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Article: Something special in high school volleyball. (developing 'specialists' in volleyball)
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- Coach and Athletic Director
- Article date:
- December 1, 1995
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An area of great potential, often overlooked by high school volleyball coaches, is the development and use of specialists.
Since we traditionally keep nine players in our starting rotation, we are able to exploit the opponents' weaknesses by manipulating our rotation - without having any of our players (and their parents) complain about their lack of playing time.
Roster positions 10-12 are reserved for "Project Players" - younger players with the potential but not the polish to crack the starting nine.
Coaches should be constantly on the alert for potential talent. Some years ago a player who had never played high school volleyball was spotted by a ...