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It was very encouraging to see the growth and ownership that came out of this for our players.įinally, we use live video feedback constantly in our practices. This allowed us to then set up drills and situations in practice where these video concepts were being put into play immediately. Some of that was very encouraging and some of it helped us understand areas that we needed to better explain the ‘why’ behind what we were doing. Primarily, they allowed us to better understand how our team was seeing the game. We found that these assignments were very productive for multiple reasons. There was always a due date on the assignment and afterwards they received an email with feedback or a follow-up conversation with a coach. There were some assignments that required them to keep a stat line and others that asked their opinions on outcomes. The assignment walked them through skills or portions of film and asked questions based on what they were seeing. The assignment also explains the focus and desired outcome from the video assignment. The assignments gave our team instructions on what game to log into on our Volleymetrics portal, the filters to apply and skills to watch. The assignments ranged from including the entire team to position-specific or player-specific groups. We adopted this concept at the beginning of this spring with the intention of building self-led video skills for our team. The second form of film is video assignments.
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It is important to affirm your athletes during these sessions so they understand that information is not judgement and they are motivated to latch onto this information and apply it quickly. Having the athletes verbalize what they see helps them create thought patterns that they can apply in live play and that will lead to a higher level of execution. This is also a time where coaches can identify patterns of negative self-talk or ‘teammate blaming’ and can help athletes understand how both of these thought patterns hurt our group. This allows them to apply the knowledge they just learned and forces them to apply it to themselves in a bipartisan way. The ‘negative’ clips help them understand what circumstances can lead to their mistakes, what their easiest mistake pattern is and how that mistake impacts their teammates.Īfter we watch and speak for 5-8 minutes, we will watch 3-4 other skill situations where the athlete can lead the film session. This allows the athlete to see their success and helps them understand what their body looks like when they are executing the skill well. We make sure we are prepared with two positive executions and two executions that need improvement before the film session. We will pause the film, play it in slow motion and watch it in live speed to give the athlete a better idea of the breakdown of their actions. We often try to go through a portion of the film where a coach can point out a few things about the player’s preparation, execution or recovery from a certain skill. In coach-led individual video review we try to watch one specific skill at a time so we can make sure we are looking for details in that area. Again, the goal within all three of these functions is to better equip the athlete with tools and an understanding to help them self-instruct and recognize their patterns, strengths and weaknesses. We have found three ways to use video, outside of scouting, that have been very beneficial for our program: video review with coaches, video assignments and live video feedback. When they started to benefit from these sessions, I wanted to dig deeper into how we could create these learning environments in different ways-all while creating a desire for learning amongst our team.
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In the struggle to help my athletes understand what I was trying to explain to them, I found myself constantly going to live film or film review. He said, “My goal is to equip athletes to be the best coach for themselves.” That line stuck with me through my time as a player and into my coaching career. My motivation in growing this within our program came from a coach I once had. It has functioned as a normal form of learning within our program and has been helpful during the past spring in the midst of this changing environment surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. We use video feedback in multiple ways at Montana Volleyball. By Dana Hallisey, Montana Women's Volleyball Associate Head Coach