Kids on a team are like flowers in a bouquet, there is always one that wants to face a different way than the arranger desires.

Make your mistakes with confidence. It is the only way you are going to learn anything. Never be afraid to do a skill, no matter how simple or hard it may seem someone has done it, and so can you, With enough committed practice and confidence.

Coaches need to have the ability of tact - to teach the team to rub out mistakes rather than to rub them in.

Players need you to care, especially when they do not deserve it.

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

It's hard for these athletes to stay healthy. They are constantly being bombarded with unhealthy advertising. Peer pressure can override the body's demand for health. Being healthy goes beyond 'not being sick' (where all lab reports indicate health), to feeling optimistic, energetic, strong and happy with their bodies. Teaching them to take charge of their bodies is a job of coaching. Help them gain discipline in conditioning, nutrition and attitude/emotional control.

Most volleyball players are made in the winter, spring and summer, for come fall, everyone practices equal time.