Transcript Communication

From Team Room to Gym
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Carl McGown
◦ Impactful Quote
 Here it is:
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uaWuEGTG98
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Result
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Soft player needed to fire up
◦ What we tried
◦ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r7wHMg5Yjg
 Result
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Lesson
◦ What works?
◦ What Resonates?
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Listen!
Watch!
◦ Meet in a circle
 Watch reactions
 Players and Coaches
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Uncomfortable silence
◦ Coaches like to talk/want to fill time
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Players wanting to share ideas as someone
else is talking
◦ Example
 Volleyball
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Everyone willing to speak
Safe Environment
No judgment
On Task
Honest!
◦ 5 Dysfunction discussion example
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Sharing the idea of closing out a team
◦ Impassioned speech
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Result
Realization
◦ All 30 something's
 Can’t trust our presentation of topics
 Trust concepts
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Conceptual Realization
◦ What we did
 Concept to share with team
 Be judged
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Result
◦ It became theirs “a mantra”
◦ They were invested in concept
◦ They came up with something that resonates with
them
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We treated our scouting reports like School
◦ Empty Pages
◦ Including keys to the game
 Presented concept and they wrote what resonated
 One point players were arguing over wording
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Want the same goals
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Everyone willing to speak
Safe Environment
No judgment
On Task
Honest!
Rule
◦ Acknowledgment Rule
 Example Dorn - Bartsch
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Back-court defense
◦ Libero in charge of communication
 In practice
 Decides defense in every 6 on 6 drills
 Ability to make changes
 If staff wants a change we tell her
 Example Edinger
◦ Result
 Consistent with game
 Players look to her
 It is her responsibility
 She holds people responsible
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Middle Blockers
◦ Manage all blocking communication
 They tell Outsides to commit, front, release, etc…
◦ Result
 Middles know all
 They can hold people accountable
 They take responsibility
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Libero Communicates
Result
◦ Starts to understand passers
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Watch
◦ Link
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What do you call this?
What happens here?
Some examples
◦ It gone bad!
 Examples
 Annie
 Problem solving
◦ When it goes well
 Examples
 Mantra
 Taking Responsibility
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Staff to Player
◦ Blocking one person talks
◦ Passing/Serving one person
◦ Offense
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Keeping it consistent
Trust
Staff is on same page
◦ Early in the year – miscommunication
 I have to be patient!
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Our timeouts
◦ Link
 What is going on?
 Positional Communication
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Outsides Shots
Middles blocking - shots
DS’s passing defense
Setters block and what is working
◦ Staff Communication
 When I was younger
 What we want to present
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I am old (at least to players)
◦ I need young people on staff
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Getting players involved in concepts in more
powerful than me coming up with something
Players are smart!
Listening and watching is as powerful as
words
Questions?