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26. On the court: The Strength and Conditioning Experts.

26. On the court: The Strength and Conditioning Experts.

We are back with the second part of this weeks 'On the court' series. We sent out 3 questions about physical development in volleyball to 3 top experts in the field. The questions were: 1. Do you have a particular idea of how a volleyball athlete should physically

25. On the court: The performance tools used by Italian pro teams.

25. On the court: The performance tools used by Italian pro teams.

We at volleybrains are fans of staying in our lane, that 'inch wide and mile deep' kind of thing. Don't get distracted, just keep on pumping out interviews with the brightest and best pro volleyball coaches on the globe.😀 BUT! But, once in a while an

24. Marcello Abbondanza:"Even after being successful, what we do will change. And it will change again."

24. Marcello Abbondanza:"Even after being successful, what we do will change. And it will change again."

Marcello Abbondanza is an Italian coach with a boatload of experience coaching high level club teams in Italy, Azerbaijan, Poland, Turkey, both the Canadian and the Bulgarian national teams. Being known as one of the most successful coaches in female volleyball of the last decade.

23. Tama Miyashiro:"You always have to be looking for ways to be a better teacher."

23. Tama Miyashiro:"You always have to be looking for ways to be a better teacher."

Tama is an assistant coach for the USA Women's National Team. Specializing in serve receive and defense. Even though Tama is one of the youngest coaches that we've featured on volleybrains she possesses an interesting mix of pro player experience, coaching 'overseas'...

22. Craig Skinner:"If you stop learning, then you're doing yourself and your team a disservice."

22. Craig Skinner:"If you stop learning, then you're doing yourself and your team a disservice."

Craig Skinner is the head coach of the Kentucky Wildcats. The 2020 NCAA National Champions. Since arriving at Kentucky, Craig has rejuvenated the Kentucky volleyball program into national prominence and has directed the Wildcats to 16 consecutive NCAA Tournaments.

21. Andrea Gardini:'For every player you'll need a different key, your job is to find that key.'

21. Andrea Gardini:'For every player you'll need a different key, your job is to find that key.'

If you are a fan of the small gold medal emoji's 🥇, you should go and take a look at Andrea Gardini's wikipedia page. There are too many World Championship, Olympic, World League and other titles to even start to count. Today we talk to the former athlete who became a successful coach.

20. Joop Alberda:'Success is all about communication and trust, not having success...also.'

20. Joop Alberda:'Success is all about communication and trust, not having success...also.'

A game that many coaches mention as their favorite one and also my personal favorite is the Olympic final at Atlanta in 1996, The Netherlands winning a 5 set match against Italy. Today we share the story of Joop Alberda, iconic coach of that Dutch team.