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Producing Powerful Peaceful Players, Issue #002 -- Partner Passing Drills Help Ball Control May 29, 2025 |
HiWhat You Can Do To Improve Your Passing Skills This Summer?Hi there,
Ever had one of those days where your body just says, "Hey, it's time to move"? That's what happened to me today.
Getting Back in Shape, One Squat at a TimeThat's what happened to me today. It's a couple of days after Memorial Day, and I got this strong urge to jump back into my fitness routine. I've been off for two months, so I decided to start small with 100 squats. No, I definitely didn't hit 100 all at once, though. Instead, I did 5 sets of 25. Not perfect, but it's a start, right?
The Day My Body Said, "It's Time!"This yearly tradition always seems to shake me up. It's like my body knows summer's near, and it's prep time for some serious volleyball coaching in hot summer weather. Those baby steps I took today? They're my 'go-to' move for building physical strength (for hitting balls at players) and boosting inner confidence. (Yes, us private coaches and trainers feel more confident when we're in better shape.)
From Holiday Mode to Grind ModeGetting better at volleyball is the same way. Small, steady steps lead to big results. Whether you're dealing with passing issues or just want to improve other basic skills,
consistently putting in specifically focused skill drills is what works.
Summer Volleyball Shape-Up: Passing DrillsAre you interested in boosting your passing skills? Check out my detailed guide on partner passing drills. After I used a lot of these types of passing drills to improve my own game to the point where I became a 3-time All American and a member of the US National team.
Gatorade Player of the Year clients like
state champion, Tommi Stockham who's been a First Team All- Conference starting outside hitter at Cal Poly for the past three years.
elite level private training I've trained, since retiring as an international professional volleyball player and moved to Las Vegas more than 18 years ago.)
I've spent years perfecting these passing drills and techniques while I was a USA High Performance (now called the USA NDTPprogram) coach and evaluator while coaching America's best of the best high school athletes who were evaluated in order to qualify to make a United States Junior National and/or Youth National boy or girls teams helping players turn their weaknesses into strengths.
Ready to up your volleyball passing game?There are several at-home passing drills that give you an opportunity to work on improving your serve receive skills that you can start in June after school is out.
read my full article and start changing your skills.
Talk soon, Coach April Chapple
Coach April Chapple is a University of Tennessee Hall of Fame inductee, 3-time SEC champion, and elite club volleyball coach based in Las Vegas. What happened during the crazy month of May! I’m glad to report that 7 of Coach April's Vegas Volley 18s club boys were on three different high school teams that played in two different state championship finals on May 13.
✔️Four were on Coronado and won the 5A state championship title.
✔️won their first gold medal in Vegas Volley club history in the In It To Win It tournament. Sooo it’s been a crazy month of May but she's getting back to winning and producing Powerful, Peaceful Passionate Players💗. Thank you for letting me share some good news!
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