A Coaching Discussion with Jason Watson and Tom Black

About this episode

Jason Watson and Tom Black discuss their coaching philosophies and strategies in volleyball.

Both former guests individually, Jason Watson and Tom Black return to Beyond the Court and discuss their coaching philosophies with each other and host Courtney Thompson. Despite coaching in the same conference, Jason and Tom are quite friendly with one another and frequently talk through their teams with one another. Among the topics discussed are structuring an offense, serving approach, timeout strategy, using video to provide feedback and more.

People in this episode

Host: Courtney Thompson

Guests: Jason Watson, Tom Black

Topics covered

• coaching philosophies
• offense structure
• serving approach
• timeout strategy
• video feedback

Keywords

• coaching
• volleyball
• offense
• strategy
• feedback
• timeout
• serving

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: League One Volleyball

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