Volleyball Coaching and Barriers of Trust
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Teaching Volleyball Players to Trust
It is more difficult for certain volleyball players to trust themselves and their talents more than others.
The following are some "barriers of trust" to watch out for when teaching your players about trust.
Thinking Too Much
Generally, cerebral and analytic players have more trouble trusting themselves. This is because they are used to solving problems by thinking about them. On the volleyball court this can get in the way of trusting the process.
You can tell them thinking is good, but too much thinking while performing can get in the way of trust.
Building Relationships
Self-Consciousness
Athletes that constantly worry about what others think of them likely have a tough time trusting themselves.
They focus too much on what teammates, coaches, and parents are thinking and not on the task at hand.
Excessive worry often keeps players from executing plays.
Perfection Impeding Trust
Perfectionists often worry about making mistakes which often leads them to playing not to lose. Rather than fearing making mistakes, players need to make smart decisions and trust that everything is going to work out.
Over-coaching Your Players
Too much information at once can overload your athletes. You don't want them to think too much. It's important that most of your coaching takes place during practice because this is the time when players can more easily process it.
There's a lot going in during a game, so it can be difficult to teach skill and instruct your players while at the same time you're also playing to win.
When it comes to game time, you should simply remind them about the game plan and let them play. You just want to keep them on track and not overload them with information which could end up doing more harm than good.
Too Much Criticism
If you're overly critical with your players, you could create tentative athletes who always second guess themselves. You don't want to create players that constantly look over their shoulders always afraid of making mistakes.
These athletes often have trouble trusting themselves because of the fear of how the coach will react to making mistakes.
As a coach, be careful of how you react to players mistakes because how you react will inevitably encourage the player to trust or doubt themselves.
Obsessed with Numbers and Outcome Measures
Athletes that get too caught up in statistics can't trust themselves. They obsess over the outcome instead of trust themselves to execute the process.
Do you best to emphasize the importance of the process and don't let them think to much about stats.
Mental Training for Volleyball
- Playing Volleyball Out of Your Mind
Have you heard the phrase, "playing in the zone"? Use mental training techniques to get your team the right mindset to play their best.
Volleyball Guru Blog
- Why are Volleyball Players so Lean?
Have you ever wondered why volleyball players are so lean and have great muscle definition? The short answer is volleyball involves a lot of jumping and quick/hard sprints. In volleyball, there are about 5 to 15 seconds between plays. So basically, it's like doing interval training with tons and tons of sprints and jumps. As you might know, interval training is the best form of training for weight loss and getting real lean. This is especially why beach volleyball players are so lean. Beach players have to quickly sprint and jump high out of sand. This is much more demanding than playing indoor volleyball. The same way sprinters are much more lean than most long distance runners, volleyball players are also leaner due to interval-type of conditioning and resistance training programs. Volleyball players burn more fat after those type of workouts compared to the most "steady-state" aerobic workouts.
- Volleyball Alignment and Overlapping
At the moment of serve contact, players need to be in the right volleyball alignment with no overlapping of adjacent players. Adjacent players are ones front to back or side to side. In the diagram above, the arrows show which two players the player in zone 1 can't overlap. RB is zone 1 (Right Back), RF is zone 2 (Right Front), CF is zone 3 (Center Front), LF is zone 4 (Left Front), LB is zone 5 (Left Back), and CB is zone 6 (Center Back). RB must be properly aligned with RF and CB. RF must be properly aligned with CF and RB. CF must be properly aligned with CB, LF, and RF. LF must be properly aligned with LB and CF. LB must be properly aligned with LF and CB. CB must be properly aligned with CF, LB, and RB. The diagram above shows legal alignment. This is a typical alignment for a setter that is in zone 1. The setter pushes the zone 2 player to the net. Players in zone 3 and 4 back up to help out with passing. You can see none of the adjacent players are overlapping. Avoiding Overlaps Consider the position of the players foot relative to the feet of the adjacent player. Only consider the foot or feet touching the floor. The right side player must have at least part of one foot closer to the right sideline than both feet of the center player in the corresponding row (except the server and the center back of the serving team). The left side player must have at least part of one foot closer to the left sideline than both feet of the center player in the corresponding row. Each front row player must have at least one part of one foot closer to the centerline than both feet of the corresponding back row player. Players can move prior to serve. Players can have their foot touching the boundary line during the serve. At the moment of serve contact, no part of the body can be touching outside the boundary lines. After the contact for serve, players can move to whatever position on the court they want to.
- Mental Volleyball Training
Have you ever felt like you were playing in the zone. When you're in this ideal performance state, there is an absense of negative self talk and a strong feeling of efficacy. An important aspect is that the athlete trusts in their skills and conditioning level and they just "let it happen" without interference from negative thoughts. --------- "I'm Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde when it comes to football. When I'm on the field sometimes I don't know what I am doing out there. People ask me about this move or that move, but I don't know why I did something, I just did it. I am able to focus out the negative things around me and just zero in on what I am doing out there. Off the field I become myself again." – Walter Payton, a premiere running back in NFL history - --------- Characteristics of players being in the zone... a sense of effortlessness - an involuntary experience absence of fear - no fear of failure a narrow focus of attention concentrated on the activity itself no thinking about or analysis of performance a distortion of time and space, in which time seems to slow a sense of personal control The following are 7 factors that go into you playing in the zone. These 7 factors work together collectively producing the excellence you desire to win at volleyball. What do you see? The first one has to to with what you see. Ask yourself what you see when you are experiencing being in the zone. These factors are important because they trigger your mind to get you into the state of mind you want it to be in so you can play the best you're capable of... playing volleyball in the zone. How do you feel? What does it feel like to be in the zone? If you are able to repeat this feeling when you play volleyball, it's much easier to get in the zone. What are you saying to yourself? What's your inner communication? Pay attention to what you're saying to yourself. It's unlikely your self talk is negative or you wouldn't be in the zone. Pay attention to the conversation that's going on inside your head when you're in the zone and compare that to the conversation that's going on when you're out of the zone. Then, when you are not in the zone, you can start talking to yourself as if you were, then that will trigger the right mindset, then you can get back in the zone. What are you expecting? Ask yourself before you play what you expect is going to happen. How do you expect to play? What you expect is much different when you're in the zone. For instance, if you don't expect to play well, you can't get in the zone. When you're in the zone, you are confident and you can make plays easily and more effortless. Carry the same facial expressions. What facial expressions do you make when you're in the zone? Mimicking the same expressions can make it much easier to get in the zone. What visual scenarios do you have going on inside your mind when you're in the zone? You want to reflect the same mental thoughts and images you have in your mind. This will trigger your subconscious mind to help you play at your highest ability. How do you breathe? How you breathe when you're in the zone is different than when you aren't. It's common for athlete's to describe being in the zone as an imobilizing calmness. How do you breathe when you are playing your best? Is your heart racing? Are you relaxed? You should ask yourself these questions. Many players and coaches make the mistake of not considering the mental side of volleyball training. Having the ability to put yourself in the right state of mind can give you a big advantage to succeeding in volleyball.
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