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🏐 The Brazil edition
New 45 minutes of expert practice video
Welcome to The VolleyBrains Newsletter…
What we’ve got today! The Brazil edition.
How does one of the best teams in the world train? 🇧🇷
Nyeme delivering dimes 👋
Gus agrees 🧱
New practice session is LIVE
In our newest practice video session, we feature Nicola Negro, the head coach of Minas Gerdau.
Minas is South America's strongest club team and the home of many world-class players.
Under Nicola's guidance, Minas won 3 Brazilian Superliga's, 3 South American Club Championships and many more titles and cups.
Minas winning the 2023-2024 Brazilian Championship
In the full video Coach Negro will go into detail on:
Minas' 'high up' receiving style
How they handle conflict zones in receiving
Why their receiving net point is in the middle of the net
How they train their aggressive uptempo offense
Different variations of receiving exercises
How they handle load and volume
Nicola's favorite warm up exercise: the 6 stage 'Braziliano'
How new players adapt to their playing style
and so much more...
Navigate to our practice videos page for an overview of our featured practice videos. Be sure to make use of this unique resource.
Practice clips preview
Practice preview clip 1: Uptempo Attack Game
Practice preview clip 2: Never move back
Nyeme Costa delivering dimes
Minas their aggressive and up-tempo playing style is seen in every single aspect of their game.
Check out Brazilian national team libero Neyme in the 1-minute clip below. Skip to the end for a couple of transition first contact libero sets. 🔥🔥
Gus agrees
Just that, that’s settled. 😉
And in case you forgot who the absolute golden standard of middle blocking was…
Not in his house!
Help me, help you…
I hope some of the advice in this newsletter helps you solve some questions you have about becoming the best volleyball coach you can be.
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Can't thank you enough for reading! ❤️
Enjoy the rest of your Sunday.
Matias