Hello. My daughter (HS sophomore) started playing for our small private school 2 seasons ago. There are only 7 other players on her team, most of which have 1-3 more seasons under their belts. There were no tryouts and they actually had to pull 3 middle schoolers up because there were not enough high schoolers that signed up. I know my girl isn't on the same skill level as everyone else. Her overhand is still not perfect. But her setting is amazing. Here is where it gets tricky. Her coaches will only play her

1. If it is a non-competitive game or
2. If they are 15-20 points ahead.

Which means she sat on the bench for the last 2 tournaments. (They did play her for a couple minutes when it was 22 vs 7) So out of the 12 hours of games, about 5 minutes total playing time. She tried talking to the coaches multiple times and the answer is always "maybe next time " or "join the winter league and we will play you more". They also have 2 other players who get minimal time and only switch them for each other. The other players are their own kids and literally are always played. (I generally am scorekeeper so it is not just emotions talking 😉) If they were all perfect players, I would TOTALLY get it. But the amount of errors that happen has gotten worse over the season. Specifically ball not getting over the net when serving and double touching while setting. We did have a sit down because they stopped practicing her at practice for a while as well. They did start up again after we pointed it out. I do appreciate that they saw that issue at least, but the game stuff is still an issue. So, thoughts? Is this normal for coaches? Are there red flags or am I just being overly sensitive? I know it is just from my perspective, but our school is so small that there is no athletic director and minimal/incomplete guidelines so there is not much I can do.

Im choosing to buy the Mikasa v360w or the molten v5m2700. I dont wanna spend that much since I'm not sure if I will really play volleyball that much. If you wanna recommend anything else, feel free to do so.

Hey all! I recently started playing as a right side hitter for my club and I am unsure of how exactly I should transition back to attack after blocking so as to not run into/hinder the setter. Moreover, when I receive a very short tip as a front row player, where should I pass the ball and how to move, again to avoid the setter and make the play as optimal as possible.

What I have been doing to transition back

So in the video above is what I have been doing to go around the setter. Should the setter be coming from the outside instead or is this indeed the optimal play?

Where to pass the ball on a short tip? (Red, Yellow, Black)

I am wondering where I should pass the ball on a short tip. Also should the transition still be the same as the video above? Or does it change when I am forced to pass an awkward ball?

Thank you all for your feedback, much appreciated!

Just wanted to let everyone know that the Mikasa V200W ball is on sale on Amazon for 38.99$ right now!

I went to the third and last tryout, and I got asked by the coach, my first and last name, and y homeroom. He said that if you made the team, you would receive a Google Classroom Invite. A day later, no invite. My other friends who got asked by the coach got invited, but I didn't.

Hey!
Do you all recording your game? I found video is always a good way to teach and review tactics. But it's really really hard to do any edition on the video and time-consuming. Even if you'd like to draw some line, write some texts on a player, it takes lots of effort.

That's why I build a website application that allows you to effortlessly put your insight into real game clips with just a few clicks. This really helps young players learning and feeling exciting. It's not an add and it's totally free. I'm in the Harvard Visual Computing Group so it is a study. Just want to share. Feedback, advice and even request would be greatly appreciated!

https://reddit.com/link/1ghb5xy/video/hlj3ptlatbyd1/player

https://sportsbuddy.ai/

If you'd like to know more about the study, feel free to DM me!

Hi all! I coach a middle grades girls volleyball team and were fairly decent. We typically go undefeated in our season. In our school district we have a reputation for being really good. I send most of my girls to very strong high school teams and they typically go varsity as freshman.

Backstory over. Recently a private school reached out to me for a non-league scrimmage which i accepted, but their team is coed with mostly boys. My question is, should i suggest specific rules for this game? I’ve never coached outside of girls vb and am mostly just concerned for their safety.

Please let me know if there are common rules boys should adhere to in this type of game. The only thing i saw that seemed common was no attacks in front of the attack line. Thanks!

Edit: I’ve done a little bit of research in the meantime and here’s the rules i proposed (could be confusing but this came from USA VB rules):

Coed team must have at least two females on the court playing at all times, more females are allowed but not more than four males.

If it’s a single contact over the net it must be from a girl, otherwise a female must touch the ball before it goes over.

Any player can block but no back row males can attack.

FINAL EDIT: I ended up canceling the game because after learning more about their team, it was very obvious that they were kind of a bomb squad of boys with a few girls to make it coed. He was not willing to adhere to some of my suggestions of coed rules, the biggest one being no attacking on the front row, staggering the rotation, boy, girl, boy, girl, boy, girl, and having at least one girl touch the ball before it comes over on rallies. They are a heavy boy team playing on a women’s net and their boys are anywhere between 5 foot 9 to 5foot 11 so it’s not a risk I want my girls to take. Thanks for all the advice. The other issue is that they at the end of their season with no more games and we are midseason.

Sorry I don't have a picture, but there was a game where after the point ended the up ref put their palms together with fingers pointed upward and was rubbing them a couple of times vertically? None of us parents in the bleachers knew what they were referring to. Any thoughts?

This question obviously encompasses all types of volleyball formats, but is more specifically geared towards Power Reverse Coed 4's.

I struggle personally with this. And usually I just try to make educated guesses but 90% of the time it's wrong 😭. Any thoughts and suggestions?

Specifically plays like 2:40 and 4:12 in this video, here.

https://youtu.be/L8uJbVZnBSA?si=ldyJ_tYyMaTymuzn

Hi, I'm part of the leadership of a college club. I've played relatively high-level volleyball through high school and have followed NCAA and VNL since I started playing 6-7 years ago. I feel that I understand the on-court side of playing pretty well.

Currently, my team has a fairly incompetent coach. I won't go into details, but I was specifically added to the team's leadership to deal with volleyball operations(planning practices, making rosters, and any strategic ideas). He doesn't really do anything and will constantly choose to blame leadership for decisions he's imposed on us.

Anyway, I feel fine making in-game calls(I did so at NCVF nationals last year), looking for matchups between hitters, and playing around with different blocking schemes. However, I need help deciding whether to mess around with the starting rotation to adapt to different teams. I do think it is a bit more nuanced than a yes or no question and a bit dependent on serving and such, but I also notice that the vast majority of teams at least at the club level chose to always receive in 6 and serve in 1 with no adjustments.

TL;DR: How much of an advantage does changing starting rotation actually give?

Hi all! 😊

I’m an amateur coach, and like many of you, I found existing video tools either too pricey or too complex. So, I created Clip2Coach, a simple, free tool for coaches like us.

www.clip2coach.tube

What it does:

• Clip & Edit: Quickly create video clips from YouTube, Vimeo, or Twitch.
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I’d love your feedback! 🙌

So I started playing on a mixed volleyball team, and we’re currently looking for a sponsor for our team T-shirts. We're hoping to keep the costs manageable, hence the sponsor. We've got a fun and committed group of players, and we play in a pretty active club. I haven't played for long yet tho, and figuring stuff out along the way.

I'm reaching out to see if anyone here has experience with finding local sponsors or suggestions on how to pitch the idea. I'm considering anything really, trying to find fun brands aswell that would like to help out, and that would be fun to have on our shirts. 

I struggle to find reasons for companies to actually sponsor us, as we can't give much in return, and a logo on our shirts isn't the biggest of deals for them aswell. Most reactions I get are, ''not in our budget'', or ''not open for new sponsorships''.Any tips, insights? :)

Dutch team btw.

My daughter 11 yo just made the national team for 12U for a club team. I was surprised she even made the team let alone the national team. She said she is interested in playing Vb even into college. The competition is insane. Over 110+ girls trying out for 3 teams. Any advice for me with tournaments or how to support my daughter.