Well I finally missed a day…oh well, I’ll just combine the last two days!
Tuesdays practice was as good as Monday’s was bad. Not being mean, just being honest about Monday. I think coach Dave might have been the only one on his game as he can be a great coach in his sleep! I completely take 100% of the responsibility and I apologize for not “bringing my A game.” Don’t get me wrong Monday wasn’t a total loss, we still got some things accomplished with the 5 that were there and we got some quality touches on the ball. In my mind the feel just wasn’t there. Anyone who has played sports knows that those days happen. We refocus and we move on.
Tuesday we did just that! The plan was better, the girls were more focused, and we really played very well at times. Most important the girls really displayed their ability to correct things on the fly. That ability truly separates athletes from everyone who just plays.
Tonight we started with a pretty cool bench circuit workout. The bench circuit is a circuit of exercises that all use a bench as the only apparatus. After the workout we did some hand to ball contact drills including dot & partner warm up swings, and self toss swings.
We then moved into some ball control drills that reinforce body position before the pass and attention to details during the pass. Form there we ran a serve receive type drill in which we needed to get 40 good passes to our target in 5 minutes. To reinforce attention to details, we subtracted points for lack of communication, not being in the right place in the drill and even made them start from scratch for not keeping the score right. This attention to the mental details of the game is such an overlooked area of practice, but it is vital for success at the higher levels.
To finish up, we worked on free ball and read, perimeter defense. Our transition offense was pretty darn impressive in that when we made the defensive plays we turned them into swings pretty darn well. We really need to work with our setters on releasing properly and we have a ton of work on defensive positioning but that will come as the year goes on. We are still focusing on the techniques more than the system at this point. We’ll be ready to put a team on the floor for the scrimmage on saturday but really none of our systems will be anywhere near where they will be in a few weeks.
Here’s hoping Morgan B feels better, WE MISS YOU!!!
Viva!
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Tags: Practice, Practices, Session Notes, Session Updates, Sessions, toledo, Toledo Revolution, Toledo Revolution Volleyball, Toledo Volleyball, TR Volleyball