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- 5 days ago32 min
How to Reduce Team Drama | Coach Blase | Ep. 18
How do you reduce drama on a volleyball team? This is Part 2 of my conversation with Coach Blase. In Part 1, The Playing Time Problem, we talked about fairness, equality, winning, development, and why playing time creates so much conflict between coaches, players, and parents. I ended that episode by asking Coach Blase what advice he would give young coaches struggling to handle playing-time issues. This episode begins with his answer. And that answer leads us into a much bigger discussion ab...
- 1 weeks ago37 min
The Playing Time Problem | Coach Blase | Ep. 17
Playing time. Few topics create more tension between coaches, players, and parents. In this episode, Coach Blase and I tackle one of the most difficult questions in youth volleyball: What does fair playing time actually mean? Coach Blase shares the story of a parent who used a stopwatch to compare her daughter's time on the court with another player's and even counted how many times each athlete touched the ball. That leads us into a much bigger conversation about equal vs. fair, winning vs. ...
- 2 weeks ago30 min
He Played for Iran, Now He’s Training His Daughter to Play in Italy | Coach Mehdi | Ep. 16
Coach Mehdi played volleyball for 25 years in Iran, including years in the Iranian national-team system. Now he's coaching in the United States and passing everything he learned on to the next generation, including his own daughter, Asal. In this episode of the Coach Chijo Podcast, Mehdi takes us inside the life of an elite volleyball player. He talks about training three hours in the morning and three hours in the afternoon, living in national-team camps, playing professionally, traveling in...
- 3 weeks ago14 min
How a First-Year High School Coach Changed the Culture | Coach Humble | Ep. 15
What can an experienced coach learn from someone in their first year coaching high school volleyball? Quite a lot. Coach Chijo met Coach Cameron Humble at the Texas High School Coaches Association Convention in Houston. After learning that she had just completed her first season as the head volleyball coach at Orangefield High School, he wanted to know how she approached the job. Coach Humble shares how she worked to change the culture of her program by giving players ownership, expecting upp...
- Aug 18, 20265 min
Stella Asks: What Should I Know Before High School Volleyball? | Coach Vicky & Riley | Ep. 14
Stella is heading into her freshman year and has a lot of questions about what high school volleyball is really going to be like. So she asks Coach Vicky and Riley. How do you handle walking into a gym with older players? How confident should a freshman be? What should you do at tryouts? What happens if you don't make the team you wanted? And how do you show coaches that you're coachable? Coach Vicky and Riley give Stella advice from their own experiences, including why communication matters,...
- Aug 11, 202656 min
What Volleyball Is Really Like in China | Coach Bai Yun | Ep. 13
What is volleyball really like in China? In this episode of the Coach Chijo Podcast, I sit down with Coach Bai Yun, a former Chinese National Team player and founder of the largest volleyball club in Beijing. With more than 3,000 athletes, 18 coaches, and 12 training locations, she shares what it's really like to develop volleyball players in China. We compare the differences between volleyball in China and the United States, discuss coaching philosophies, player development, discipline, trai...
- Aug 4, 202638 min
Isabella Asks Coach Chijo the Questions Every Volleyball Player Wants Answered | Part 2 | Ep. 12
What happens when Super Helper Isabella keeps asking the questions every volleyball player wishes they could ask their coach? In Part 2, Isabella dives even deeper into the coaching decisions that players think about every tournament. Coach Chijo explains exactly how he determines playing time, why attitude matters just as much as skill, and how players can earn opportunities long before match day. They also discuss handling pressure, creative coaching strategies, adapting during matches, and...
- Jul 28, 202639 min
Isabella Asks Coach Chijo the Questions Every Volleyball Player Wants Answered | Part 1 | Ep. 11
Super Helper Isabella turns the tables and interviews Coach Chijo with the questions volleyball players have always wanted answered. From tryout tips and tournament warm-ups to choosing captains and understanding why coaches make substitutions, Coach Chijo shares honest insights from more than 30 years of coaching. This is Part 1 of a special two-part interview series. What do coaches really look for during tryouts? Why do coaches substitute players? How are team captains actually chosen? In ...
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