Volleyball: Steps to Success by Becky Schmidt
A training guide for club and high school volleyball players and their coaches or instructors. Also, college students and instructors in volleyball activity classes.
Volleyball
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Summary
Step-by-step guide for club and high school volleyball players. Covers serving, passing, setting, attacking, and blocking as well as tactics for playing various offensive and defensive schemes at all positions. Dozens of drills featuring a self-scoring component allow players to chart progress and accelerate improvement.
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Leading her team to the NCAA Division III National Championship is testament to Coach Becky Schmidt's acute knowledge of volleyball and approach to coaching. In Volleyball: Steps to Success, she provides a game plan for improving skill level, mastering the fundamentals, and achieving success. This book will make any volleyball player or coach better.
Sam Shweisky-- Head Men's Volleyball CoachPrinceton University
In Volleyball: Steps to Success, Becky Schmidt shares her vast knowledge of volleyball in a comprehensive, easy-to-follow resource for coaches and players of all levels. This book is a must-have!
Carolyn Condit-- Head Volleyball Coach Miami University
Becky Schmidt's Volleyball: Steps to Success is a wonderful guide for those seeking an understanding of the sport, its history, and the skills. Coach Schmidt shares her extensive knowledge of volleyball in an accessible fashion.
Kathleen J. DeBoer-- Executive Director American Volleyball Coaches Association
About Becky Schmidt
Becky Schmidt has made her mark on Hope College volleyball as both a player and head coach, a position she has held since 2004. The 2014 Flying Dutch won more than 20 matches for the 10th consecutive season, culminating in the school's first-ever NCAA DIII National Championship.
Having coached at both Hope and University of Redlands in California, Schmidt has a winning percentage of .762, ranking her among the nation's elite coaches. She has twice guided the Flying Dutch to undefeated seasons (16-0) in Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) conference play (2005 and 2009). Her 2009 team set a school record of winning 34 matches, a mark equaled in 2014.
In 2008 Schmidt was elected the NCAA Division III representative to the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) board of directors. Schmidt is a 1999 graduate of Hope College, where as a middle blocker she was twice voted MIAA Conference's Most Valuable Player. During her senior year she became the first Hope volleyball player to earn All-American honors.
Schmidt was a graduate assistant volleyball coach at Miami University of Ohio, where she earned her master's degree in sport behavior and performance. She has coached club volleyball teams in Michigan, Ohio, and California, and in 2002 she coached a USA Athletes International team to a gold medal in Australia's Down Under Games.
Schmidt lives in Holland, Michigan.
Table of Contents
The Sport of Volleyball
Key to Diagrams
Step 1 Serving
Step 2 Passing
Step 3 Setting
Step 4 Attacking
Step 5 Blocking
Step 6 Digging
Step 7 Team Offense
Step 8 Team Defense
Step 9 Match Play
Step 10 Variations
Additional information
CIN1450468829G
9781450468824
1450468829
Volleyball: Steps to Success by Becky Schmidt
Used - Good
Paperback
Human Kinetics Publishers
20150929
216
N/A
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