🏐 New Masterclass with UCLA legend Al Scates

Welcome to The VolleyBrains Newsletter…it’s hot outside, the Women’s Olympic final starts in about 35 minutes and I’m starting to type out this email just now. I know I can do this… ;-)

What we’ve got today! Legend in the house!

• UCLA legend Al Scates took some time to sit down with us

• Alan Knipe - How I get into coaching mode - REEL 🤓

• In the VolleyBrains editing room…huge stuff 🔥🔥🔥🔥

• Pricing update VolleyBrains - read this if you aren’t a VB member yet.

New Masterclass interview is LIVE

Al Scates, a legendary figure in the world of volleyball.

Al's remarkable career spans five decades, during which he transformed UCLA's men's volleyball team into a total powerhouse.

Under Mr. Scates’ leadership, UCLA secured 19 NCAA championships, making him the winningest coach in NCAA history.

In this interview, Al shares:

• his unique approach to team preparation

• how he kept on focusing on the future

• how he sought after international play to enhance skills

• how he thinks about internal competition and player discipline

• how he was influenced by early coaches and mentors

• why we need to prioritize player well-being

• how he used losses as motivation for future wins

• and so much more...

Game time - Alan Knipe

How coach Knipe gets himself into his ‘coaching of the match’ mode.

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In the VolleyBrains editing room

We're giving you a little sneak peek on what's going on in the editing room over here at VolleyBrains.

1. Masterclass interview with Jerritt Elliot - University of Texas - 2022 + 2023 National Champion

2. Masterclass interview with Fabio Soli - Trentino Volley - 2024 Winner of the CEV European Champions League (aka the best pro club team in Europe)

3. Practice video session with Konstantin Bitter - Allianz Stuttgart - 2023-2024 German champion, Cup winner and Supercup winner.

Recorded or in prep stage:

More (4) practice videos from the highest-performing college and pro club coaches are in the recording process.

You really don’t wanna miss out here!

Masterclass interviews? Yes, they will also keep on coming.

Pricing update VolleyBrains.com

For current VolleyBrains members: Your membership price is locked in – it will never increase as long as you remain a VB member.

However, we need to address something important: our yearly membership price has remained unchanged since 2021 despite rising costs.

We're planning to (slightly) raise the yearly membership fee very soon. It’s time to tell your coaching friends to join at the current rate before it goes up.

Once more to be very clear: If you're already a member of VolleyBrains, when your annual membership renews, you'll continue to pay the same rate you originally signed up with - forever. 

No changes, no surprises. That's the only way to go about this.

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Want to become a member - you really should 😇

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Grab your yearly membership over here.

We did it, Olympic Finals time.

Enjoy your Sunday.

Matias