Mark Lebedew
And so we collect drills and buy books and attend webinars and watch TED Talks to learn about all the things we have to do and get better at. After a while we have a massive collection of things that we know many of which, if we are reasonably diligent, we actually do on the day to day basis.
However, what we do much less of is understanding the context of these things and fitting them into our coaching philosophy and methodology. We know that the game we coach is a game of interactions, that how everything fits together is much more important than the individuals involved and their collection of skills. In exactly the same way, our coaching is a combination of how and when and in what combination we do things.
For example, drills. All drills, well nearly all drills, can be useful. The key is how they fit with your vision of volleyball, when you use them, in combination with which other drills and so on. The same with feedback. It is not how much feedback you give, or even whether the feedback is verbal. The key is the right feedback at the right time for the most impact.
What is important is not the things you do. Whatever you do is only as good as how well it fits into a broader vision of the game, practice methodology and coaching philosophy. So next time you watch someone’s practice, or see a great new drill or article on Facebook, think about how it fits. That is the key.
About Mark Lebedew:
Mark Lebedew authors the At Home on the Court Blog. He coaches professionally in Poland, from january 2021 with eWinner Gwardia Wrocław, in season 2019/20 with Aluron Virtu CMC Warta Zawiercie and in the period 2015-2018 with KS Jastrzębski Węgiel. That follows five seasons Germany where his Berlin Recycling Volleys won three straight league titles and a CEV Champions League bronze medal. He has prior professional experience in Belgium and Italy. Mark was also Head Coach for the Australian Men’s National Team. From next season he returns to Germany, where he will lead VfB Friedrichshafen.
Mark partnered with his brother and father to translate and publish “My Profession: The Game“, the last book by legendary Russian coach, Vyacheslav Platonov.
With John Forman, he is behind the Volleyball Coaching Wizards project (link http://volleyballcoachingwizards.com/) which identifies great coaches from all levels, making their experience, insights, and expertise available to people all over the world. The project has produced multiple books, a in e-book format available here ( link to http://bit.ly/34yakou ) or in print at Amazon here (link https://amzn.to/2JRqTE6)
In 2021, he launched project Webinars and Presentations on Demand. If you are intersested for coaching presentations and webinars available on demand, click here.
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