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Top Notch Defensive Skills to Frustrate Your Opponent!

By nate.landas - Last updated: Monday, October 8, 2012

Gain insight from University of Illinois Head Women’s Volleyball Coach, Kevin Hambly. In 2011, he led the team to the NCAA Championship Game and was the 2011Volleyball Magazine Coach of the Year. See how to have a better posture for digging the ball. Also, understand the importance of eye movement on defense.

Check out this Catch Drill that will allow you to get in position to make a well executed dig. Look at the coaching points Coach Hambly makes here in this exercise. Your players will be able to develop a nice posture for the dig.

Another great activity to create a better defense is this Eyework Sequence Drill. Use visual cues that will help you identify how you should react. Focus on alternating from the ball back to player at specific time frames.

View an additional clip from the product page of “Smart Defense for Creating More Swings.” See what Defensive Volleyball DVDs and other Volleyball DVDs we have in our massive video library!

Filed in Volleyball • Tags: AAU Volleyball, Eye Sequence, Kevin Hambly, Posture

Tips from Richard Quick on Freestyle Posture!

By nate.landas - Last updated: Monday, August 13, 2012

Take a look at exclusive instruction featuring 5x NCAA Coach of the Year, Richard Quick. Here, Coach Quick shows you how to create an ideal posture when swimming the freestyle. This on-deck demonstration makes it easy to see the technique of setting and maintaining the correct posture for the freestyle. Listen to advice from Coach Quick on ways you can improve your swimmers freestyle performance.

Another clip from this DVD can be viewed at Championship Productions “Becoming a Champion Swimmer: Freestyle“. Check out our Freestyle Swimming DVDs and more quality instructional DVDs from Richard Quick!