There is nothing less important in life than the score after one game of a two out of three game match.
There is no such thing as 'staying in shape;' you either work to get better, or you allow yourself to get worse.
Think positive, real volleyball happens too fast to think any other way.
Most volleyball players are made in the winter, spring and summer, for come fall, everyone practices equal time.
Coaches must be flexible, for then they won't get bent out of shape.
Work hard - beat out half the team. Be committed, play fair as a team player - Beat out another quarter of the team. The last quarter is your desire and beliefs, and where you are playing.
If there is something a coach might wish to see changed in a player or team, the first place to check and see if it could not be done better is in yourself.
Coaches need to have the ability of tact - to teach the team to rub out mistakes rather than to rub them in.
Nothing makes a player more productive than the last minute.
Never underestimate your players; they can do it with enough game-like practice. Coaches must put more emphasis in practice and in life on making student-athletes aware of what they could or can do, rather than what they couldn't or presently can't do. The focus must be on solutions, not problems; what is wanted, not what is feared.
Teachers all over the nation are doing the job they are asked to do, but one they are not really prepared to do. To teach volleyball as a physical activity that is also a positive experience. If you care about volleyball, help these teachers have fun and learn more of this great game. Teach the teachers.
Trying simply provides an excuse for not doing.
Players need you to care, especially when they do not deserve it.
No jockey ever won a race by carrying the horse across the finish line; no coach ever won a volleyball match by touching the ball during play.
If you are serious about volleyball, the only months to stop playing are those without a vowel.
Profit by your own mistakes and profit by the mistakes of others. The referees were calling ball handling violations like they were getting commissions.
Perform the best you can for when you find that you perform your best, there is still so much more in volleyball to do better, harder, faster, and smarter. It is just like when you go for a long journey. You go as far as you can see, and when you get there, you can see farther.
Alter strategies and tactics, but never your principles.
Shared victory is a double victory, shared defeat is half-defeat.
An advantage to volleyball is that you have a scoreboard to tell how you have done as a team. The thing is, in life there is no scoreboard, at least not one that you can see.
Too many coaches have too big a mouth and not big enough ears.
You can be harsh on your players and still coach, but it is easier when you are kind to them.
Coaches and players at the start must think their way through problems where a more experienced person would react out of habit and memory. One must not gain this experience, however, without being careful of empty redundancy. Do not fall into the error of the artist who boasts of 20 years of experience at his craft while, in fact, all he has had is one year - 20 times.
The meaning of volleyball, is to give meaning to volleyball, as the meaning of coaching is to give meaning to coaching.
You must allow your players to become the athletes they can be. Don't make them into anything just to become the kind of winners fans, friends and others think they must be.
