Too many players are so afraid to do anything that they seldom venture to do anything.

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

You have to learn every day. You can't be playing every day, but you can be practicing. If you cannot be practicing with a net and others daily, you still can be learning about the game by reading, watching and imaging. You must learn every day, if you want to be a real volleyball player. —

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.

Less effort in this game makes more results.

The kind of player who has turned his game around, he used to be lousy and lazy and now he is lazy and lousy.

Study hard, practice hard, play ferociously.