Rethinking the Arm Warm Up, Tod's Wacky Ideas, and
2/27/202637 min
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In this episode of The Volley Pod, hosts Tod and Davis discuss the recent Triple Crown volleyball tournament, emphasizing its unique structure that allows for high-stakes matches to shine.
They delve into innovative warm-up techniques that enhance player readiness and skill development, moving away from traditional methods.
The conversation shifts to creative coaching strategies and unique offensive tactics that can give teams an edge.
They also explore serving techniques...
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First 90 secondsDavis· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Good evening and welcome to the Volley Pod. How are you today, Todd?
Tod· Host0:16
Doing well, Davis. We're doing the late night, burning the- [laughs] ... burning the ca- evening Volley Pod candle here.
Davis· Host0:23
Absolutely.
Tod· Host0:24
It's good stuff. It's good stuff. You're still coming off your, uh, the, the big tournament, right? Uh- Triple Crown, NIT. Yeah, Triple Crown.
Davis· Host0:32
Absolutely.
Tod· Host0:32
And you were talking about some big matches.
Davis· Host0:34
Yeah, and that's, that's what I think, you know, the thing that I think Triple Crown does better than any tournament is it lets its big matches be big matches that people can watch.
Tod· Host0:44
So they don't have a bunch of other stuff going on.
Davis· Host0:46
Exactly. They still do have stuff going on, but they schedule it such that, uh, there, there are a lot of availability to... They're playing on the big court. They're timing it so that most of the teams in their age group are not competing at that same time.
Tod· Host1:02
Right.
Davis· Host1:03
They're, they're doing so many good things, and it, it makes it so much more exciting. It was so fun.
Tod· Host1:08
Well, and we talked about it before, just seeing those, you know, seeing the best teams with the best kids.
Davis· Host1:14
Exactly.
Tod· Host1:14
It's inspiring.
Davis· Host1:15
It literally is. Exactly.
Tod· Host1:16
It's inspiring. I mean, you know, you, you talked about the, how good the coaching was, you know, last week, and it's inspiring for the coaches- Absolutely ... to go, "Hey, these guys are, they're doing better than I am. [laughs] I gotta raise my game."
Davis· Host1:26
Absolutely. And you know, the other thing is they had cool little sort of themed,