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This week's skill is how and why to create opportunities in your practice to reinforce systems during serve receive practice. In match play serve receive there are a number of factors at play other than an individual's ability to pass to the target. There is a lot of contextual interference which makes it beneficial to practice with these conditions. Tod disucsses some ways that coaches can add these types of conditions to their passing practice and enhance their live play serve receive performance.

Our scenario segment builds on the idea of creating a balanced offense by focusing on how and why to get the Middle Attacker the ball more. Often middles have the highest hitting percentage on the team but get the fewest sets. This imbalance can limit the overall effectiveness of your team since the opposition will have a good idea where the ball is going. Davis explores how to keep your middles alive and working effectively, and finding ways to score and keep the opposition off balance.

For our resource section we share a book that offers rich ideas that mimic The Ten Commandments, but in regards to being a "winning" teammate. These ideas are well thought out and powerful concepts that, when practiced, can be one of the turning points on a competitive team. Integral concepts like self-sacrifice are explained with both wit and humor. Readers will be sure to get something that they can put into practice right away.

Skill of the Week: Reinforcing skill work during serve receive practice

Scenario of the week: Getting your Middle Attackers the ball more often and in better positions to score

The Art of Coaching Volleyball videos that we used this week focused on getting system work during serve receive practice:
Karch Kiraly’s "In a Row" passing drill
https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/karchs-in-a-row-passing-drill/

 Luka Slabe on clarifying the seams in serve receive
https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/clarifying-the-seams-on-serve-receive/

Fantastic youth, club, high school, and college coach, currently at Goldenwest Volleyball Club, Andrew Clifton demonstrates how he likes to teach how to divide up the court in serve receive
https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/serve-receive-dividing-the-court/

Resource of the Week
The 10 Commandments of Winning Teammates by Sean Glaze can be found here: https://greatresultsteambuilding.net/winning-teammates/