This series of 3 videos features Chris Austin teaching his players the important skills of jousting and tooling the block. This is another series of videos that highlights how good Chris is as a coach.
He is able to help and teach his players a new skill quickly and because of how the drill is designed and how he teaches, the player experience allot of transfer and pick up the skill rather quickly. In this video Chris Austin has his players run a drill focusing on taking advantage of an over pass by hitting around the block, swiping or tooling. This video demonstrates Chris creativity as well as should help coaches learn how to make more unique drills themselves. Also again it is insightful to see how a coach should adjust practice planning based upon individual and team goals and problems.
In this video Chris Austin breaks down practice planning based upon goals and time line with in the season. It is important for coaches to hear and learn when he is results based focused verses technical outcome focused. Also how things change from day to day, week to week and month to month. Allot of thought goes into good coaching and when you listen to someone like Chris you will see how this happens! This part of practice features 5 rep standing float serve drill for each player.
This video features coaching verbal cues info as to the purpose of working on the standing float serve. What I also like about Chris coaching style is that all players can perform all serves successfully. This allows allot more flexibility of what the players can do at the service line plus raises the expectations and responsibilities each player has when serving.
The drill, call 5 by 5 ball control and armswing warm up again shows how Chris controls every aspect of practice so as to maximize every ball touch and help his players develop ball control and good habits while doing it. This video features the controlled volleyball setting warm up drill with Chris Austin.
This video is revealing as it shows how Chris control many aspects of the practice to help the players maintain good form and technique. In this drill the number of contacts is limited during the drill in order to keep the players in system and thus more controlled while executing the skills needed to perform the drill.
This video features team volleyball blocking trips with Chris Austin. It's something that you have to put a lot of time into, it's something that you must put a lot of effort into, it's something that you have to be willing to sacrifice for, and you need to be able to look beyond yourself and your circumstances to allow it to mold you and help you grow.
So, whether you're a person who is currently in the UC Irvine system, a person who's a fan, a parent, a player, part of the student body or administration, I want you to know as a person who's previously attended UC Irvine that it's a place that can change your life. If anyone ever wants to reach out to me, let me know and I will be more than happy to share my experience.
I had good times and challenging times that helped shape me into the person I am today. From games lost to championship moments, to not being able to manage and balance school and sport and work to pay for my "walk-on" education , to spending time with teammates outside of the court, to being on the court in the most hostile environments for men's volleyball and being able to come out on top.
UC Irvine is a super special place. I'm not sure I appreciate d the weight that Chris carried, especially after winning his first National Championship in -- the first African American setter to achieve such a feat. More eyes were on him than I realized. The unique stresses he experienced remain foreign to the majority of us that pass through the UC Irvine Men's Volleyball program.
I am grateful the experience was positive. Austin took the advice and began setting. So much, that his freshmen season we ran a [offense] so that we could benefit from the additional offense he provided. Both Chris and I knew that setting at the next level was his best bet, and in his sophomore year that was his full-time roll. Since California does not offer scholarships at community colleges, Austin was forced to work to support himself.
During his sophomore year Austin decided that he wanted to further his playing career. Chris offers unique insights in his series of videos as he is one of the few top college players who coached club while playing college at the highest level and this gives him a unique perspective on what works and what does not!
This video series addresses one of the biggest mistakes we see in junior high school and club coaching. The lack of individual focus, attention, skill building and drills for the most important player on the court, the setter.
The setter touches more balls than any player and is responsible for fixing errors off passing, to win at the higher levels a good setter is a must. Yet few coaches know how or what drills to run in order to develop their setters.
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