by Bogdan Mlachkov | Mar 15, 2019
The next rotation in our “needs to be examined” list is Rotation 4. What do we have to take into account when the setter is in position 4 on a volleyball court? This is probably the most difficult volleyball rotation in terms of understanding, especially for beginners... 
by Bogdan Mlachkov | Mar 10, 2019
The main setter of the German national team Lukas Kampa is surely not one of the biggest stars on the volleyball court, although he has been pronounced “Best setter” during the World Championship 2014 in Poland where Germany won the bronze medal after a great run and... 
by Bogdan Mlachkov | Mar 2, 2019
After the details of rotations 1 and 2 have been analyzed in previous two articles, it is time to make the same exercise also with rotation 3 which has its substantial specifics too. From the perspective of the receiving team the setter has the usual options on... 
by Bogdan Mlachkov | Feb 24, 2019
Mateusz Bienek is one of the younger volleyball Polish talents who appeared on the world stage in the last years. Bienek played his first match for the men’s national team in 2015 during the preliminary phase of the World League against Russia. It seems that this was... 
by Jiri Popelka | Feb 20, 2019
The key program in the USA is known as the Volleyball Coaching Accreditation Program (USAV-CAP), which provides a great opportunity for professional preparation and for people to advance into volleyball coaches. The program covers all essential topics for the... 
by Bogdan Mlachkov | Feb 16, 2019
In the previous article devoted to the events occurring on a volleyball court it was explained what are the specifics of the situation where the setter is located in position 1. Let’s make a step back along the rotations and look into Rotation 2 in order to have... 
by Mark Lebedew | Feb 14, 2019
“If player focus is high, you don’t need to practice for a long time. If player focus is low, it doesn’t matter how long you practice,” says Mark Lebedew, head coach of Australian men’s national volleyball team. I sometimes half jokingly tell... 
by Bogdan Mlachkov | Feb 8, 2019
On the volleyball court the position in which the setter is located determines the respective rotation in which a given team is. If the setter is in position 1, this is first rotation, when he is in position 2 – second rotation and so on or and so forth. This rule... 
by Marc Bird | Feb 1, 2019
If you want to be good volleyball coach or player, you should invest in your development. Volleyball academies are great opportunities for you. Academies around the world will provide you chance to learn and get inspired by many volleyball coaches. When you see... 
by Bogdan Mlachkov | Jan 9, 2019
The last two volleyball decades can be described in many ways, but as one of them unarguably they could be named “The rise of Iran”. Almost nobody has heard about the Persians just 20 years ago. They were placed 19thin World Championship 1998 and didn’t qualify for...
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