions, and Whole Child Sports
The VolleyPod presented by The Art of Coaching VolleyballAbout this episode
Wait! Use code "VOLLEYPOD" for 20% off of almost anything on The Art of Coaching Volleyball's platform INCLUDING memberships, nearly all of the books, printouts, and more! https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/ Also, be sure to follow The VolleyPod on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/aoc.thevolleypod/ and Twitter at https://twitter.com/TheVolleyPod for exclusive content and immediately useful tips and drills! Episode 79: Setter vision, Concussions, and Whole Child Sports Our skill segment focuses on ideas surrounding setter vision. How important is setter vision? When should we start training vision for young players? How can you get athletes to use their vision to impact the game? We discuss all of this and more on the podcast! Our scenario segment deals with concussions, how avoiding concussions are of critical importance in the health of young people, what coaches and players do to help avoid them, and how they are disrupting the sport more now than ever. For our resource segment we share information about Whole Child Sports, whose mission is to raise awareness about the many problems in youth sports today and provide advice and solutions for sports parents and youth coaches. Skill of the Week: Setter vision and its importance Scenario of the Week: How to train and play smarter and avoid concussions The Art of Coaching Volleyball videos that we used this week focused on setter vision: https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/setting-vision-work/ Ryan Theis from Marquette University shows some great setting vision drills https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/setting-drill-with-debbie-brown/ Debbie Brown, former National Team setter, demonstrates an awesome drill for working with setters' vision https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/how-important-is-peripheral-vision-for-volleyball-players/ Celine Drewnick discusses the importance of peripheral vision The Resource of the Week is Whole Child Sports, which can be found here: https://www.wholechildsports.com/