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Fort Wayne, Indiana-based Team Pineapple VBC Club Director Lloy Ball (a setter for the American national team from 1993–2008) shares basic setting footwork drills to train setter quickness and muscle memory before or after practice.

Small-area games and engaging practice structure were hot topics at the 2018 USA Hockey National Coaches Symposium in Lake Placid, New York. 

Munciana Volleyball based in Yorktown, Indiana, shares eight drills players can run to improve ball control. Many of these drills can even be done at home or outside.

Kennesaw State Volleyball, a DivisionI program in Kennesaw, Georgia, shares two blocking drills to focus on blocking the seam, penetrating the net and watching the attacker in order to effectively line up the block.

"Make sure your kids are having fun. Try not to just put them in hockey 12 months out of the year."

KIVA based in Louisville, Kentucky, shares four common bad habits in serving and drills to change the bad habits into good habits.

Arrowhead High School in Hartland, Wisconsin, shares the eclipse drill that is a 6v6 wash drill. Teams play to 25, but the score is 15-20.

Anne Kordes, current 17 Red Coach for KIVA based in Louisville, Kentucky and former head coach at the University of Louisville shares a defensive base release drill for intermediate to advanced players.