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Thinking about hosting a tournament next season? Or maybe you’ve been doing so for years. Either way, this article can help you stage a memorable event.

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The strength and conditioning program for the Purdue University volleyball squad centers around a team-based training philosophy.

A losing season can take its toll on even the most experienced coach. Here’s how to get through one.

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Coach quits over boys on girls’ teams.

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Academics

NCAA to Require Higher HS GPAs When it comes to discussions about NCAA Division I academic standards, the Academic Progress Rate (APR) usually generates the most headlines. Flying under the radar are new mandates for high schoolers looking to compete at the D-I level. Beginning in 2016-17, these athletes will be required to post at least a 2.3 GPA in 16 high school core courses. Previously, the minimum was 2.0.

Student-athletes with high school GPAs between 2.0 and 2.3 will be required to take an academic redshirt year. This means they will be eligible to receive athletically related financial aid and practice with their team during their first year on campus, but won’t be allowed to participate in any competitions or travel to away matches. Athletes with GPAs below 2.0 are considered nonqualifiers and cannot receive athletically related financial aid, practice, or compete during their freshman year.

In addition, incoming freshmen will have to meet test score requirements based on the NCAA’s sliding scale. For example, a student-athlete with the minimum 2.3 core-course GPA needs to score a combined 1080 on the SAT math and verbal sections or 93 on the ACT (the sum of the scores in English, mathematics, reading, and science). An athlete who posts an 820 SAT or 68 ACT, meanwhile, would need a 2.95 GPA. (The full sliding scale can be found at: www.eligibilitycenter.org under “Resources.”)

All athletes must also complete 10 of the 16 core courses before the first semester of their senior year. Of the 10 courses, seven must be in English, math, or science.

To meet stricter academic demands and prepare athletes for college, some high schools are experimenting with new programs. In Indianapolis, Warren Central High School has implemented an academic support program for athletes that uses grade tracking, study tables, coaches’ efforts, and motivational tools.

When the school began tracking athletes’ semester GPAs in the spring of 2009, only 67 percent were at or above a 2.0. In the spring of 2011, thanks to the support program, that number had risen to 86 percent.

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leadership putting academics at the forefront and saying it’s important,” says Jennifer Jensen, a math teacher at Warren Central who conducts grade tracking for the program. “And it continues with personal interaction. It is about the studentathletes understanding that we don’t care just about what they do on the court. We care about them as people.”

School policy at Warren Central requires a student-athlete with a GPA below 2.0 or an F in any class to attend

study sessions twice per week. Under the program, players struggling academically are now also required to have individual meetings with their coaches. At these one-on-one sessions, the coach outlines expectations and provides a plan for improving the player’s grades.

Another way that Warren Central emphasizes academics to its student-athletes is through its Leadership Kickoff event. The main component of the Kickoff centers on announcing the studentathletes’ recent academic achievements.

Each squad’s combined GPA from the previous year, as well as the percentage of members in defined GPA ranges, are shared with everyone in attendance. Prizes are awarded to the squads with the highest marks in both small- and largeteam divisions.

“The event generates a sense of pride,” Jensen says. “The kids talk about it, and it has made them more excited

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about being good students. There was one situation where a team’s GPA was very low, and they were basically called out during the kickoff. The next year, that team doubled the number of kids who achieved a GPA above 2.0. This event also makes the coaches more aware of academics, and has increased their support of these initiatives.”

Athletes receive reminders of their academic achievement via “data walls” in the athletic office and weightroom,

At Warren Central High School (on defense, above), a new academic support program uses grade tracking, study tables, coaches’ efforts, and motivational tools to boost student-athletes’ GPAs. which provide team GPA stats. “There are goals we establish for the year, such as getting more than 90 percent of athletes above a 2.0,” Jensen says. “Students in Indiana have to pass an assessment in Algebra I and English 10 in order to graduate. Last year we started tracking whether student-athletes were passing those tests as well.”

Jensen believes the key to the program is adults emphasizing academics.

“As coaches have become more concerned with student achievement, we’ve seen our students’ interest in their academics grow,” she says. “What tutors or coaches say makes a big impact on stuCoaching Management POSTSEASON 2012 3

BULLETIN BOARD dents. When kids know you care and are concerned about them, they’ll run through a brick wall for you.”

In the Community

Collegians Bond with Tweens It is not uncommon for a collegiate athletic team to do a service project in the off-season to benefit its local community. In some situations, the student-athletes end up gaining just as much as the group they serve.

For Lauren Amundson, Head Coach at Stonehill College, this was exactly what happened when she created Ace’s Girls, a program that paired her players with a group of 20 young girls, ages eight through 12, every Sunday for seven weeks last spring. Through speakers and playing volleyball, the young women and tweens together learned life lessons and bonded in a special way.

To get her new program off the ground, Amundson reached out to contacts both on and off campus. She asked inspirational women to be speakers and had coaches at local schools recruit young girls to participate. “I even drove around to the area elementary schools and handed out flyers,” says Amundson.

The two-hour sessions were split into two parts, with the first half spent in a classroom setting covering topics ranging from physical and mental health to team-

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work. Katie Conover, Head Women’s Lacrosse Coach at Stonehill, kicked off the sessions with a discussion on self-esteem.

Amy Resnick, Associate Commissioner of the Northeast-10 Conference, spoke on the importance of being active. Administrators from Stonehill discussed knowing who you are, teamwork, sportsmanship, and sticking up for yourself. And the Ace’s Girls made thank you cards for someone they really appreciated after Associate Director of Athletics Cindy MacDonald discussed the importance of gratitude.

“The speakers catered to the younger age group and it was very interactive,” says Amundson. “We did skits and other things to keep the Ace’s Girls interested.”

Even though the discussions were geared to a younger age group, they also inspired the Stonehill athletes. “So many of the lessons that we talked about apply to females of all ages,” says Amundson.

“One that my players said really hit home was a talk on doing everything with passion and conviction by our Head Women’s Basketball Coach, Trisha Brown. I got to see them refresh their love for volleyball and remind themselves why they’re so lucky to do what they’re doing.”

The second hour took place in the gym, where the Stonehill players shared volleyball instruction with their younger counterparts. The team explained the rules of volleyball and taught the tweens basic skills like bumping, setting, and digging. As each week progressed, the drills became more advanced.

Amundson hopes the impact of strong female leadership from both the speakers and her team stays with the Ace’s Girls as they get older. “It was a way to set an example,” she says. “These young girls look up to the older girls so much because they model the traits of a confident female.

They saw that you don’t have to be covered in makeup or wearing a dress or being mean to someone to be successful.”

Positive feedback from the initial year has Amundson looking to expand both the scope and number of participants in the program next spring. “I have talked to Stonehill coaches about exposing the Ace’s Girls to other sports.

Maybe we’ll do volleyball for two weeks, basketball for two weeks, then another sport, and so on,” Amundson says. “One of the goals is to teach girls the importance of being active, so introducing the Ace’s Girls to many more sports could work well.

“But honestly, I think the classroom sessions are the most crucial,” she continues. “Teaching the girls lessons about confidence, being a good teammate, what you get out of sports, how to make new friends, and how important it is to try new things is what Ace’s Girls is all about.”

Stonehill College players have fun with members of Ace’s Girls, whom they met with on seven Sundays last spring to work on both volleyball and life skills.

Topics ranged from knowing who you are to setting and digging.

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Making Money In The Mud High school teams are used to asking community members to break a sweat when helping with fundraising. But individuals who want to support the volleyball team at Sequoyah High School in Madisonville, Tenn., go beyond sweaty. For the past four years, the Lady Chiefs have held a mud volleyball tournament to raise money for equipment and uniforms, with participants signing up to get messy for a good cause.

Eighteen teams and about 140 individuals participated in this year’s event, which took place on Saturday, Aug. 18.

Players stay on the sidelines during the event, with community members and other students participating in the matches. “This gives them a chance to come to the school, interact with the players who are helping out, and learn more about the sport by playing it.

That has translated into increased fan support.”

Between the $5 per person entry fee and money from concessions, the tournament raised over $1,000.

Sequoyah Head Coach Brittany Lynn got the idea for the fundraiser from another school that held a mud volleyball tournament for players and students. At Sequoyah, Lynn keeps her players on the sidelines during the event, and only allows community members and other students to participate in the matches.

“I thought that if I just had the girls play, the community wouldn’t be as involved,” she says. “I want the community to be active supporters of the program, attending matches during the competitive season. This gives them a chance to come to the school, interact with the players who are helping out, and learn more about the sport by playing it. That has translated into increased fan support.”

Leading up to the event, the Sequoyah team members are responsible for drumming up participation. Because many of the girls’ parents are local busi-

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ness owners, several teams are formed from employees of those companies.

Others are made up of members of the Sequoyah student body. Support for the event comes from beyond Madisonville as well—this year, a neighboring community’s varsity volleyball team competed.

Event preparation begins the night before when the school’s groundskeeper turns up two 30-by-60 feet areas of grass in front of the school to serve as the courts. The next morning, the fire department brings a tanker truck of water to the school and creates the mud by hosing the courts down. The tournament runs from 7 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and the firefighters stay on hand to ensure the consistency of the mud remains right.

During the tournament, Sequoyah players serve as line judges and scorekeepers, while also working in the concession booth. Lynn, meanwhile, oversees the brackets and takes care of other housekeeping items, like ensuring the concession stand has enough change and that the girls are all working in their assigned roles.

With 18 teams participating this year, the tournament was double-elimination.

Each match consisted of one set, played to 25 points, using traditional volleyball rules, while the championship match was a best of three series. Members of the winning team received free admission to, as well as free concessions at, all Sequoyah volleyball matches during the season.

The team promotes the tournament through Facebook, the local newspaper, and word of mouth. Their efforts typically draw in hundreds of spectators. Lynn would like to see the event grow even more, with upwards of 30 teams taking part on four courts, rather than just two.

“The key to an event like this is mak-

ing it possible for the school and community to show support,” Lynn says. “For example, the football players always want to field a team, so we make sure the tournament is held during a weekend when there is a home football game. If the team is traveling back from a Friday night road game until 1 a.m., they’re not going to want to get up early the next day to play volleyball. Including everyone who wants to take part is a critical aspect of the tournament’s success.”

Marketing

Special Delivery For most volleyball fans, sitting a few rows away is often the closest they get to meeting the players they cheer for. This is not the case at Iowa State University, however, where the team hand-delivers tickets to its season ticket holders at their homes before the season kicks off.

Cyclone Head Coach Christy JohnsonLynch developed the program in collaboration with the Iowa State athletics’ marketing team three years ago as a way to build the fan base for women’s volleyball.

“We were looking for new ways to get people involved with the program and we also wanted to thank those who had been supporting us for years,” she says.

Since Johnson-Lynch took over as head coach in 2005, the team has made five-straight NCAA Division I tournament appearances, and season ticket sales have Two Iowa State fans receive a special visit from freshman setter/ outside hitter Andie Malloy and junior libero Kristen Hahn, who handed the couple their season tickets for the 2012 campaign.

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Jim McLaughlin’s success is easy to see. In his first 11 years as Head Coach at the University of Washington, McLaughlin has won an NCAA Division I Championship, made three trips to the national semifinals, captured two conference titles, and produced two national players of the year.

If you go to a Huskies’ practice, his motivaJIM Mclaughlin tional methods are also easy to see. The focal point in Washington’s gym are three huge dryerase boards—each six-feet wide and four-feet tall. The text on these boards covers about the same amount of space as 110 pages of notebook paper. We asked McLaughlin about this precious real estate.

Motivational Boards What do you use the dry erase boards for?

We have one main board that serves as an information center, and it organizes the day. Our players are taught how to read the boards, and then they are responsible for initiating the activities written on the board. This helps them tap into the emphasis for the day and the areas of improvement we have to make.

The main board also contains motivational messages. I’ve always believed that when you hear something, you forget it, but when you see it, you tend to remember it.

Seeing a message accelerates the learning process a little bit.

Then we have two other boards that basically track stats for every player that are updated during practice. We need two boards because we keep the data up for a week, which takes up a lot of space.

What types of motivational messages are on the main board?

There are some staples about learning that I’ve had on there for years—things like, “If you want to change, you need to learn how to change” and “Mindfulness is the key to improvement.” Then we have slogans for each week that are aimed at developing the right thought process and mindset.

Why do you spend so much energy on the boards?

We need to have a lot of transfer going from practice activities to game day. So I am always assessing where the team is at, what they need, and what they need to hear. Putting what they need to hear on the boards helps in the transfer process. I believe that when you put something in writing, it gives it more merit.

University of Washington Head Coach Jim McLaughlin goes over the plan for the day with help from one of three dry-erase boards always set up in his gym. The boards also contain motivational slogans.

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Though the players can’t deliver all 1,000 tickets door-to-door, they do as many as they can, focusing on visiting ticket holders they haven’t yet met. The event is publicized several days beforehand to ensure ticket holders will be home when the team comes knocking.

“In the past, we have gone to ticket holders’ houses and they haven’t been home,” says Johnson-Lynch. “They are always upset that they miss us, so we now try to get the word out beforehand.”

Players normally go out in pairs and have a list of homes they are supposed to visit in an hour. The hardest part is sticking to that time frame. “Ticket holders know when we are going to stop by at their house so oftentimes they bake something for the athletes and invite them in,” says Johnson-Lynch. “They want to know how the preseason is going and chat with the athletes. It’s great having their support, but sometimes our girls have to rush to get all their visits in.”

“Developing these relationships affects the athletes as well. There is an older woman who always comes to our matches in cardinal and gold overalls. When the players come into the arena and see her, it really boosts their morale.”

The fans’ reactions to the visits have been nothing but positive. “The day after we deliver the tickets, my inbox is always full of e-mails thanking us,” says JohnsonLynch. “I think the fans really appreciate it. It’s something we would like to continue for many years.”

In addition to having their tickets hand-delivered, season ticket holders get reserved seating at home games, two meet-and-greets with Cyclone coaches and players, and an exclusive chalk talk with the team before the Cardinal and Gold intra-squad scrimmage. Because of this, many athletes on the team have developed personal relationships with members of its fan base. “All these things allow us to connect with our fans and our community,” says Johnson-Lynch.

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The positive effect is not just felt by season ticket holders. “Developing these relationships affects the athletes as well,” says Johnson-Lynch. “There is an older woman who always comes to our matches in cardinal and gold overalls. When the players come into the arena for a match and see her—or any of the other fans they have gotten to know—in the stands cheering them on, it really boosts their morale. It means a lot to the athletes to know they have people supporting them.”

Competitive Equity

Mixed Matches Should boys be able to play high school girls’ volleyball? In Massachusetts, the answer is yes, and one coach argues that the rule is changing the sport.

Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association bylaws specify that a boy is allowed on a girls’ team if his school does not field a boys’ team in the sport, just as girls are allowed to play on a boys’ team should there be no girls’ team offered. In the past, the rule has led to controversy in field hockey and girls’ swimming, and it recently prompted a volleyball coach to resign her position.

Karen West stepped down as Head Coach at Wahconah High School after the 2011 season. Her decision was made, in large part, because the presence of boys on opposing teams, including a league rival that reached the state semifinals.

In 2011, Wahconah lost two tight matches to Mount Greylock Regional High School in nearby Williamstown, which had one boy on the roster. Even though boys playing girls’ volleyball in Massachusetts are not allowed to attack a ball in the front zone or participate in a front-line block, West told the Berkshire Eagle newspaper the male’s presence affected the match.

“It was not fair,” West said. “We did not have a chance to win … He had skills girls just do not have. He served 10 serves right in a row, and my team got so flustered … [Our players] were saying, ‘Mrs. West, he’s got such a spin on that ball.’”

But losing a match was not what led West to resign. “I had boys coming up asking if they could try out. That’s when I knew,” West said. “I signed up to coach girls … You’re going to see two, three, maybe four boys start to play, and it’s going to overtake the girls.”

Most states do not allow boys on girls’ volleyball teams, which can produce another type of controversy. In Maryland, 20 minutes into the first practice of the season, Kameron Beans was

told he would not be allowed to try out for the girls’ volleyball team at Broadneck High School, where his father, Romonzo, served as Head Coach in the early 2000s and is now the junior varsity coach after a stint at the college level.

While Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association (MPSSAA) rules do not explicitly prohibit boys from

“I had boys coming up asking if they could try out. That’s when I knew. I signed up to coach girls … You’re going to see two, three, maybe four boys start to play, and it’s going to overtake the girls.” playing girls’ volleyball, the Anne Arundel County school district established a policy doing so, largely for gender-equity reasons.

“It’s a girls’ sport,” Anne Arundel County Coordinator of Athletics Greg LeGrand, a former volleyball coach, told the Maryland Gazette. “Title IX allows girls, the underrepresented sex, the opportunity to try out for boys’ sports.

To have a boy try out and take away a spot from a girl would be a violation of Title IX.” Beans, who is 6-foot-3 and 185 pounds, plays on club teams and told the paper that he wanted to play setter on the girls’ squad and work on his passing and defense. “It’s the sport I love ... It’s a disappointment that people are restricting guys from girls’ sports,” Beans told the Gazette.

LeGrand pointed out other concerns about having boys playing with and against girls. One is the seven-inch shorter net used in girls’ volleyball. Another is the fact that parents signing permission slips allowing their daughters to play volleyball expect them to be competing against other girls, not boys.

One silver lining behind the current storm clouds surrounding boys interested in girls’ volleyball is the possible expansion of boys’ volleyball at the high school level. Two county school districts in Maryland currently field boys’ teams, and in Massachusetts, Phil Paul, Head Coach at Mount Greylock, hopes his team’s success could lead to more interest in starting boys’ teams.

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Q&A with Dan Glenn | Newport harbor high school, Calif.

What could be more exciting than watching one of your former players participate in the Olympics? How about watching two of them compete against each other for a gold medal?

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During last summer’s women’s beach volleyball Olympic gold medal game, Dan Glenn, Head Coach at Newport Harbor High School, in Newport, Calif., was cheering for both sides. Glenn coached gold medalist Misty May-Treanor and silver medalist April Ross at Newport Harbor from 1991-94, and 1995-99, respectively.

But Glenn’s career has encompassed much more than developing Olympic heroes.

In his 27 seasons at Newport Harbor, he has amassed seven California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Southern Section championships and five CIF state titles. He CoachesNetwork.com

has had dozens of players obtain NCAA Division I scholarships, and was named Orange County Register Coach of the Year in 2009.

ship we’ve won, and they serve as a constant reminder of what we are shooting for.

In this interview, Glenn talks about maintaining a successful program, coaching two Olympic stars, and why he encourages multi-sport participation.

We lift every day at practice and do fasttwitch conditioning at least once a week. We follow a program with a lot of Olympic lifts.

In the spring, we play at the beach twice a week, and we don’t play indoor at all. I think having a kid in the gym all year with both her club and high school teams is a mistake.

To me, this just increases the chances for injury.

CM: What is the key to your program’s success?

Glenn: First of all, I’ve been fortunate to have some extremely talented players.

Second, Newport Harbor is a beach school and volleyball has been a big sport here for a long time. Lastly, we will go anywhere to play the best teams in the country, and facing that level of competition forces us to get better and elevates our program.

We also try to keep the athletes focused on our ultimate goal, which is to win a state championship. Our girls’ jerseys have five stars on them, one for each state champion-

Does your team do any strength training or injury prevention work?

Do you encourage your athletes to play more than one sport?

I am a big fan of multi-sport athletes.

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Q&A sophomores or freshman, they usually play more than one sport.

Some rule changes here in California have made it easier for us to coach year-round, but I don’t think my athletes would like me very much if I did that, and I probably wouldn’t like them. It’s healthy to have some separation.

and play. I just hope it doesn’t turn out like some sports that have become so organized and strict they take the magic out of the game. Its history is on the beach, so they better not take the beach out of it.

Have you ever thought about coaching at the college level?

In some ways they were very different from each other. Misty played a lot more volleyball growing up. Her father was a member of the 1968 Men’s National Volleyball Team, so the sport ran in the family, and she started playing when she was eight or nine. April, on the other hand, hadn’t played much volleyball before she got to high school. But they were similar in that they were both extremely competitive people—in every drill we did, they always wanted to win.

They were also very well liked. I can’t think of one teammate that disliked either of them and you can’t say that about all players. It wasn’t because of their volleyball skills—it was because of the kind of people they are. I am not surprised by their success at all because they are phenomenal athletes and great people with great work ethics.

I’ve had some opportunities, but I am where I belong. I love teaching social studies in the classroom and dealing with 16-, 17-, and 18-year olds every day. I’m not just coaching the kids who are going to get a college scholarship. I’m also coaching the kids who want to enjoy their last athletic experiences because they won’t play after high school. Also, I still find it very challenging to coach at this level—there’s still that drive to win for me.

What are your thoughts on beach/sand volleyball?

The greatest thing for indoor volleyball is beach volleyball. You don’t need parents or coaches or an official—you can just go down to the beach with three other people

What was it like to coach Misty MayTreanor and April Ross in high school?

Was it hard for you to watch the gold medal game?

The hard games for me were the semifinal matches. That was the day I was hanging out by myself yelling at the computer.

Both pairs were playing great teams. April was competing against a team whom she’d lost to 10 times in a row. Misty was playing a Chinese team that was unbelievable.

The final wasn’t hard to watch at all.

It was fun! They were both going to get a medal and one of them was going to be a winner, so I was happy either way. I’m not surprised with the result, being that it was Misty’s last time ever playing. When she gets that tunnel vision she is pretty amazing.

How many more years do you plan to coach and teach?

Even after all this time, I never count down the days until the end of school. I like to enjoy each day as it comes so I haven’t really thought about how much longer I’ll coach.

My oldest child is 12, and she’ll eventually go to school here. If any of my kids ever want to play volleyball at Newport Harbor, I’d like to stick around long enough that I have the opportunity to coach them. CM

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Out INVITATIONS Thinking about hosting a tournament next season?

Or maybe you’ve been doing so for years. Either way, this article can help you stage a memorable event. | By Von Mitchell It’s 3 p.m. Time for practice. You execute the most brilliant slate of individual and team drills ever orchestrated into a single two-hour session. Kids got better. The team got better. Great job. Now it’s time to go home, have dinner, and spend some quality time with your family. Except for one more thing—the tournament.

If you’re like many volleyball coaches, one of your responsibilities is to be the director of your school’s annual tournament. Every year, somewhere in the neighborhood of four to 24 (or more!) teams descend upon your gymnasium looking forward to some great competition. The visiting coaches are counting on you to properly host matches that are an integral part of their schedule.

It may only last a couple of days, but it’s a crazy few days and a mountain of legwork between now and then. How do you handle it? On top of coaching your team, how do you organize a successful, meaningful tournament?

WHY HOST?

No one denies that hosting such an event takes a lot of work. So why in the world would anyone take on the enormous task of

having a bevy of teams descend on their school for a weekend? For most, it’s about providing a great experience for their team and community, as well as an opportunity to give back to the game.

‘Iolani High School in Honolulu is host to one of the nation’s premier high school volleyball tournaments, the Ann Kang Invitational. Carl Schroers, Athletic Director at ‘Iolani since 1990, has organized more than his fair share of tournaments (the school also runs boys’ volleyball, basketball, and cross country events) and says the invitational serves many purposes.

“The number one reason we do this tournament is to enhance volleyball in the state,” says Schroers. “Another is to give our team competition outside of Oahu.

“Ann Kang was a longtime, beloved coach here who died of Lou Gehrig’s disease,” he continues. “She’s the one who got the tour-

University of California-Santa Barbara outside hitter Leah Sully completes a pass vs. Northeastern University during the UCSB Invitational earlier this year. Gauchos Head Coach Kathy Gregory says she is looking into getting a corporate sponsor for future tournaments. Photo by Vince Agapito

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nament running. So we also continue the tournament to honor her.”

Bob Kelly is the founder of the Durango Fall Classic, one of the nation’s elite tournaments, hosted by Durango High School in Las Vegas. He started the event in 1995 when he was still Head Coach for the Trailblazers and continues to serve as tournament con-

ues. “I sent out invitations to some contacts I had, and built it from there. I wanted to expose Las Vegas to good, high-quality volleyball. I also learned a lot about how to be a better coach.”

Kathy Gregory, Head Coach at the University of California-Santa Barbara, had a very specific reason for wanting to host the

won’t have to travel very far and can save some money,’” she says. “It came down to giving my student-athletes an opportunity to play in their home gym before the season starts and to play the number one team in the nation. Plus, it was good for our RPI.” UCSB had to pay hotel room costs for the visiting teams, which included UCLA,

“My goal is to put on a really good tournament, and one of the ways I do this is by having a consistent staff. I’ve had the same tournament staff almost since the very beginning. This includes ticket takers, gym supervisors, and the people who coordinate all the scores ... I pay them well to make it worth their while because I want them back year after year.” sultant even though he retired from the school district in 2008. He believes that hosting an invitational is a great way to grow as a coach, as well as further the game.

“Before I was at Durango, I coached at Clark High School [also in Las Vegas] and we had a little tournament there with some California teams like Mira Costa, Redondo, and Los Altos,” says Kelly. “Those teams— especially Mira Costa, which ended up number one in the country that year—provided a good demonstration of how volleyball can be played. I think we learned a lot. I certainly did.

“After that, I went to Durango and decided to start another tournament,” he contin-

UCSB Invitational this fall. “This is the first time in a long while that we’ve hosted a preseason tournament,” she explains. “We were traveling every weekend during preseason because school hadn’t started and we would have no fans at home matches. I was also getting [financial] guarantees to go to other events. But we wanted to host our own tournament and not just travel to other ones.”

So she pushed her school to put on a tournament, promising to bring 2011 National Champion UCLA to the gym. “I finally told the school, ‘Look, you’ve got to let me host one tournament before we start our season. I’ll get UCLA to come so they

Northeastern, and Idaho, but she didn’t have to pay out the guarantee money that is so common at the NCAA Division I level. She also had to accommodate the fact that UCLA only wanted to play two games, and not compete against Idaho, which it was playing the following week in another tournament. Fortunately, she was able to get Cal-Poly to come play Idaho to make it all work out. UCLA played two matches against UCSB and Northeastern, while Idaho and UCSB each played three, and Northeastern got four matches by also playing Cal-Poly, which made its long journey even more worthwhile.

MAKING IT GREAT

first timers If you have never hosted a tournament before and are just looking into the idea, here is a checklist of questions to ask yourself before committing to an event.

Are your facilities capable of hosting a tournament?

Is there a date that works for everyone involved?

Do you have enough volunteers to staff the event?

Do you have the resources to put together and print game programs, as well as provide trophies?

Can you find enough officials, athletic trainers, and custodians to cover the matches?

Can you get good media coverage?

Will school administrators support the idea?

Can you offer something that attracts teams, such as a great location or a unique format?

Can you provide a well-manned concession stand, or work with a local group to have a chicken barbeque or food truck on site?

Do you have enough time to oversee all the logistics of a tournament, or can you find a tournament director?

Every tournament director’s goal is to create an event experience that keeps teams coming back for more. To accomplish this, coaches need to consider staffing, atmosphere, competition, and logistics.

One of the reasons teams compete in the Durango Fall Classic every year is that the event runs smoothly. And the key to making this happen, says Kelly, is those who work the matches.

“My goal is to put on a really good tournament, and one of the ways I do this is by having a consistent staff,” he says. “I’ve had the same tournament staff almost since the very beginning. This includes ticket takers, gym supervisors, the people who coordinate all the scores from the various gyms, and the guy who sends out results to local media outlets.

“I pay them well to make it worth their while because I want them back year after year,” continues Kelly. “We pay our ticket VON MITCHELL is a freelance writer as well as a business teacher and Head Boys’ Basketball Coach at Delta (Colo.)

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takers $15 per hour whereas the school district only pays them $7. I pay athletic trainers $20 an hour, and I also cover their insurance. I pay custodians time-and-a-half.

I pay the gym supervisors and our score coordinators anywhere from $400 to $500 for the tournament.”

Schroers says the atmosphere of an invitational is also important. “You need a really good concession stand, a nice place to eat, and an area for the athletes to rest,” he says.

“We have a big, covered courtyard where our concession stand is located with plenty of tables and chairs set up. It’s outdoors between our two gymnasiums and is a very attractive, comfortable setting.”

Another part of providing a great atmosphere is to cater to your guests. “We set up practice times for our guest teams when they arrive, and we make sure our people are extremely friendly,” says Schroers. “We also have tremendous support from the coaches, the parents, and the school. Everyone helps out.”

For large tournaments, you may need to provide great competition. Jeff Groves, Assistant Coach at Apple Valley (Minn.)

High School, serves as tournament director of Apple Valley’s Eagle Invitational, October Classic, and Aerie Challenge, and makes sure he lines up great teams for each.

“The Eagle Invitational was our first one, and the large school state champion in Minnesota has participated in that tournament 33 out of 34 years,” he says. “They didn’t always win the Eagle Invitational, but they were a part. We’re fortunate that our area in Minnesota is very strong in volleyball.”

Kelly says that six or seven of the teams that have won the Durango Fall Classic ended up being ranked number one in the nation at season’s end. “The competition is just unbelievably strong,” he says. “If you finish 23rd at the Durango, that’s nothing to be ashamed of. For a lot of high school teams, that would be a dream.”

He suggests starting by securing one ranked team, then watching the tournament grow. “When you have a ranked team or storied program like Mira Costa coming, it attracts other teams,” he explains.

Finally, getting the logistical details right can make or break the day. Even though his tournament is small, Limestone College Head Coach Rick Banis makes sure he’s got all his ducks in a row.

“The most important thing about running a classic at your home venue is not having your team play the first match,” he says. “There are so many logistical things, like making sure your workers are there on time, that if you’re trying to prepare for your 18 Coaching Management POSTSEASON 2012

own match at the same time, it’s insane. So I always have our team play second.”

BALANCING THE BUDGET

For most schools, bringing in revenue is not a primary goal of hosting a tournament.

But you still need to make sure you know your expenses and expected revenue before the invitations go out.

At UCSB, Gregory lists officials’ fees as one of her biggest costs. “It’s $500 to $600 per match for officials,” she says. “Our only other costs are the hotel rooms, a meal for visiting teams, and paying event staff. I’ll make some money from the gate receipts, but it probably won’t be enough to offset expenses.

“I thought about getting a corporate sponsor for our tournament,” continues Gregory. “But it’s hard to coach, fundraise, and do everything else. I probably won’t have one next year either, but the following year, I’m going to get one.”

At Limestone College, Banis sets an entry fee based on the number of matches a team can expect to play, the cost of officials’ fees, and what the general asking price is for entering tournaments at the NCAA Division II level. This year’s fee was $250.

Schroers echoes Gregory in his thoughts

on expenses. “Officials are the biggest chunk when it comes to expenditures for the tournament,” he says. “They usually run us $35 to $40 per match per official.”

‘Iolani doesn’t charge a large entry fee for teams, and instead recoups expenses through a combination of ticket sales, concessions, and T-shirt sales. With the popularity of volleyball in Hawai’i, the admission-paying crowd brings in $8,000 to $10,000. And the concession net is another $5,000 to $6,000 over the three days.

“We’re not trying to make tons of money on concessions, though,” says Schroers.

“We’re just trying to keep people happy.”

He adds that ‘Iolani used to make and sell T-shirts but now contracts them out. “We have a guy who does T-shirts for us, printing them on site, so we don’t have to worry about the overhead on that, and we get a cut of his profits,” Schroers explains. “In the past when we did our own shirts, we’d end up with boxes of them left over, so now that overhead is gone. He probably nets about $1,000 for the tournament and we get a percentage of his sales.”

The profit for the Durango Fall Classic is substantial as each team pays a $600 entry fee for seven guaranteed matches. Kelly uses four local gymnasiums on the first night of

the invite list Deciding what teams to invite to your tournament should not be taken lightly.

And the criteria can change from year to year.

Rick Banis, in his second year as Head Coach at Limestone College, chooses teams for the Limestone College Classic based in large part on his own squad’s needs. “This year we are really, really young,” he says.

“We only have four upperclassmen.

Being young, we were not looking for the toughest tournament, but we still wanted a challenge. You don’t want to go 0-4 in your own Classic.”

For those hosting larger tournaments, it can get a little trickier. At ‘Iolani High School in Honolulu, which hosts the 16-team Ann Kang Invitational, Athletic Director Carl Schroers sends

out three times as many invitations as there are open slots. Teams can also request an invitation through the tournament Web site.

“We invite the top teams in the nation and we look at who’s come in the past when we’re sending out invitations,” says Schroers. “But then it gets crazy.

Sometimes we get confirmations from 12 to 14 mainland teams and then all of a sudden teams have to back out for financial or other reasons. Some teams can’t fundraise enough.

“We’ll send out 100 invitations, and I would say that a third of our entries every year are people asking us to enter from out of the blue,” he continues. “We try not to turn down any mainland schools. We’ve had years where we had to, but by and large we try to keep the mainland contingent as big as possible.”

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competition and three thereafter. He also makes money on the gate, concessions, and T-shirts.

“We do not pay anything to the schools that help host, but they keep the money from their own concession stands,” says Kelly, who doesn’t draw a salary for his involvement with the tournament. “We also sell programs. We don’t make money off them, though, because

vides the volleyballs and Jostens gives us really nice trophies.”

“Gatorade approached me this year as well,” Kelly continues. “We have a three-year contract with them. I don’t think they do any other tournament at the elite level, so one of their people called me. She’s a volleyball person and has been wanting to do our tournament for years. They provided

$5,000 or $6,000 to put better and more energy-efficient lighting into the main gym.

We’ve given the choir money to go to a performance in San Francisco. We distribute it back to the school because the school’s been so good to let us put on the tournament.”

No matter where you are or what level your team plays at, you can host a successful

The atmosphere of an invitational is also important.

“You need a really good concession stand, a nice place to eat, and an area for the athletes to rest. We have a big, covered courtyard where our concession stand is located with plenty of tables and chairs set up. It’s ... a very attractive, comfortable setting.”

I get them professionally printed, and the advertising has dropped off since I stopped coaching. We make decent money on the Tshirts and gate. The tournament is very wellattended.”

Kelly also covers expenses through corporate sponsors. “We have had Molten and Jostens as corporate sponsors pretty much from the beginning,” he says. “Molten pro-

drinks for competitors as well as supplying the concession stands and hospitality rooms.”

Durango brings in enough money on its event that it helped fund six $1,000 scholarships for students at the school last year.

“We’re not sitting on the money we make,” says Kelly. “We contributed $5,000 to the band when it needed instruments We spent

volleyball tournament. Most coaches agree that the benefits far outweigh the costs. And you can make it a special event for all involved by putting your own mark on the experience, even if you’re a first-timer. “I don’t know how unique we are as a tournament, but we try to put the Aloha spirit into it,” says Schroers. That’s good advice for any tournament host. CM

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The strength and conditioning program for the Purdue University volleyball team centers around a team-based philosophy.

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The Purdue University volleyball team had its best season in over 25 years in 2011, advancing to the NCAA Division I Tournament round of 16 and finishing second in the Big Ten Conference. It was the Boilermakers’ best Big Ten performance since 1987. The squad beat seven ranked opponents during the season and earned its highest national ranking (8th) since 1983.

To compete at this level, first and foremost, great coaching and recruiting is needed to build a cohesive team with a high talent level. But there is something to be said for the behind-the-scenes support personnel and programming that provide the players with facilities and the right training program to keep them healthy, strong, and on the court for the long haul.

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The 2011 season was the first that I worked with the volleyball team, and it was great to see the squad perform so well on the court after putting in great effort in the weightroom. In this article, I explain the philosophy that all the Boilermaker teams train under, as well as how I worked with the volleyball team during its voluntary off-season training.

BOILERMAKER PHILOSOPHY

The mission of the Purdue sports performance department is all encompassing. Our collective goal is to serve our athletes’ physical needs by implementing the most comprehensive and cutting-edge training programs possible. We build these programs around sound principles derived from solid research.

However, while we strive for our training programs to develop our athletes physically,

we also want to develop character in the players we work with. We hold individual accountability in high regard, but also push each athlete to be accountable to his or her teammates. We utilize a team-based training environment, which we believe provides the athletes with opportunities to support each other and improve team cohesiveness and school pride.

For example, instead of holding “open lift” times for athletes to trickle in and lift on their own, we conduct team training sessions. The sports performance staff views an entire team training together as a great way for players to bond in the off-season, promote energy within each session, and create an environment of personal accountability from one teammate to another.

Teams often share training space, though every athlete is supervised and continuously coached throughout each team session. It is

NEW DIGS The Purdue University volleyball team has recently begun training in the newly renovated and recently rededicated Mackey Arena. It was a five-year, $100 million project that, in addition to renovations of the current area, added 14,000 square feet of extra training space.

The layout of the facility reflects the flow and structure of our team training sessions. The first thing you see upon walking in is a 30-yard turf space where team workouts begin with active warmups. We also use the turf for corrective work and core strengthening exercises, and occasionally when we want the team to circuit train. The fact that this much open space was allocated to this part of our workout shows just how much we value movement training as the basis of each sport. Movement must be trained well, and in some form, in each and every session.

The equipment housed in Mackey Arena is state-of-the-art. We can truly provide our athletes with the best possible opportunity to improve with the equipment we have at our disposal.

The facility contains everything that’s a staple in modern training programs, including a designated suspension strap station, medicine ball wall,

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platforms and racks, a cardio machine area, Keiser equipment, and other tools like bungee cords and selfmassage implements.

The icing on the cake is the video and computer system that analyzes movement and exercise technique. We have five cameras mounted in various locations around the room, each of which are hooked up to a computer. We turn the cameras on during team training and individual training sessions in order to give real-time feedback to our athletes about their movements and how they can improve form and technique.

Some of the cameras are fixed and others rotate 360 degrees, so we have them positioned in a way that every part of the room can be recorded.

We also have a portable camera that we can take on the turf to record an athlete performing a certain exercise.

We just download the video to the computer to analyze.

not uncommon to see the swimming and diving, cross country, and volleyball teams in the weightroom at the same time. Athletes and coaches tell us that they love seeing how other teams train and like having the opportunity to support their fellow Boilermakers.

As the head performance coach for volleyball, I meet a minimum of once per week with the volleyball coaching staff during the off-season. (In-season, we communicate much more frequently.) It’s very important for me to know the team’s practice plans in order to design training sessions that complement the coaches’ goals.

For example, if the team is scheduled for a training session on a day that the coaches have planned a light practice to give the players a break, I tailor our training session to be somewhat of a break as well. A quick circuit made up of simple functional movements like lunges, pushups, core work, and some cardio options instead of heavy weights satisfies this goal. During preseason training camp two-a-days and when practice is heavy on defensive work or the coaches incorporate intense drills, I eliminate weights completely. Instead, I’ll take the team through a Pilates mat work session.

A collaborative relationship with our athletic trainers also helps to shape any changes we decide to make in training sessions. I firmly believe that factoring in recommendations from our medical staff has been instrumental to our success and has helped keep the athletes healthy and able to maintain strength and conditioning levels throughout the season.

VOLLEYBALL specific

To design the team’s summer training program, I began by I looking at all players’ injury histories, screening results, and past performance and strength test results. This information shaped the way I approached the squad’s training program, including decisions on training surfaces and exercise selections.

I identified two returning athletes who had a tendency to develop quadriceps/patellar tendonitis when doing lots of heavy lifting and running. Knowing that the team had a long season in front of them and not wanting the tendonitis to become a teamwide issue, it was important for me to incorporate a progressive strength training program that included mandatory stretchChristina Specos is Associate Director of Sports Performance at Purdue University, where she oversees the sports performance programs for the volleyball, women’s basketball, and women’s soccer teams. She can be reached at: cspecos@purdue.edu.

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ing and recovery before and after each session. I also had the team perform its long distance runs on indoor turf, which is softer than pavement or the gym floor.

Next, I spoke with the coaching staff to find out what they most wanted the players

lateral shuffle-to-jump combinations with a Keiser belt around their waist that pulled from the side. I had backcourt players and defensive specialists shuffle out quickly, break their momentum, and laterally walk back without the jump.

sion. The players always did hip-driven exercises during our workouts, including kettlebell swings, band squats, and Romanian deadlifts. I also emphasized the importance of rep speed, often using two or three counts in the downward phase of a squat or

In order to train quickness off the ground and increase jump height, I focused more on where the jump starts: hip drive and extension. The players always did hip-driven exercises during our workouts, and I emphasized the importance of rep speed. Finally, I incorporated exercises to build single-leg and hip strength and control. to improve in. In other words, how could my work with the team translate into success on the court? There were three points they emphasized: Getting better at closing the block, being quicker off the ground, and increasing vertical jump.

One of the ways I satisfied the need to close the block was through Keiser wall units. I had the front row players perform various lateral crossover steps to jump and

The Keiser equipment also gave me the opportunity to teach the team about core control through all of these movements, especially landing. The players were able to feel how much upper body control and postural alignment matters during landing with the belt attached to their waists.

In order to train quickness off the ground and increase jump height, I focused more on where the jump starts: hip drive and exten-

Romanian deadlift. Finally, I incorporated exercises like dumbbell step-ups, crossover step-ups, curtsy lunges, and single-leg lateral squats using suspension straps to build single-leg and hip strength and control.

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and serving places on the spine. To combat these issues, I included the lumbar-friendly front squat. Using the front squat emphasizes how important it is to reduce the risk of lumbar lordosis under load. It can also help improve posture.

Other exercises that I incorporated centered on core stability. My Pilates background enabled me to introduce exercises that focused on keeping the spine stable while moving the extremities. In my mind, Pilates exercises are great because of the support they provide the spine.

Finally, a simple pushup test showed me that the team was deficient in core strength.

The players’ cores would sag long before they could do enough reps to fatigue the upper body. As a result, core stability became a central focus of the program.

PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION

I was fortunate to have almost the entire team present on campus for our voluntary summer program, which we started in June, but the athletes were on their own for the month of May. In order to help them prepare for their return to campus in June, I sent each player home with a DVD of the program I wanted them to complete on their own.

I worked with one of the athletic department video coordinators to produce the DVD. In it, I showed players everything from how to read the workout card to my expectations on tracking their progress, and most importantly, why I chose the exercises I did. I want the players to understand the goal of each training session. The DVD was my way of connecting with them since I couldn’t do it in person.

When June rolled around, the players started to work on building a strong conditioning base. We began with 110-yard tempo runs early in the summer, then built up to 300-yard shuttle work drills. I eventually added in 10- and 20-yard sprints to train acceleration.

Also included in the team’s conditioning work were agility and cone drills such as star and partner mirror drills where players were required to change direction at cones placed five to 10 yards apart. After observing film of a volleyball match and timing rallies and the breaks between them, I calculated there was roughly a one-to-three work-to-rest ratio during matches, so I used that same ratio in our agility drills.

All tempo conditioning activities were completed following lifting sessions two days per week on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

On Mondays and Wednesdays, the team did shorter lateral speed and the agility and cone drills. Depending on how the players were feeling, I’d scale back or add more to each workout so that we found a good balance.

Players came in to hit the weights four days per week. Before lifting, we always began with self myofascial release, various mobilization and activation exercises, and a movement prep session that included dynamic stretches and some movement and neural activation drills.

I built a split-body routine with a different primary emphasis each day. Every lifting session began with a power movement—an Olympic lift or plyometric jumps, for example. Then, each workout was structured with three main “blocks” of a mini complex. The mini complex consisted of a main lift (like a squat), a mobilization exercise (like a figure four hip or lunge stretch), and a core/posture/corrective exercise (like plank work or various exercises determined necessary by the Functional Movement Screen). (See “Typical Week,” below, for more details on each day’s focus.)

Prehab, or corrective exercise, is very important to the entire sports performance staff at Purdue. Once implemented on a

typical week Here is a sample week of the Purdue volleyball team’s off-season lifting routine. Each day ended with a core circuit that included varying stability work and suspension strap, medicine ball, and ropes exercises.

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MONday (lower body)

Total body/power: light hang clean to front squat warmup, hang cleans, trap bar deadlift

Lower body pushing: double leg and single leg

Lower body pulling: knee flexion and posterior chain straight leg hip extension

TuEsday (upper body)

Total body/power: jerks

Upper body push: bench press, stretches, face pulls

Push/pull supersets: med ball pushups and underhand lat pulls

Total body/power: light hang clean to front squat warmup, power shrug clusters, rear foot elevated lunges

Lower body push and lower body pull: knee flexion

Lower body push: single-leg, straight leg posterior chain hip extensions

Total body/power: dumbbell snatch and speed bench cluster

Upper back/scapular and shoulder work: tubing pull aparts and rear delts

Upper back/scapular and accessory: face pulls, shrugs, curls to press, scap pushups

w e dnesday (lower body push)

Thursday (upper body and auxiliary)

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regular basis, the athletes saw positive changes in their posture, movement, and readiness to train the next day. They began to understand the importance of why we hold it in such high regard. Some of my favorite prehab exercises are:

Toward the end of our lifting workouts and before conditioning work, the players did what I called a team circuit. The circuit is a blend of core and movement exercises to be done within a specific time limit and with minimal rest. The idea is to draw a condi-

like it to be interactive and competitive— high energy and high intensity.

One of the most fulfilling parts about being strength and conditioning coach is hearing from the players and coaches that they’ve noticed a difference. In the volleyball

Also included in the team’s conditioning work were agility and cone drills such as star and partner mirror drills where players were required to change direction at cones placed five to 10 yards apart ... I calculated there was roughly a one-to-three work-to-rest ratio during matches, so I used that same ratio in our agility drills. n Half-kneeling lunges and heel-toe walk-throughs for ankle mobility n Clam shells, lateral band walks, internal and external rotations, and X-band lateral walks for hip/gluteus medius strength n Kneeling thoracic open-ups and sidelying thoracic openers/twists for thoracic spine mobilization n Face pulls and tubing pull-aparts for scapula retraction.

tioning response by mimicking high intensity intervals similar to match play work-to-rest ratios.

One of my favorite circuits includes medicine ball throws, battling rope slams, kettlebell swings, jump rope, and standing partner manual resistance with a med ball.

All are done for time, usually 30 seconds, with players then rotating to the next exercise while taking a 10- to 15-second break. I

team’s case, players said they felt great going into practice. They described feeling “light” and not having a “heavy leg” feeling after lifting sessions. They also enjoyed the focus on functional movement and recovery. CM A version of this article was previously published in our sister magazine, Training & Conditioning. For more articles, visit: www.Training-Conditioning.

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WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH

A losing season can take its toll on even the most experienced coach. Here’s how to get through one.

By Von Mitchell

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Anyone who has worn a head coach’s whistle for even a short period of time would likely agree: The competitive season can be overwhelming. From planning practices to preparing for competition to communicating with constituents, it can often feel as if there is more to do every day than is humanly possible.

This is especially true at the high school level, where most coaches also have to balance teaching responsibilities. “By the end of CoachesNetwork.com

the year, I’m dog-tired,” says Jack Thomson, Head Baseball Coach at Sierra High School in Manteca, Calif. “You try to make sure you do a good job in the classroom and with your team on the field, and that puts a lot on your plate.”

While they may not have a teaching load, many college coaches have additional tasks beyond running their team. “Sometimes you have a season that’s going well, but you have outside stuff going on,” says Kelly Sullivan, Head Women’s Track and Field Coach at Oregon State University. “For example, right now I’m in the midst of an enormous fundraiser to help us build a new track facility. The future of our program depends on me raising the funds for this project, so there is some outside pressure.”

Coaches must also deal with the inevitable criticism that comes with their profession.

“The environment we coach in has changed a lot due to social media,” says Randy Montgomery, Head Boys’ Basketball Coach at Coaching Management POSTSEASON 2012 27

Hoover High School in North Canton, Ohio.

“People get on Web sites and say things they didn’t used to say. You have to deal with that.”

All the extra responsibilities and time spent at work are worth it when the wins are piling up and your athletes are improving every day. But what about those seasons that don’t go well? How do you get through a year when none of your strategies seem to work, injuries pile up, and heads are hanging low?

Bruce Keith has spent 40 years in educa-

KEEPING PERSPECTIVE

In the area of attitude, few compare to Jane Albright, Head Women’s Basketball Coach at the University of Nevada. After three decades of coaching, she has molded a wonderful perspective that any coach can use in the midst of a difficult season.

“There’s always a teaching opportunity in everything,” Albright says. “In a season like we had last year, where kids are working very hard but we were losing, you can teach

after the GAME What coach doesn’t over think things after a close game—win or lose? Losing especially begets an onslaught of self-analysis: I should have tried a different strategy, I should have played so-and-so. And winning a nail biter can throw enough adrenaline into the system to keep a normally placid individual awake long past bedtime. So what have the veterans learned?

“Win or lose, I have trouble sleeping after games,” admits Dawn Redd, Head Volleyball Coach at Beloit College. “So I make sure that when I come home, I just sit for a halfhour to an hour—no matter what. Even if I get home at 1 a.m., I sit and process how everything went.”

“I used to drive myself nuts watching film,” says Bruce Keith, a retired high school head football coach who made stops in North Dakota, Wyoming, and Colorado. “I’d bring it home Friday night and watch it through the night, sometimes until sunrise on Saturday. I realized after a while that it was counterproductive, so I stopped. I think the best way for me to unwind was just to be with my wife and talk about it, or to not talk about it, but just be with her.”

“After a game I go out with my wife and assistant coaches,” says Randy Montgomery, Head Boys’ Basketball Coach at Hoover High School in North Canton, Ohio.

“We sit around and talk for a while. As a head coach, you re-live everything—especially if you lose. I try not to watch film until the next day, though.”

Jack Thomson, Head Baseball Coach at Sierra High School in Manteca, Calif., also always finds a way to unwind. “After a tough game, sometimes I’ll come home and run,” he says. “Sometimes we’ll just talk as a coaching staff after a game and sometimes we’ll meet with the players to figure out a solution together.”

tion, with 32 of them pacing the sidelines as Head Football Coach for various high schools in North Dakota, Wyoming, and Colorado. Although he has won seven state titles, he also vividly remembers the down years.

“There was one season, where, by the fifth week, we lost seven kids for the year,” he says. “It seemed like every time we made a little progress, we lost another key component and got set back. It was frustrating.”

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them many important things.

“One is that there’s a huge difference between being a loser and losing,” she continues. “Just because you lose games, that does not make you a loser. I’m very much into John Wooden and his definition of success— peace of mind comes from doing your best to become the best you are capable of becoming. When we lost games this past year, we talked about what we could do better and stressed that as long as the players truly did their best, they were not losers.”

Albright feels that’s a great lesson for both athletes and coaches. “In my first season as a high school coach, we finished 3-17,” she says.

“That was the first losing team I’d ever been a part of, and it was an eye-opening experience.

But I learned that sometimes you can do your very best and still not be good. It’s a lesson we all need to know, and there’s not that much wrong with losing as long as you’re doing your very best.”

Keith trumpets the importance of being dependable as a coach in the middle of a tough season. “I tried to always keep how I treated the players and how I prepared consistent,” he says. “The plan pretty much remained the same whether we were 0-8 or 8-0.

“Maybe we stunk on Friday night, but the kids would come in on Monday and know how we were going to do things,” he continues. “It wasn’t like, ‘Okay, you played bad on Friday so I’m going to run you into the dirt.’ I didn’t do that. To me, that shows a lack of maturity.”

It was also important to Keith to still be a great teacher of the game during down times.

“We worked hard to teach our kids how to play the game the right way,” he says. “I had a couple of teams where, because we were so young, we knew it was going to be a while before we could be competitive, so we focused on making the kids better football players as opposed to getting them ready with a particular game plan. The idea was, ‘We’re going to play football Monday through Thursday to get better and hope it shows up a little bit Friday night,’ all the while knowing that Friday night might be tough.

“We just tried to stay steady and positive,” Keith continues. “We showed the kids that what’s really important is staying upbeat, working hard, and improving both individually and as a team.”

Thomson agrees. “The number one way to keep your sanity in a losing season is to focus on the process and not on the result,” he says. “If you can keep that in mind, it alleviates a lot of pressure. By concentrating on teaching the kids, everything else kind of takes care of itself.”

Part of that teaching can be showing young people that real life has its ups and downs. “Our kids today live in a world where they’ve been coddled and given trophies and told they’re the best there is,” says Albright. “So anytime I’m in the position to gently tell them a harsh truth, I do. Sometimes the truth is that the other team or person was better. It shouldn’t be the end of their world. Being real is always a good thing. You address it and keep trying to move the player forward.”

VON MITCHELL is a freelance writer as well as a business teacher and Head Boys’ Basketball Coach at Delta (Colo.)

High School. He can be reached at: vandmmitchell@aol.com.

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At the same time, Keith points out the importance of not letting things get too serious. “I tried to inject humor in practices and meetings when I could,” he says. “There are some things that are just funny. I wanted the kids to work. And I wanted them to be intense. But I also wanted them to know that it’s okay to laugh. They can’t be turtlenecked all the time. When kids are having fun in practice, the result is that they’ll be more

FAMILY FOCUS

Balancing work with family is an ongoing struggle for many coaches. When the season is not living up to expectations, it can be even tougher to not let the team affect your family.

That’s why coaches say it’s important to have some strategies in place ahead of time.

For Keith, the hardest part was making sure his family was not negatively affected by the criticism he received as a football coach.

I try to leave the game there. That doesn’t mean I don’t wake up in the middle of the night thinking about baseball sometimes. I have my sleepless nights. But I don’t come home and rehash the game with my wife.”

Montgomery takes the opposite approach, making his team a family affair. “My family loves it,” he says. “That’s the key for us. My wife and my daughters enjoy basketball as much as I do and it’s pretty much our life.”

“There’s always a teaching opportunity in everything ... One is that there’s a huge difference between being a loser and losing.” attentive and they’ll play harder. I think it really works against you if you try to intimidate them.”

One last way to keep perspective is to remember the big picture. “There is more to what I’m doing than winning and losing,” says Sullivan. “It’s about relationships with people. I’m in my 32nd year of college coaching and I still love bouncing ideas off other people to see what they think. I’ve coached at all different levels and enjoy friendships with a lot of different people.”

“My wife did a great job with our kids, helping them keep a proper perspective,” he says.

“She would sit in the stands with them and set an example of having class and being dignified. She taught them that even if people were critical of me and what I was doing, the family was going to be positive and strong.”

What works well for Thomson is to not bring the game home. “I think it’s important that you have your coaching time and you have your family time and you don’t mix the two,” he says. “When I leave the baseball field,

Dawn Redd, Head Volleyball Coach at Beloit College, also involves her family. “If your family can be a part of your team, it helps with balance,” she says. “That way, even if you’re at work—coaching a game—you can still see them.”

But Redd also plans time for her family in a structured way, taking a trip prior to the start of the season. “Before the hectic time hits, I try to take a vacation with my family,” she says.

“We then get good quality time together since it can be rough during the season.”

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Still, despite your best efforts and planning, finding time for family can be a challenge. “I think the biggest thing is to manage your daily routine,” says Sullivan. “I text my family members a lot to let them know I’m thinking about them.”

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While taking care of your team and your family can be difficult enough on its own, it’s also important to take care of yourself. Especially during a trying season, when you may be second-guessing yourself, you need to keep your body and mind functioning at its best.

“To keep my sanity, I have to work out,” says Redd. “I don’t play volleyball in-season because I’m not sure my shoulder could take it. But out-of-season I play in what I call an old ladies league—I just go out and have fun.

I also do a fitness class at my gym. I don’t work out at school, which a lot of coaches do.

I like to get away so I have a little space between work and my personal life. In season, if I can get three or four days of workouts in a week, I’m pretty excited about that.”

Any workout can help, even if it’s a quick reprieve. “In the last five or six years, I’ve gotten into the cross-fitness workouts,” says Thomson. “It’s five days a week for about a half-hour. They’re short duration, high intensity workouts so I don’t have to commit an hour and a half to do them.”

Sometimes, the best medicine is just to get away altogether. “I’m a Sabbath person, so I don’t work on Sundays,” says Albright. “I read and play with my dogs. I have a lot of friends.

I get away from it.”

Eating right can also be important to maintaining your personal health. “I try to cook at home—even if it’s something in the crock pot,” says Redd. “If I know it’s going to be a late night, I’ll bring a lunch and I’ll also bring a healthy dinner I’ve prepared at home.”

At the end of a losing season, it can be tempting to hang up your whistle and call it quits. But those who have been in it for the long haul always find a way to come back.

“There are so many ups and downs in coaching and it can consume you,” says Montgomery. “But if you can balance it all and keep making it fun, it’s a great thing. I’ve avoided being consumed by it for these 33 years because I love it.”

Thomson keeps going because he knows he’s making a difference. “Coaching has given me an opportunity to connect with a lot of young people and hopefully be a positive influence in their lives,” he says. “We’ve had our share of success, but the connections are what make it all special.” CM CoachesNetwork.com

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I can thank Active Ankle for keeping us in the Ivy League championship hunt every year—right up to the final match of the season—and then keeping our best athletes on the floor during post-season NCAA play. When it’s “one and done” in the NCAA championship bracket, I know my athletes will be healthy and ready to play.

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The longest-tenured and winningest coach in program history, Kerry Carr began her 15th season as the head women’s volleyball coach at the University of Pennsylvania in 2012. Under her tutelage, the Quakers have collected five Ivy League championships and nine 15-win seasons—highlighted by back-to-back Ivy League titles and NCAA championship appearances in 2009 and 2010. In 2010, Carr also became the program’s all-time leader in victories, finishing the season with 214 victories and an impressive 110-50 mark in league play.

Active Ankle Systems, Inc. • 800-800-2896 www.activeankle.com

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112 . . Future Pro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 117 . . Gatorade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BC 110 . . germninja® (Jaypro). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 115 . . Human Kinetics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 101 . . Mueller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 104 . . Student Athlete Recognition Poster. . . . . . . . . . . . 10

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501 . . Jaypro (Flex Net system). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 510 . . Jaypro (germninja®). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 528 . . Matéflex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 523 . . Mueller (Knee Pads) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 524 . . Mueller (MWrap®). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 509 . . Power Systems (Economy Power Jumper ™). . . . 35 508 . . Power Systems (Pro Agility Training System™). . . 35 530 . . Power Systems (Core Roller). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 504 . . Schelde (Collegiate 4000 Net System). . . . . . . . . 31 507 . . Schelde (Self-Storing Pro™) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 529 . . Spalding (Volleyball equipment). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 531 . . Spalding (Volleyball equipment carrier). . . . . . . . . 35

514 . . Sports Attack (Attack II). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 511 . . Sports Attack (Attack Volleyball Machine). . . . . . . 32 506 . . Sports Imports (Customized Safety Pads). . . . . . . 32 500 . . Sports Imports (SI-1 Carbon Upright). . . . . . . . . . 31 513 . . Sports Tutor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 527 . . TeamLeader (product launch). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 525 . . TeamLeader (product line) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 526 . . TeamLeader (sublimation uniforms). . . . . . . . . . . 35 533 . . Topical Gear (ACL Tube). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 534 . . Topical Gear (Pro Taco) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

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Product Launch

germninja® Ultraviolet Sport Ball Sanitizer Jaypro Sports www.jaypro.com 800-243-0533 Circle No. 510

Colorfusion Sublimated Jerseys TeamLeader www.teamleader.com • 877-365-7555 Circle No. 527

Unique features:

Benefits for the user:

• Sanitizes sports balls with ultraviolet light • Leaves no residue behind • Kills bacteria and germs on the balls’ surface

• Sanitize before, after, and even during play • Perfect for basketballs, volleyballs, soccer balls, and school gym and playground balls • Used by the U.S. National Volleyball Teams at this Summer’s Games

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Unique features:

Benefits for the user:

• These cutting-edge jerseys are Colorfusion sublimated • Endless options for the custom sublimated jerseys • Customized jerseys are created from scratch

• Sketches or ideas are brought to life—in jersey-form—in 48 hours • Use one of TeamLeader’s ideas, or one of your own • Made from the highest quality performance fabrics CoachesNetwork.com

Team Equipment Creates Quick Feet

The Pro Agility Training System™ is designed to create quick feet and lightning fast reaction time. It’s made of shock-absorbent, anti-fatigue foam tiles. The Pro Agility Training System is lightweight, portable, and more impact-absorbent than rubber. Plus, you can create multiple agility patterns by varying color combinations. The larger footprint allows use for one or up to six participants during training activities. This system comes in black or gray, includes nine pieces, and assembly is required. The price for the Pro Agility Training System is $115.

Power Systems, Inc. • 800-321-6975 www.powersystems.com

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Comfort and Protection

Specifically designed for volleyball, these durable thick polyurethane foam knee pads provide impact protection; enhanced flexibility, comfort, and fit; and shock absorption. They are constructed with a unique behind the knee knitted and woven fabric combination to help prevent rashes and burns, while the four-way stretch allows a full range of motion. The Mueller Volleyball Knee Pads come in one size, which fits knee-circumferences up to 17 inches.

Mueller Sports Medicine • 800-356-9522 www.muellersportsmed.com

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Essentials for Your Team

TeamLeader offers volleyball shoes and socks by Asics, Adidas, Kaepa, Nfinity, Mizuno & Under Armour. The company also offers fun socks in a variety of colors and styles to match your players’ personalities. TeamLeader also offers knee pads, ankle braces, uniforms, warmups, and more. With its specialty in selling products for volleyball teams, TeamLeader has your team’s needs covered. For items not sold online, call TeamLeader to talk with one of its sale specialists.

TeamLeader • 877-365-7555 www.teamleader.com

Fit for Your Team

TeamLeader specializes in supplying everything volleyball teams need. The company’s wide variety of accessories includes: knee pads, ankle braces, socks, and shoes. Quick delivery uniforms from many popular brands are available—or work with TeamLeader to design custom uniforms for your team. TeamLeader also offers a large selection of sublimation uniforms with unique, custom one-of-a-kind options. Call your TL sales specialist to start your signature look today.

TeamLeader • 877-365-7555 www.teamleader.com

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Set Up and Store

Spalding’s Volleyball Equipment Carrier can conveniently store and help set up your volleyball systems. The carrier can hold up to three courts of play with six uprights, a referee platform, padding, and nets. It rolls on four swivel casters to quickly move your stored systems from the closet to floor, to set up for play. Easily set up and store your volleyball systems with Spalding’s Volleyball Equipment Cart.

Spalding Volleyball Equipment • 800-435-3865 www.spaldingequipment.com Circle No. 531

Explosive Training

Get explosive training anywhere, with the Economy Power Jumper™. This jumper adds approximately 32 pounds of resistance at 100-percent elongation. Its user-friendly design and portability make it ideal for training athletes in role-specific situations.

Perform resisted squats, lunges, leaps, and jumps with the Economy Power Jumper™. Each unit includes two sets of resistance tubing—two 45-inch tubes on each side—with nylon loop anchors, and a harness or belt. It can be used for indoor or outdoor training. The price for the Economy Power Jumper™ is $62.

Power Systems, Inc. • 800-321-6975 www.powersystems.com

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Versatile and Effective

Variety of Colors and Uses

The Core Roller is a versatile training device that helps you build firmer, stronger abs—and strength in the shoulders, arms, chest, back, and core. Its extra-wide single wheel with ergonomic handles lets you perform roll-outs, inch worms, lat/diagonal pulls, and rolling planks. Each unit consists of a single wheel and a handle that extends through the wheel. The price for the Core Roller is $13.

Alex Morgan, an outstanding member of the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team, has joined the Mueller Pro Team as an MWrap® Brand Ambassador. MWrap was originally developed and marketed as a pretaping underwrap used to protect the skin from athletic tape. However, in recent years, because of restrictions on hair clips and pins, many female athletes use it to keep their hair out of their eyes. MWrap is available in a wide variety of colors—however, Morgan has made pink her signature color.

Power Systems, Inc. • 800-321-6975 www.powersystems.com

Mueller Sports Medicine • 800-356-9522 www.muellersportsmed.com

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More Products Maximum Protection for Athletes

The Volt provides maximum protection for the maximum athlete. Engineered for performance, the Volt features a carbon fiber-reinforced plate, a molded-bearing hinge design to provide a smoother range of motion, strengthening ribs for a thinner profile that fits better in your shoe, fabric-backed EVA foam pads for durability and comfort, and a single webbing strap with dual fastening option for a customized fit.

Active Ankle Systems, Inc. • 800-800-2896 www.activeankle.com

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Get an Edge with FSU

Interested in advancing your coaching career or breaking into this highly rewarding field?

Then the Florida State University Graduate Certificate in Coaching is a promising place to start. The program, which requires 12 credit hours over four online courses, provides advanced coaching education to give you an edge in this extremely competitive field. For program requirements, admissions, cost and course descriptions, visit FSU online.

Florida State University • 850-644-4298 www.coe.fsu.edu/sportcoaching

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Responding to Pressure

Published research suggests the medial-to-lateral quadriceps-tohamstrings cocontraction ratio is unbalanced in female athletes.

The ACL tube is a two-ounce sleeve with foam buttresses inside that apply topical pressure to the medial quadriceps and hamstring muscles. These muscles should respond to topical pressure by firing. The ACL tube can be applied to help prevent injuries such as an ACL tear. The ACL tube is very effective during rehabilitation of ACL reconstructions.

Topical Gear, LLC • 512-659-9373 www.topicalgear.com

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Supports Muscle Rebuilding

G Series Protein Recovery Beverage is a protein and carbohydrate beverage formulated with the consistency of a thirst quencher. It has an effective amount of protein that contains essential amino acids needed to help support muscle rebuilding after training or competition.

G Series Recover should be consumed within about 60 minutes after exercise for maximum muscle benefit.

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Functional for Females

Pro Taco is not a brace, but instead, the first functional ankle product for female athletes. The Pro Taco is design to speed up reaction time of the muscles that protect the ankle.

Topical Gear uses buttresses in this product to apply topical pressure to the neuroreceptors in the ATFL, CFL, and peroneal muscle group to enhance proprioception and reduce the stretch of the peroneal muscles. The Pro Taco is very light and easy to apply or take off.

Topical Gear, LLC • 512-659-9373 www.topicalgear.com

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Pre-Game Fuel

G Series Energy Chews are a pre-game fuel in a convenient form. They are designed to be used about 15 minutes prior to training or competition to provide energy from a concentrated blend of carbohydrates to fuel athlete performance. G Series Energy Chews help make carbohydrate energy rapidly available to working muscles for the start of activity, so athletes might feel the difference at the beginning of training or competition.

Gatorade • 800-884-2867 www.gatorade.com

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Best of Both Worlds

For athletes looking for the best of both worlds, the Excel lace-up brace provides the comfort and mobility of a lace-up with the support and security of a tape job. With its circumferential strap that helps stabilize the brace and lacing system that tightens all the way around, the Excel provides a conforming and comfortable fit. The Excel is also lined with neoprene for maximum comfort and fit with nylon eyelets to reduce pressure points.

Active Ankle Systems, Inc. • 800-800-2896 www.activeankle.com

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Flexible Programs for Your Lifestyle

American Public University offers more than 150 degree and certificate programs in a wide variety of specialties. Whether you are working in a municipal, commercial fitness, school, or military setting, APU offers a flexible and affordable program to fit your lifestyle. APU’s tuition is far less than other top online universities so you can further your education without breaking the bank.

American Public University • 703-334-3870 www.studyatAPU.com/athletic-mgmt

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