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Volleyball Training Books from myfoodcount.com
Volleyball is an Olympic sport in which two teams, separated by a high net, hit a ball back and forth over the net between the teams. Each team is allowed three hits to get the ball over the net to the other team. A point is scored if the ball hits the ground in the opponents' court, if the opponents commit a fault, or if they fail to return the ball properly.
Volleyball can be a very active sport that can provide an excellent level of aerobic exercise. It also helps players improve their hand-eye coordination and the ability to override the instinctive desire to dodge a fast-moving object such as a ball.
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101 Volleyball Drills
by Peggy E. Martin
This remarkable book includes over 100 drills covering all aspects of volleyball play, including: warm-up, setting, serve and serve-receive, passing and digging, attacking, blocking, combination and transition, six-on-six, and more. Nearly 100 diagrams make understanding and implementing these drills quick and easy.
In her 27th year at the helm of the Jennies, Peggy Martin is not only the dean of Central Missouri State University's coaching staff, but also the winningest active volleyball coach on the NCAA Division II level.
Martin's 892-229-8 record entering the 2003 campaign makes her the winningest coach in the Division II volleyball ranks, while her .794 winning percentage is third among active head coaches on the Division II level.
Under Martin's guidance, the Jennies have won at least 25 matches for 25 straight seasons and have claimed, or shared, 19 Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association crowns since the league began sponsoring the sport in 1982. Her teams have also made 20 NCAA Tournament appearances in a row, the most in Division II history, and have reached the "Elite Eight" six times, highlighted by a runner-up national showing in 1987.
For her efforts, Martin has been chosen MIAA or Missouri AIAW State Coach of the Year a total of 15 times and AVCA South Central Region Coach of the Year on six occasions. She was selected as AVCA Division II National Coach of the Year in 1987 after directing the Jennies to their second-place NCAA Tournament finish and a 42-4.
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Complete Conditioning for Volleyball
by Allen E. Scates, Mike Linn, Vince Kowalick, Al Scates
Get in top volleyball shape by using the same training approach used by the powerhouse UCLA teams! Complete Conditioning for Volleyball—written by the Bruins’ legendary coach, Al Scates, and St. Louis University’s strength and conditioning coach, Mike Linn—will have you serving with more power and consistency, skying higher on every jump, and covering the court with increased quickness and agility.
Both a workout manual for players and a training guide for coaches, Complete Conditioning for Volleyball does more than tell you what you should do; it explains and shows you how to do it. Drills and exercises are presented in diagrams and photos and described in detail. In-season and off-season programs include a wide range of on-and off-court activities that prepare players to perform to their potential.
For the past four decades, Coach Scates has set the standard for success in collegiate volleyball, netting 18 NCAA Division I championships. In Complete Conditioning for Volleyball, he gives you the perfect set—now it’s up to you to score with it!
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Volleyball: Playing With Your Head at Any Height
by Collin Henry, Judy Corcoran
Volleyball is a game that is not determined by your height, but by the your ability as a player. This book will teach you the fundamentals of the game, while also helping to develop your personal goals as a player.
Collin Henry was recruited to become one of volleyball’s youngest players to compete on a national team, he was 15. Since then, he has coached high school, club, college and national teams and is building volleyball champions of all sizes. In Volleyball: Playing with Your Head at Any Height, he breaks down the skills of volleyball and teaches players how to play with their head, because it’s not how tall you are, it’s how you play the game that counts.
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Coaching Volleyball: Building a Winning Team
by Carl McGown, Hilda A. Fronske, Launa Moser
One of the most complete books on coaching volleyball ever printed — includes advice, tips, and cues that take the experienced coach years to accumulate. This comprehensive book covers every aspect of coaching volleyball — from the beginning basic skills to information on aiding the talented college-bound athlete. It guides the coach through the decision-making processes of tryouts, practice schedules, setting up the team's offense and defense, coaching a game, and dealing with parents and administrators. Here are the keys to creating a winning volleyball class or entire volleyball program from the elementary to collegiate level, based on the solid knowledge that comes with years of experience. Volleyball coaches and physical education teachers.
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Karch Kiraly's Championship Volleyball
by Karch Kiraly
In the volleyball world, the name Karch Kiraly is synonymous with excellence, whether it be in the U.S.A. or abroad, in the gym or on the beach. This revised edition of Karch Kiraly's Championship Volleyball provides a complete course in volleyball skills, including:
- Serving
- Bumping
- Setting
- Hitting
- Blocking
- Basic and Advanced Team Defense and Offense Strategies
Combine all of this with the expanded chapter on the beach game, and you have the most complete volleyball instructional available.
So, whether you're a beginner just learning the basics or an advanced player looking for the strategy that will blow your opponents off the court, Karch Kiraly's Championship Volleyball will give you the skills to do it.
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The Volleyball Handbook
by Bob Miller
In volleyball, the little things often mean the difference between being good and being great. But bridging the gap between the two requires the patience, persistence, and insight that come with experience. The Volleyball Handbook provides access to that experience through the knowledge and teachings of one of volleyball’s foremost experts in both boys’ and girls’ play. In this practical guide, veteran coach Bob Miller goes beyond the fundamentals to give you a grasp on the finer points of the sport that are essential to winning championships.
Filled with practical, nuts-and-bolts information, each chapter is like a personal coaching clinic designed to help individuals and teams improve. Whether you’re learning to execute offensive and defensive techniques and tactics or organizing productive practices and game preparation, this insider’s guide will help ensure top-notch performances in matches and tournaments. And, because volleyball success hinges on a total team effort, you’ll benefit from a proven approach to creating a cohesive, winning attitude on the squad.
Prepare to perform like a champion every time you step on the court. The Volleyball Handbook will show you the same methods that Miller used to guide his teams to 950 wins and 7 state championship titles during his phenomenal coaching career.
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Volleyball Skills & Drills
by Jim Bertoli
The book is a comprehensive tool for developing all of the skills of volleyball in addition to providing drills that help coaches handle specific situations that they will incur with their teams. The book has approximately 100 drills and touches upon defensive systems, conditioning and game strategies. The book provides over 80 diagrams, terminology and key phrases.
Jim Bertoli began his coaching career in December of 1990 as the head coach of men’s volleyball at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. He then wen t on to be the head coach of women’s volleyball at the University of New Orleans for 4 years where the program was awarded the Award of Excellence from Athletic Management Magazine in 1993 for Women’s Athletics and in 1994 garnered a similar award for Community Relations. In 1995, Bertoli was named the head coach of men’s and women’s volleyball at Montana State University in Billings. In 1997, he came to Indiana State University since February of 1997 and the volleyball program has qualified for the Missouri Valley Conference Volleyball Championships four times during his tenure. Bertoli is the author of a manual titled Marketing and Promotions for Volleyball and has served on the Board of Directors of the American Volleyball Coaches Association. He decided to leave professional coaching in the spring of 2! 003 and now acts as a consultant for several youth and traveling teams in the state of Indiana.
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Volleyball Skills & Drills
by American Volleyball Coaches Association, Kinda Lenberg (Editor)
Master volleyball’s key techniques and elevate performance in all facets of the sport. Volleyball Skills & Drills teaches the fundamentals and contains the proper progressions to help players master and apply those skills on the court when it counts. Featuring 90 of the sport’s best drills, this guide will maximize both the rate and quality of learning to help players and coaches get the most out of each practice session.
Developed by the American Volleyball Coaches Association, this book includes an introduction by Taras Liskevych and chapters from 10 of the game’s top coaches on the topics they know best:
- Paul Arrington: Practicing
- Sean Byron: Setting
- Don Hardin: Blocking
- Jim McLaughlin: Attacking
- Marilyn Nolen: Receiving Serves
- Penn State assistants with Russ Rose: Playing Defense
- Tom Peterson: Serving
- Joan Powell: Digging
- Joe Sagula: Playing Offense
- Stephanie Schleuder: Transitioning
Volleyball Skills & Drills is both the perfect in-season coaching manual and a superb off-season player development manual. It’s like attending the best volleyball clinic available on each important aspect of individual and team performance!
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Volleyball Fundamentals
by Joel Dearing
Text provides sequential instructions and accompanying photographs, guiding readers to perform the essential skills and tactics of volleyball. Topics include serving, receiving, setting, attacking, blocking, and digging.
Joel B. Dearing is an associate professor of education and women’s volleyball coach at Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts. During his 14-year coaching tenure at Springfield College, Dearing has established his program as one of the best in the nation. He has a 346-131 record at the school and ranks in the top 10 in Division III history with a 479-245 overall mark in 21 years as a women's coach.
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The Volleyball Coaching Bible
by Donald S. Shondell (Editor), Cecile, Ph.D. Reynaud (Editor)
24 of the top U.S. men's and women's volleyball coaches share their principles, insights, strategies, methods and experiences to help you learn new and better ways to coach
Donald S. Shondell is a legend in U.S volleyball. In his 34 years as coach at Ball State University, his teams won an impressive 769 games, the second-highest all-time victory total by a men’s team coach. Shondell was selected as an All-Time Great Volleyball Coach by the United States Volleyball Association and was the American Volleyball Coaches Association’s Coach of the Year in 1995. He has coached many of the nation’s top coaches, including former U.S. women’s national team coach and current USC coach Mick Haley. He served as president of the USVA in 1978 and is a former president and cofounder of the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association. Shondell was a 1996 inductee into the Volleyball Hall of Fame. He retired from coaching in 1998. Shondell lives in Muncie, Indiana.
With more than 600 wins and 25 years of collegiate coaching experience, Cecile Reynaud ranked in the top nine in career victories among active Division I coaches when she retired from Florida State University after the 2001 season. In May of 1996, Reynaud received the George J. Fischer Leader in Volleyball award presented at the USA Volleyball national meetings. This award recognizes long-time, significant contributions to volleyball programs and activities in the United States. She is a current member of the Volleyball Hall of Fame selection committee and served 12 years on the USA Volleyball board of directors and three years on the executive committee. Reynaud was also a president of the American Volleyball Coaches Association. She lives in Tallahassee, Florida.
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The Ultimate Guide to Weight Training for Volleyball
by Robert G. Price, Maryanne Haselow-Dulin (Editor)
The Ultimate Guide to Weight Training for Volleyball is the most comprehensive and up-to-date volleyball-specific training guide in the world today. It contains descriptions and photographs of over 80 of the most effective weight training, flexibility, and abdominal exercises used by athletes worldwide. This book features year-round volleyball-specific weight-training programs guaranteed to improve your performance and get you results.
No other volleyball book to date has been so well designed, so easy to use, and so committed to weight training. This book takes you from the off-season to the in-season, and is loaded with dozens of tips and pointers to help you maximize your training and improve your performance.
Both beginners and advanced athletes and weight trainers can follow this book and utilize its programs. From recreational to professional, thousands of athletes all over the world are already benefiting from this book and its techniques, and now you can too!
Rob Price is a first class certified personal trainer and a fitness consultant at the University of Wisconsin. He is a national weight lifting champion and state bench press record holder. He has helped thousands of athletes all over the world achieve their goals. Rob is also a contributing author to OnFitness magazine and is the founder of the #1 Sports-Training website on the Internet.
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Smarter Volleyball : Principles and Strategies for Winning Doubles
by Mark Tanner
The purpose of this book is to help the experienced player take his/her game to the next level. Most people who play doubles are unaware of the higher principles of the game. This lack of understanding is largely due to the fact that those principles have never been established in writing for people to study, discuss, debate and apply. Once you learn and begin to apply the higher principles to your game, you will improve and find yourself beating teams that were accustomed to beating you. And won't that be fun!
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Volleyball Drill Book: Individual Skills
by Bob Bertucci
For players and coaches at all competitive levels, Volleyball Drill Book: Individual Skills presents over two hundred drills for the development and improvement of basic volleyball skills, including:
- Passing
- Serving
- Setting
- Blocking
- Digging
- Service Reception
- Spiking
In his fifteen years of head coaching experience, Bob Bertucci has established a reputation as one of the nation's top volleyball coaches. As the head coach at Rutgers for the past five years, Bertucci's record has included being named the Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Coach of the Year in 1988, 1990, and 1992, consistent appearances in the National Top 20 Poll, and an appearance in the NCAA Final Four in 1990. James A. Peterson, PhD, is the author of over thirty sports and fitness books. A former instructor at the United States Military Academy, he is currently Director of Sport Medicine at Stairmaster Sports/Medical Products, Inc.
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Peak Conditioning Training for Volleyball
by Thomas Emma
Former Chicago Bull and strength & conditioning specialist Tom Emma presents a detailed recipe for peak volleyball strength and power training. Emma approaches training in four distinct segments. In part one of the book, you’ll learn strategies to help you maintain peak performance levels (flexibility, recuperation, sleep, overtraining, injury prevention and rehabilitation, and nutrition and supplements). Part two covers conditioning, and includes comprehensive aerobic and anaerobic training programs. In part three, Emma explains strength training as it relates to volleyball, with detailed information on basics and principles, core-training protocol, and illustrated upper-body, lower-body, and combination exercise guides. Part four addresses every aspect of movement training, including plyometrics, speed training, cross-training, and much more. Features dozens of illustrations, photos, and diagrams.
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