The May Issue of VolleyBiz

Create an Exploratorium Not a Dungeon: Reasons Why Physical Punishment is Not the Answer

It amazes me that this far into the 21st century, coaches still believe that doing physical punishment is a valuable use of their limited training time. I addressed this over a decade ago in "Coaching the Human Animal," but as an administrator in the 25,000 plus strong closed group of Volleyball Coaches and Trainers group, it keeps coming back in various forms – most recently in an anonymous coach post asking in essence, how many suicide runs in a practice would be considered excessive. John Kessel shares why physical punishment is not the answer.

JVA Raises $20,000 for the Side-Out Foundation at the JVA World Challenge

The JVA is a proud supporter of the Side-Out Foundation and the Dig Pink® Program. Every year the JVA commits to raising funds for the Side-Out Foundation in order to support research specifically for patients with metastatic breast cancer, the most advanced form of the disease, and the least funded area of research. We are excited to share that through our efforts at the 2023 JVA World Challenge April 14-16th we were able to raise a record breaking $20,000 donated directly to the Side-Out Foundation’s Dig Pink Campaign to help save lives.

Beach Solutions: Cohesion and Flexibility with Indoor Leads to Success

Madsand's success is a testament to the benefit of indoor and beach programs working together for the greater good of the athletes. Madsand Beach started in 2017 with less than 10 athletes training with Founder Will Buchanan, who recognized the value in offering a beach program to compliment indoor training, and keep current Madfrog athletes training at their club year-round. Madfrog Club Director and Owner Stefanie Rotunno-Samuels was supportive of the beach program from the beginning, and saw it as another avenue for their club's athletes to pursue playing at the collegiate level. Today, Madsand is one of the largest and most successful beach programs in the country.