The VolleyNerd Podcast

Sophomore Outside Hitter Taimani Toilolo joins The VolleyNerd Podcast to discuss dealing with mental health as an athlete. She goes into her ups and downs and how they have led her to become who she is today. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/davis-ransom/support

Getting recruited to play college volleyball is a huge challenge even if you are a star in high school and club. Incoming Cal Poly Pomona setter Colleen Kennedy shares her recruiting story and how she ended up deciding on Cal Poly Pomona through the highs and the lows of the recruiting process. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/davis-ransom/support

Playing volleyball and whole training are great, but there are even faster ways to accelerate our athletes’ learning. Coach Tod Mattox from The Art of Coaching and the Head Coach at The Bishops School, goes in depth on practical methods that we can use right now to help our athletes fulfill their highest potential. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/davis-ransom/support

This practice template can be applied to a lot of different practice goals, has a lot of application to the match, and has a cumulative effect. Steal it! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/davis-ransom/support

Mastering the fundamentals of motor learning allows coaches to help their athletes speed up their learning. Who doesn’t want to speed up learning? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/davis-ransom/support

Coaching experience is a huge benefit when it comes to helping your players, as long as you learn for each experience! Beloved youth coach Sean Thomas explains his philosophy and how to make the most out of each day. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/davis-ransom/support

How can coaches make sense of all the experience they have? How does he “coach like jazz”? Beloved Coach Sean Thomas goes into how to make the most out of each experience for your athletes and for yourself as a coach. Part 1 of 2 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/davis-ransom/support

How to handling cutting people, an imaginary 1s team draft, and how to be competitive and yet loyal to your clientele. Head coach of Johnson and Wales University (Denver) Andrew Clifton joins host Davis Ransom to discuss the craziness of tryouts. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/davis-ransom/support

Johnson and Wales University (Denver) Head Coach Andrew Clifton joins TVNP to discuss tryouts and the many dynamics that are involved. Nerd out on volleyball and learn how to nail a tryout! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/davis-ransom/support

Gaining the full support of the entire team, including the parents, can be the key to a successful season. Check out how experienced Coach Allan Jeffrey sets up his process-focused practice. environment. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/davis-ransom/support