Overlooked "Soft" Volleyball Skills, My Team Always Starts Slowly, and MVP Mindset
3/27/202626 min
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This episode features insights from volleyball coach Tod Mattox and Davis Ransom on overlooked and high value volleyball "soft skills" like enhanced awareness.
The two coaching buddies discuss how to start matches strong and get momentum then share a great mental performance resource from Zach Brandon at MVP Mindset.
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First 90 secondsDavis Ransom· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Good morning and welcome to The Volley Pod. How are you today, Todd?
Tod Mattox· Host0:16
Davis, doing well, doing well. Just got back from a little trip to Tempe, Arizona.
Davis Ransom· Host0:22
Oh, Tempe.
Tod Mattox· Host0:22
Saw a couple of our coaching buddies. You know, JJ Van Niel is out there coaching.
Davis Ransom· Host0:28
Yes, he is.
Tod Mattox· Host0:28
So we were able to, uh, jump into some of his spring practices.
Davis Ransom· Host0:33
Oh, very cool. Very cool.
Tod Mattox· Host0:34
Saw three of them, and then I met another buddy of the pod, friend of the pod, Josh Steinbach from- Okay ... the Villanova head coach. So Josh and I rented a little place out there, a little Airbnb, hung out. We had a little- Mm ... volleyball coaching retreat.
Davis Ransom· Host0:50
Hey, that sounds awesome. Very cool.
Tod Mattox· Host0:52
For three nights, three or four nights, and, uh, had some great meals. Uh, JJ, seeing him practice. Um, watching college practice, those guys. JJ's got... He's like the CEO. [chuckles] He's got all these, you know- Perfect ... assistant coaches- Right ... running all this stuff. He's got a great staff out there, and then he has these student managers. They're setting stuff up, putting tape on the... It's stat- everything's statted. He's got, you know, tech guy, everything's video. Oh, it's a- It's a different world, but it's really cool ... it's a different world, but it's fun to watch. It's fun to watch.
Davis Ransom· Host1:24
That's awesome.
Tod Mattox· Host1:24
Yep.
Davis Ransom· Host1:24
Right on, man. Well, that's, that's great. I'm- Still struggling with the same things we struggle with.
Tod Mattox· Host1:29
Hey, can we get players