Practices:
The first 20 minutes is spent setting up equipment.
Coaches peck away at their phone as players run self-run drills. No feedback, guidance, etc.
Lots of standing around, waiting to see what to do next.
Matches:
Warmups involved coach-tossed balls which demonstrated that the coach had no volleyball handling experience.
A player's father sat on the bench with the coach. He was not registered with USAV, AAU, nor the Great Lakes Region.
Player instruction was at best, absent. At worst, it was flat out wrong.
Other:
My meeting with a "Director" exposed the roots of the issues. The club gives its directors significant leadership responsibilities. The director with whom I met was very, very over his head. He played ball in high school and college, helped out with some clinics and teams, but had no business in the position he was in. Understandably, "good help is hard to find"; but some guidance needs to be given to hirees.
The cost of the program was shockingly out of line with the services provided.
Some parents related better experiences to me. However they indicated they had no other club experience.
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