Disrupting the Standard High School Offense, Becoming Bulletproof Before the End of Season Tournament, and Flourish
5/22/202638 min
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This episode explores innovative strategies to disrupt the standard high school volleyball offense, focusing on tactical adjustments, serving techniques, and game-specific drills to enhance team performance.
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First 90 secondsDavis· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Good morning, and welcome to the "Volley Pod." How are you today, Todd?
Todd· Host0:15
Doing well, Davis. How's it going with your team now? You got-- Where are you guys headed into the season in this, uh, crazy club environment where you don't know where you're playing? Are you going to Puerto Rico? [chuckles] Are you going to Nevada? Where are you playing- Oh, man ... your end of the season tournament?
Davis· Host0:32
So as-- I think as many of our listeners know, this year they had-- So my team was a very, very close to qualifying, and we did not qualify.
Todd· Host0:40
Okay.
Davis· Host0:41
So that was obviously the hope. But now we're in this sort of state of decision-making where which tournament we should we go to, right? There's a bunch of good options, but we're trying to figure out the best option. And this year there was no Patriot Division, so like that-- A lot of times that would be where the teams that were close to qualifying but did not- Oh, so they just took that out?
Todd· Host0:59
What happened?
Davis· Host1:00
Well, so there's-- It's not exactly the Patriot Division. They've made an entirely new tournament called the GJCC, and that tournament was very well attended, so there's a wait list on that. Anyways, that was a great tournament. We have decided to go to AAU's- Okay ... out in Orlando. And- So Orlando. Yeah, we're headed- Not Puerto Rico, but Orlando. [chuckles] Close.
Todd· Host1:20
Okay. Close.
Davis· Host1:20
Close. Yeah, exactly.
Todd· Host1:21
Okay.
Davis· Host1:21
So yeah, we're headed out there, and we're excited. I've been out there a couple times, and I thought it was a really well-run tournament, and I think it's, it's really comparable to