🏐 70 minute practice session with Luka Slabe

Just be consistent

Welcome to The VolleyBrains *not-Weekly.

What we’ve got today…

  • Practice session with Luka Slabe

  • Reel → Leaders lead: Keegan Cook

  • Consistency, people!!

  • TikTokification of sports

Practice session with Luka Slabe

In our last VB article coach Slabe explained how he uses his whiteboard for practice prep, team organization, team communication, and goal setting.

In this article, Luka narrates an entire NC State’s practice session with us.

There are 70 minutes of narrated practice material in this one. Soak it all up, there is so much gold in there. 🍯

In the videos coach Slabe will go into detail on:

  • Which blocking philosophy he is pursuing with his players

  • How he wants his athletes to approach serving

  • He goes over 2 randomized (but also very goal-orientated) 6 on 6 drills

  • How he promotes his athletes to be ready for specific in-game moments like Challenge calls...

  • The importance of being detailed in their practice debriefs

  • How he uses various forms of coach involvement in his practices and why

  • and so much more

Preview clip:

Handling tie situations and developing responsibility

The goods…⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️

74. Practice videos: Luka Slabe - NC State University

What is happening in the training gyms around the world? Today we have NC State's head coach Luka Slabe reviewing one of their practices.

volleybrains.com/practice-luka-slabe

Keegan Cook’s leadership lessons

“You know you’re paid to get bad news right” 😇

Just be consistent…(that’s it)

Kirsten Bernthal Booth on being consistent:

“I'm a believer there's lots of ways to train, there's lots of ways to coach. We've got coaches here who are beloved by their athletes and they're volatile. But you know what? They build relationships with their players and are consistent.

For me regardless of what your personality is, what players struggle to handle is when they don't know who you're gonna be. Consistency is key here.”

TikTokification of sports

VolleyBrains Members and avid viewers of the VolleyBrans video clips know that:

  1. I tend to not be opinionated ‘on camera’…as the guest/ coach is the center point of attention

  2. If I give an opinion it’s a lot of times skewed toward our game’s tradition

But…if we’re not talking volleyball, let’s break things and figure out how we can do things better.

Looks like the people at TGL Golf are thinking the same thing. Sports are changing, and they are changing fast.

Check the TikTokification of sports out in the clip below.

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