| Subject | Date Asked | Expert |
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| net height | 11/2/2007 | Steve Hagenlocher |
Q: When was the net height changed to its current position? And has there been any consideration to ...
A: Tom, A agree with some of the things you say BUT like professional and college basketball where ...
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| new to volleyball team | 10/31/2007 | Steve Hagenlocher |
Q: My 11 y/o daughter has just completed beginner volleyball lessons through a club. She is joining a ...
A: Jesse, This is hard for me to answer. Some states are light years ahead of others so a beginner ...
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| training materials | 10/28/2007 | Steve Hagenlocher |
Q: Steve, I am a beginning coach for next year with girls high school jv and varsity volleyball. I'd ...
A: Ben, There are many good videos out there, but they all depend on what you are looking for. I ...
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| setter's hand signals | 10/26/2007 | Steve Hagenlocher |
Q: I am desperatly trying to find a website showing the different hand signals used by setters in order ...
A: Rebecca, Every offensive numbering system has its own hand signals. Some teams use 9 net numbers, ...
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| 6th 7th 8th Grade Volleyball | 10/22/2007 | Steve Hagenlocher |
Q: I played vb all through middle school and high school - I'm 24 now and have been out of the game for ...
A: Janette, At the jh level you are probably going to spend a great deal of time working on skills. ...
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| volleyball; serve | 10/21/2007 | Steve Hagenlocher |
Q: I am a 13-year-old girl, I play for a small volleyball team as a setter and can under-hand serve ...
A: I can't be of much help here because there really isn't much you can do if you can't practice. Here ...
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| Volleyball recruiting skills tape | 10/17/2007 | Steve Hagenlocher |
Q: I am helping on of my players make a skills tape and don't really know where I should be positioned ...
A: Mandy, I like to see the player and the court. So when the player hits and sets try to find a spot ...
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| Hitting Help | 10/7/2007 | Steve Hagenlocher |
Q: Hey there! I have been playing volleyball ever since i could walk! It's my passion. I have two ...
A: Meagan, Its hard for me to answer the first question because I don't know how tall you are or how ...
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| How do we win game 1 of 3? | 9/30/2007 | Steve Hagenlocher |
Q: I am a high school jv coach. We seem to have a hard time winning game 1 of a 3 game match. We have ...
A: Kelli, Is it physical or mental? If it is physical have them do a tough warm up. Make sure they ...
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| Volleyball Hitting | 9/29/2007 | Steve Hagenlocher |
Q: Steve, I have always been a excellent passer, but I want to be come a better hitter. The problem is ...
A: Steve, Without seeing you I would assume that you are right on your assessment of your problem. ...
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| positioning? | 9/28/2007 | Steve Hagenlocher |
Q: I recently became captian of a co-rec team and have no clue about where everyone should start the ...
A: Brian, I don't coach co-ed and I have never played it in an organized league but here is my ...
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| I USED the wrong email address before!!! | 9/28/2007 | Steve Hagenlocher |
Q: I am an 8th grade volleyball coach. I have a parent (who also has a player who is a junior)wondering ...
A: Megan, The daughter MUST play club ball. If she does not she will have a really hard time getting ...
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| Solo drills for middle hitter | 9/24/2007 | Steve Hagenlocher |
Q: My 9th daughter plays middle for her high school JV team. We are not going to be able to play ...
A: Tracy, Sorry it's taken me so long to get back to you but practice and games have all but taken ...
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| jump serving and drills | 9/22/2007 | Steve Hagenlocher |
Q: Mr. Hagenlocher, I would really like to learn how to jump serve, but my coach doesn't know anything ...
A: Gabrielle, I am giving you the answer from a passage in The Coaching Handbook. This was written by ...
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| overhand serving | 9/19/2007 | Steve Hagenlocher |
Q: At volleyball practice everybody serves overhand exept me. All I want to do is get the ball over the ...
A: Sam, This may be the question I am asked most by young female athletes. The first thing you need ...
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| basics | 9/14/2007 | Steve Hagenlocher |
Q: help. another lady and myself just took over coaching for our small group of girls at a small ...
A: E-mail me at Fordhamvb@aol.com and I will give you a phone number to call me. This is about the 8th ...
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| scoring | 9/12/2007 | Matthew Huthmacher |
Q: I am new to the whole volleyball thing and just like to watch not play. I was wondering how you ...
A: Carson- Scoring in volleyball has evolved in the last 10 years. When I was growing up playing on ...
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| volleyball | 9/7/2007 | Steve Hagenlocher |
Q: hey is there such thing as a labrero on a volleyball team?
A: Kallie, Yes, the Libero is a back row specialist who can come in for any back row player (not ...
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| Beginning drills | 9/7/2007 | Steve Hagenlocher |
Q: Help...I am looking for some fun and interesting drills to keep my 8 & 9 year old players interested ...
A: Stacy, Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner but we had an away tournament this weekend. E-mail me ...
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| setting??? | 9/3/2007 | Steve Hagenlocher |
Q: I really want to be a setter...and I'm good at setting, just not aiming...but,I'm not quick enough ...
A: Lace, I really don't understand the question but I will try to give you some advice. One, if you ...
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| defence | 9/2/2007 | Matthew Huthmacher |
Q: We are a amateur team that has been playing volleyball for some years now.The only problem in our ...
A: Sourav- I'll answer your questions in which the order you sent them. For starters, Without ...
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| defence | 9/2/2007 | Steve Hagenlocher |
Q: We are a amateur team that has been playing volleyball for some years now.The only problem in our ...
A: Sourav, You are not the only team with this problem. Every defense is set behind the block. The ...
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| serving | 9/1/2007 | Steve Hagenlocher |
Q: okay so its the summer and school is coming up and i'm trying to improve on my overhand serving. i ...
A: Avery, This may be the question I am asked most by young athletes. The first thing you need to ...
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| what do i do? | 9/1/2007 | Matthew Huthmacher |
Q: i need help with rotating. I play middle front and back, but, i don't know what to do! i have a ...
A: Dez- A game on Friday and you're not sure of you're rotation? Here's the problem. I don't know ...
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| Middle School Boys volleyball team | 8/29/2007 | Steve Hagenlocher |
Q: I'm a second year teacher at a middle school and I am coaching our grade 8 boys volleyball team. I ...
A: Aleida, You have a lot of questions, so if I don't answer them all to your liking feel free to ...
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| Measuring Jumps | 8/28/2007 | Steve Hagenlocher |
Q: My son just had his jumps measured. How can we tell if he is Division 1 or 2 material based on his ...
A: Terri, A so so response is better than a no no response....so that is good. When I look at tape I ...
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| Measuring Jumps | 8/28/2007 | Steve Hagenlocher |
Q: My son just had his jumps measured. How can we tell if he is Division 1 or 2 material based on his ...
A: Terri, Only the most elite athlete will have a chance to play men's DI. I'm not sure of the exact ...
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| Volleyball rotations | 8/25/2007 | Steve Hagenlocher |
Q: Have you ever heard of the setter setting out of the middle? My daughter is on a freshman H.S team ...
A: Debbie, I'm not sure if I answered this already but, I have never heard of the setters position ...
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| volleyball | 8/23/2007 | Matthew Huthmacher |
Q: hey!I'm going to be a senior at beckman high school. I'm 6'5.i m gonna play for oc riptides.i wanna ...
A: Oz- I could give you all sorts of schools. But the way I would get the names of those schools ...
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| college athlete/ student/ mother | 8/23/2007 | Steve Hagenlocher |
Q: "Hello, my name is kelley, and i currently play at clermont college ( a junior college in ohio). ...
A: Kelley, I'm sorry but I've only heard of this once before and the girl/mother ended up with a ...
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| college athlete/ student/ mother | 8/23/2007 | Matthew Huthmacher |
Q: my name is kelley, and i currently play at clermont college ( a junior college in ohio). This year ...
A: Kelley- First of all, let me apologize for taking so long to respond. I've been extremely busy ...
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| drills | 8/22/2007 | Steve Hagenlocher |
Q: I'm coaching a group of 8 year old girls that have never played volleyball. What is the best ...
A: Cindy, I am not at home so I can not give you the authors name but two good recourses are "The ...
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| Defense | 8/21/2007 | Steve Hagenlocher |
Q: I am looking to run a "middle up" defense with my team. I am only familiar with it by playing ...
A: Carrie, The setter AND right side are the players who play the middle up position when they are in ...
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| passing. | 8/19/2007 | Steve Hagenlocher |
Q: I'm going to be a jr. this year in high school, and i'm totally pumped about being on varsity. I've ...
A: Gennie, It's hard for me to give you advice without seeing you but I will hit some of the usual ...
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| rolling | 8/17/2007 | Steve Hagenlocher |
Q: i want to teach a barrel-roll (not over the shoulder) roll can you suggest a step by step ...
A: Shari, The first thing you have to let your athletes know is that the roll is not a way to pass it ...
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| attacking and overset | 8/6/2007 | Matthew Huthmacher |
Q: Could you please clear up some confusion that some friends of mine and I debate all the time - it ...
A: Tom- Two good rules of thumb to keep in mind is that whomever is on offense is the protected ...
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| setter or hitter call the set/play | 8/4/2007 | Matthew Huthmacher |
Q: I was just wondering what is more common, having the setter call out who they are setting to, or ...
A: Kimimi- There's a reason you'll see setters flashing signs prior to the serve...and that's so they ...
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| rules | 8/3/2007 | Matthew Huthmacher |
Q: I've got kind of an odd rule question. My friends and I play pretty regularly and usually play ...
A: Gary- I'll answer this from the top of my head rather than quoting a rule book, so if anyone else ...
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| Libero | 7/10/2007 | Matthew Huthmacher |
Q: okay so ive been playing volleyball since 7th grade, and this is my first year playing club. i ...
A: Rana- If you've been playing libero, you've already got a good feel for going after balls in ...
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| RS Blocking | 6/24/2007 | Steve Hagenlocher |
Q: Steve, My daughter plays on 17's and will be travelling to JO this summer. She is having issues ...
A: Ebee, There are a number of questions/issues here. My head coach and I always argue about ...
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