Communication

1. Communication From Team Room to Gym

2. Example from this Season • Carl McGown • Impactful Quote • Here it is: • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uaWuEGTG98 • Result

3. What worked • Soft player needed to fire up • What we tried • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r7wHMg5Yjg • Result • Lesson • What works? • What Resonates?

4. Team Room/Locker Room • Listen! • Watch! • Meet in a circle • Watch reactions • Players and Coaches • Uncomfortable silence • Coaches like to talk/want to fill time • Players wanting to share ideas as someone else is talking • Example • Volleyball

5. Goal of communication • Everyone willing to speak • Safe Environment • No judgment • On Task • Honest! • 5 Dysfunction discussion example

6. Examples from Locker Room • Sharing the idea of closing out a team • Impassioned speech • Result • Realization • All 30 something's • Can’t trust our presentation of topics • Trust concepts

7. Conceptual Realization • Conceptual Realization • What we did • Concept to share with team • Be judged • Result • It became theirs “a mantra” • They were invested in concept • They came up with something that resonates with them

8. Scouting Reports • 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

9. Gym • Want the same goals • Everyone willing to speak • Safe Environment • No judgment • On Task • Honest! • Rule • Acknowledgment Rule • Example Dorn - Bartsch

10. Responsibilities of Communication • 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

11. Blocking • 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

12. Passing • Libero Communicates • Result • Starts to understand passers

13. In Between Points • Watch • Link • 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

14. In Game Communication • Staff to Player • Blocking one person talks • Passing/Serving one person • Offense • Keeping it consistent • Trust • Staff is on same page • Early in the year – miscommunication • I have to be patient!

15. Timeouts • Our timeouts • Link • What is going on? • Positional Communication • 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

16. What I am learning • I am old (at least to players) • I need young people on staff • 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?