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  1. Justin, As with most things in life, there is no magical quck fix to anything. Hard work and determination are what will make you a better ball handler. To become a better ball handler, spend at least 30 minutes every day dribbling the basketball using both hands. You can sit in a chair and dribble the basketball between your legs and practice keeping your dribble low. You can stand and dribble the basketball around your right leg using your right hand and then dribble the basketball around your left leg using your left hand. Dribble a basketball in each hand and slowly walk down the court, as you begin to get better controlling the basketball you can start running and dribbling with both hands. Pair up with a friend in a small circle, each one of you dribbling a basketball. You try to knock away your friends ball while defending your ball and he does the same.
  2. April, Although ultimately you want the setter in the back row doing the setting so that you have three front row hitters, the key to being successul is that the back row setter plays defense first. i.e. if the other team attacks, the back row setter might need to dig. If the back row setter has to dig then he/she will pass to the front row setter, who can then set the outside or middle hitter. John
  3. Josie, I would suggest you check with whatever league or group you plan to play with to see what rules they play. Here in North Carolina, our middle schools play NAGWS (National Association for Girls and Women in Sports - phone 1-800-245-7853) or NFSHSA ( generally just called "federation") (( National Federation of State High School Associations - sorry, no 800 # 1-317-972-6900) Lots of differences in ref'ing between the two. We play rally scoreing to 25 for 2 games and to 15 for a tie-breaker if necessary. I was not thrilled with rally scoring at first, but after 2 years, I would recommend it to you for your level. As far as team systems go, I prefer the 4-2 to start with. Any other system places to much pressure on your return of serve and doesn't let your players learn all the fundamentals. Lots of luck!
  4. You might try USSSA Baseball. The Alabama website is www.baseballextreme.org John
  5. No sooner closed out the other comments than a couple of technical items popped into what's left of my brain.. Obviously, they must learn how to serve and how to pass the serve. But if you really want to do them (and any future coaches - including yourself- that they may have) a favor, teach them to do it correctly, by which I mean with the correct "form". Walking through a serve or bumping a ball with an arm swing that begins between their legs will be terrible habits to break next year. Ok, I wont add any more, except... tell them to "play hard, play to win, and have fun!" john
  6. After 20+ years playing & coaching Vball in the service, I now teach 5th grade PE and middle school volleyball, so, I've got an idea or two you might (or might not) find helpful. First, go to your nearest Barnes&Noble library and check-out (or read in their easy chairs) any or all of their coaching books (volleyball or otherwise). Personally, I would start with "Successful Coaching" by Rainer Martens - Human Kinetics & "An Understanding of the Fundamental Techniques of Volleyball" by Robert E. Howard (also Human Kinetics). "Coaching Youth Volleyball" by American Sport Education Program and "Winning Volleyball for Girls" 2nd Ed. are also good starting points. Seems almost like a broken record, as I have also recommended these books to another person here. Well, they ARE pretty good vball books and will at least get you thinking along the right lines. My only other advise is to NOT try to get them to play any SYSTEM (5-1, 4-2,whatever) because you will make yourself crazy, and them bored with the game. Do whatever it takes to keep them playing. Change the rules to suit yourself and their talent level. But, if they (or any one of them) ask you how to do a particular skill, or why someone they saw playing vball did a certain thing, jump all over the chance to expand their vball knowledge base! Oh yes, and use those big, yellow (soft) balls to get them started. They will be surprised that bumping a ball can hurt, and the yellow ball is much easier to track (a major problem for kids at that age) Hope I didn't bore you. This is probably my favorite subject these days. Lots of luck! john
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