Mastering Volleyball - Skills And Drills

featuring Coach Al Scates (19 NCAA National Championships)

What you'll learn

Students will know the key fundamentals of Serving, Passing, Seting, Hitting, Blocking and Defense.

Students will learn practice drills to improve consistency of their volleyball skills.

Students will understand many of the important details of these skills that are often the difference between winning and losing a match.

Students will understand about the proper position and controlling the ball.

Requirements

There are no requirements or prerequisites for taking this course.

Description

Take your volleyball skills to a higher level with instruction from Hall of Fame Volleyball Coach Al Scates. In this comprehensive program, Coach Scates and his UCLA team demonstrate essential volleyball skills and a variety of individual and team drills. Among the topics covered are: serving, passing, setting, hitting, blocking and defense. This video is a great resource for players and coaches at any level of competition.One of the greatest coaching careers in the history of collegiate sports came to an end following the 2012 season, as Al Scates retired from coaching at UCLA. Scates left an unmatched legacy of success, longevity and influence in collegiate men's volleyball. Al Scates and UCLA volleyball won NCAA championships in 1970-71-72-74-75-76-79-81- 82-83-84-87-89-93-95-96-98-2000-06. He was named Coach of the Year in 1984, '87, '93, '96, '98 and 2006.Scates' 50-year coaching record of 1,239-290 (.812) is one of the best in collegiate sports. When he retired that record ranked first among all Division I volleyball coaches. In addition to their 19 NCAA titles, the Bruins also won USVBA collegiate championships in 1965 and '67 under Scates' stewardship. During his six decades at UCLA, he coached 54 different first-team NCAA and 26 USVBA All-Americans, 44 U.S. National Team members, 27 Olympians and seven different Players of the Year. On Dec. 16, 2004, Al Scates was inducted into the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Hall of Fame.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Serving

Lecture 3 Passing

Lecture 4 Setting

Lecture 5 Hitting

Lecture 6 Blocking

Lecture 7 Defense

Lecture 8 Closing Comments

Coaches and volleyball players at any level would benefit from taking this course.