Iowa State University Head Coach;
2022 AVCA Midwest Region Coach of the Year;
2018 National Invitational Volleyball Championship (NIVC) Champions;
2009 Asics/Volleyball Magazine National Coach of the Year;
2009 AVCA Central Region Coach of the Year;
2009 Big 12 Coach of the Year;
2011 & 2008 Elite Eight appearances;
9 of 10 'Big XII Libero of the Year' award winners from 2008 to 2017;
also coached the 2021 'Big XII Libero of the Year'Coach Johnson-Lynch has her team run through a variety of her and their favorite drills. She demonstrates 10 highly competitive drills that can be adjusted to focus on particular skills and be modified for your team’s particular skill level. Coach Johnson-Lynch explains the focus of each drill she presents along with options to allow your players to focus on goals appropriate for your team. The game-like atmosphere that the drills and the scoring create heightens the effectiveness of the skill repetitions and game preparation-focus of the drills!
Make Sure You Have a Goal for Your Drill
Coach Johnson-Lynch consistently shares what goal she has made the focus in each of her drills because effective drills develop better volleyball players. She also suggests some alternative goals that you could use to tailor a drill to meet the needs of your specific players and team. Coach Johnson-Lynch shows how to remind players of the purpose of the drill to help keep them focusing on the goals.
Use Scoring Adjustments to Change the Focus
Coach Johnson-Lynch shares some thoughts on how to tweak the scoring of a drill to help your players to run the drill with a new emphasis. She gives some tips on rewarding the result you want with bonus scoring points to change the primary goal of a drill the players already like. Coach Johnson-Lynch shows how the competitive nature of your players will use the adjusted scoring to automatically refocus on a different skill than the last time they ran the drill and inject new life into an old drill.
Use Drills the Players Know and Love - to Work on Specific Skills
Coach Johnson-Lynch explains why she likes a particular drill as well as why her players enjoy the drill. Each time she presents a drill, Coach Johnson-Lynch explains what she is looking for in the drill so that you know why it’s a valuable drill to consider adding to your plan. Then she will explain why the players enjoy the drill and ways to keep the drill moving so your players will have more fun and get more out of each drill.
Coach Johnson-Lynch uses some of her favorite drills to teach a wide variety of skills and team concepts. She reminds coaches that the players will tell you which drills are the most effective with smiles and great effort. Coach Johnson-Lynch emphasizes that coaches should try new things and figure out what works for your players and then tweak the drills they love to alter their focus in an updated iteration of the drill.
Your team will love the energy and cohesiveness this amazing series of drills will bring to your practices!
48 minutes. 2023.