My favorite thing in the gym is defense. I get louder about a great dig than a kill, and my teams figure that out fast. Carson Berling here. I've got 13-American at CVA this season. I'll happily spend an hour on the mental side too. CVA puts real training systems behind every coach in this building, and I use every one of them. My practices are built start to finish before your athlete ever walks in. I trade ideas constantly with the coach I played for, whose system I still use — the best coaching in this club happens out loud, between coaches.
What a night in the gym looks like: high-volume, with a lot of contacts for every athlete. What I do after a bad error in a close set: my job in that moment is the next point, not the one we just lost.
I played high school volleyball on the varsity level for three years. And played national club volleyball since I was 14. I still play beach.
Playing time is where a lot of coaches go vague, so plainly: every kid on my roster plays. They're young. The scoreboard can wait. Worth saying out loud, I'm not right for everyone, and specifically not an athlete who isn't ready to be pushed. I will push.
The thing my athletes won't drop is how much I talk about serve receive. Outside volleyball I'm a realtor.
You should never have to guess where your athlete stands with me. Always happy to talk, with one exception — not right after a match.
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