Coaching is something that takes place only when learning does. No matter what you are doing in your practices, if your players are not learning something significant, you're really not coaching. If a player fails in a game, the coach may have failed in practice.

The wise coach takes all the heat when his players lose, and gives them all the credit when they win.

There are two basic situations in volleyball - either you got the ball or you don't.

Too many coaches have too big a mouth and not big enough ears.

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 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.

Being left-handed has its advantages in volleyball. Few people know enough about your spike and serve to give you advice.