![]() Whatever your situation, this testing window is very important, because it can show how much your athletes improved over the entire club season, which for many lasts close to 8 months. For other teams, this is a pre-Nationals test. For some teams, this may be a post season test if your team ends in May. This gives your kids a chance to get their jumping legs back under them as well as reap the benefits from all of your physical training – something they probably did not get a lot of in high school ball. The second testing window should be right around Qualifier time, which is usually end of February-early March. Pre-season testing should occur in January before you get too deep into training. You probably get your team together after high school seasons, which in most states is approximately December. If you’re coaching a club team, testing may occur at more loose variables.This way, you can track how much your athletes are improving over the training period and throughout the year. Depending upon resources, testing usually is a “pre” and “post” measurement for each training phase. If you’re coaching a college team, measurements take place during the 5 phases of the year: pre-season, season, non-traditional/ non-competitive season, non-traditional/ competitive season, and summer.In other words, it helps train athletes to rise to the occasion.īelow are the different testing windows for the three most popular routes of playing our game: It’s important to remember that testing provides practice at the “competitive mind” in that it gets competitive juices flowing and requires the athlete to perform in a defined time window. You can test only one variable at the start of a session and repeat for all your training sessions throughout the week/ two week window for example. However, there are many strategies you can use in order to fit in testing and workouts. This can be challenging, because it takes time…time you’d rather be spending training your athletes. This article is hopefully going to start a healthy conversation on when, what, and where through a three-part series.įirstly, let’s start with when to measure. Our game is played above the net and thus, “above the net” variables must be measured. In volleyball, the catch phrases “touch height,” “vertical leaping ability,” and “physicality at the net” are used to identify a pecking order of top levels athletes on down. In football, we glim and glam over NFL Combine numbers each spring, which compare speed agility reaction time vertical leaping ability and muscular strength in the weight room. Performance testing variables are used in almost every athletic activity to measure performance potential within sport. Part 1 of 3 - Article written by Marie Zidek – Assistant Coach University of New York at Buffalo ![]() ’22 High School Champions Clinic (Recording).Out-of-System Volleyball Strategies and Drills.Volleyball Transition Strategies and Drills.
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