About Steve Hagenlocher Expertise I am a Division I women`s vollegball coach. I have been coaching at the college level for the past eleven years. I am also teaching and coaching at the high school level and I have been doing so for the past sixteen years. In my spare time I;ve coach 11-12 year old girls in the CYO. I am also a certified high school referee for both varsity boys and girls. I have over 250 drills in my drill book and I believe I can be most helpful answering questions about running certain offenses and defenses.
Experience BS in Physical Education St Francis College 83
MS in Physical Education Brooklyn College 93
Expert: Steve Hagenlocher Date: 12/28/2007 Subject: libero
Question hi! i play high school volleyball in PA. im a sophomore and as a freshman set and was far ahead my sophomore counterparts skill wise but not as good as the junior who set for varsity. this year he is a senior and my hopes for setting were gone when i was informed that it is very probable that im going to be playing libero for varsity, a position that i always have loved and wanted to play but never seriously thought about. so my question is that do you have any general tips for starting out as a libero? i know the basics and rules of the position but dont know all the intricacies of being a good libero also do you have any good drills that i can do to prepare. im so excited about this and have the ultimate dream of playing in college even though it seems almost impossible because im only 5'7 so i would really appreciate ANY advice on anything else libero related . THANKS!
Answer MAtt,
Sorry, I was away.
To be a great libero you need to be a great passer and defender. So any passing drills, serve receive and defensive drills you do at practice you do at full speed with 100% effort. More than 50% of being a great defender is being in the right place BEFORE the ball is hit. So you need to be able to read the hitter. Get to the spot where you belive the hitter is going to hit before the ball is struck. Make sure you always cover the hitter in all drills (even when the coach does not tell you to). Any time there is a hole in the block make sure you are there to play the ball. Last, make sure so are a great communicator. Call for every ball, call out the hitters, remember and call out what the servers served and tell the hitters what is open while they are hitting.
