Volleyball (Steps to Success Activity Series)(Sports Introduction Series #1) - Softcover

Barbara L. Viera; Bonnie Jill Ferguson

9780873226462: Volleyball (Steps to Success Activity Series)(Sports Introduction Series #1)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0873226461 ISBN 13: 9780873226462

Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers, 1996

Score more points with solid fundamentals. Volleyball: Steps to Success provides expert instruction and 99 drills to help you learn and master the basic skills and strategies. By following the book's sequential lessons and studying the 193 illustrations, you'll learn why each skill is important in a competitive setting and how to analyze and correct errors. The drills come with performance goals and a list of key points to remember when executing each drill, and they often include instructions for increasing or decreasing the difficulty of the drill. Part of the highly popular Steps to Success Activity Series, this book will help you develop the skills and confidence you need to compete and win.

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Review:

""Bonnie Kenny has been at the forefront of advancing volleyball-both on and off the court-for many years. Anyone who wants to improve his or her volleyball skills would benefit from this book.""Mary WiseUniversity of Florida head volleyball coach ""I have always been impressed with Bonnie Kenny's knowledge of volleyball and approach to coaching. In" Volleyball: Steps to Success," she teaches both players and coaches how to improve skill level and master the fundamentals.""Jim McLaughlinUniversity of Washington head volleyball coach ""Coaches Kenny and Gregory provide a wonderful coaching resource that presents the sport in an easy to follow and sequential manner. I found this format to be logical and user-friendly, and I particularly think the sections that provide training exercises will prove valuable to a wide range of coaches." Volleyball: Steps to Success "is one of the best new works in our sport in some time."" Doug BealCEO, USA Volleyball

About the Author:

Bonnie Kennedy has coached volleyball since 1984 at the University of South Carolina, the University of Massachusetts and currently at the University of Delaware. She has won almost 400 career matches, has been named coach of the year by two different conferences and earned various academic honours while playing at the University of Tennessee. Cindy Gregory has also coached volleyball since 1984 and has served as a physical education instructor during most of that time. She has been a head coach and assistant coach and has coached both men's and women's teams. She is currently the associate head coach at Delaware.

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