Mark Lebedew
Don’t get me wrong, I love great rallies. I love all great volleyball. The key point is ‘great’. Very often the quality of a rally shared on social media is determined by its length. Long is not the same as great. Indeed, long rallies without great volleyball are worse than service errors. At least service errors only bother me for a few seconds. Long rallies without great volleyball seem to last forever.
I would like to propose a binding set of rules for defining what great rallies can be posted to social media. Obviously I will be lobbying the various platforms to have these included in their Terms of Service. But since noone ever reads those things, and I don’t want you guys to find yourself unexcpectedly banned I will give you a heads up. Here are my rules:
- Great rallies must include at least one action that provokes an involuntary audible response.
…Bonus points if that response is a swear word in any language.
…Laughter counts. - Great rallies cannot finish with an error.
…there are no exceptions to this rule.
…ok, one exception. See Rule 1, re Laughter - Great rallies cannot include a tip.
…unless it is a point, or
…unless it is followed by a full dive, preferably with a pancake. - Great rallies cannot include a free ball.
…unless the team giving the free ball wins the rally (taking into account all other rules). - Great rallies cannot include a soft spike.
…unless it satisfies the Rule 3, re diving, or
…unless it is a recycle attempt that leads to a spectacular action or conclusion.
I am sure you agree that following these simple guidelines will improve our online lives immeasurably.
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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