Dave Shondell: Developing Individual Defensive Skills with Repetition & High Expectations

with Dave Shondell,
Purdue University Head Coach;
2021 Big Ten Coach of the Year;
2021 AVCA Northeast Region Coach of the Year;
3x Elite Eight appearances (2010, 2013, 2020);
15x NCAA Tournament appearances;
2011 Big Ten Coach of the Year;
over 400 career wins;
Muncie Central High School (IN) Head Coach from 1990 to 2002;
4x State Champions;
600+ wins;
.850 winning percentage;
2002 PrepVolleyball.com National Coach of the Year

Purdue’s Dave Shondell shows why he is regarded as one of the top coaches in the game today. Shondell leads you through a fast-paced, well-explained presentation full of drills to clearly demonstrate how you can begin transforming your athletes’ individual defensive skills immediately!

You will love Coach Shondells' rapport with the players as he leads them through a series of drills and concepts, offers corrections and does it all with a demonstration for his obvious love for teaching, coaching and the game of volleyball.

Coach Shondell dives immediately into drills he uses with his players to make them handle the ball better. He demonstrates drills for players that are challenging no matter the player's skill level. Shondell also has drills for a great warm up for passing and conditioning you can put into your own program that will help players become better defenders. 

Coach Shondell implements drills for back row work, with 3 girls needing to work together to get a dig or pass to a set for an attack as these drills stress the importance of communication and cooperation with your back row players. All of these drills are great for conditioning your players while working on defensive improvement!

You will love the drills to start off of each practice plus drills to use when working with your backrow combinations or just individual hustle drills to improve effort and attitude.

Coach Shondell adds time to talk about the importance of communication, posture, positioning of your hands and feet while giving drills that work on your ability to receive an attack and make the right play on the ball.

This video is a terrific teaching tool for any coach looking to make defensive practices more intense!

Customer Review:

“5 Stars! Coach Shondell is a fantastic teacher and I will implement these drills into my practices immediately!”

52 minutes. 2023.