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John Kessel: Getting Your Players to Show You the Answers
John Kessel April 06, 2018
The most important influence on a player’s development is feedback.
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John Kessel: My Players Don't Move Their Feet
John Kessel April 03, 2018
Perhaps the most discussed topic on the Facebook group “Volleyball Coaches and Trainers” is the exasperation of coaches who see their players, mostly younger ones, not “move their feet.
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John Kessel: A Culture of Building
John Kessel March 05, 2018
Understand the powerful importance of creating a healthy culture in a program.
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Ten Great Reasons to Love Volleyball
John Kessel Oct. 03, 2017
USA Volleyball's John Kessel says volleyball is great, but don't focus on one sport too early.
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The Value of Chaos and Failure
John Kessel July 20, 2017
Then and now, creating randomness in the learning process, and its imperfections, creates both better retention and creative play at any level.
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Notes from the U.S. and Netherlands
John Kessel June 30, 2017
Thoughts on two trips to Netherlands plus a stop in Minneapolis for the USAV Boyce Awards Banquet.
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Let the Kids Handle Every Volleyball
John Kessel May 08, 2017
I recently interacted with an award-winning mathematics teacher about effective and efficient learning. I mentioned the ways my kids had learned mathematics in a much more random/lifelike way and how successful it was compared to how I had been taught.
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Playing the REAL Game
John Kessel April 15, 2017
If there was one thing I would ask clubs and schools to change, it is to play far less 6 v 6 at younger ages, if any at all, where all but one of the kids stands around and watches the ball. For ALL ages, play much more 1v1/2v0/1v1+1/2v2, and reserve 6 v 6 for older players. It really is that simple.
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It's Not about Right or Wrong
John Kessel March 31, 2017
It’s not about wrong or right, but about what is more effective. It’s not criticism when science guides us to more effective ways to learn, it is information, which sadly many traditional coaches chose to ignore.
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Canadian Volleyball Eh?
John Kessel March 16, 2017
This month, I journeyed for the second time in a year above to our neighbor north of the 48 states, to work with ACE Volleyball club as part of their Make-A-Wish project. The athletes had fundraised over $24,000 beyond their club costs, for the second year in a row.
