Hmmm. You are assuming that we are making them do something they don’t want to do. Actually, they asked me about how to improve so that they could be better for next year.
Speaking solely for myself, I actually enjoy training and find it satisfying. No one makes me do it yet you can still find me training 6 days a week because I want to. I think anyone who has any kind of talent and competitive drive understands the urge to train to maximize their potential.
I said nothing about forcing anyone to do anything. Nor am I assuming anyone is forcing anyone to do anything.
You are assuming that more training equals better results.
I think that you are misinterpreting what strength training means at that age (or what we do). It is not training in the traditional high school football model; lift heavy, work hard. Instead, it’s movement training. If they are going to spend their time playing a sport as often as they do, why not make their movement more efficient. That is what we do. It seems ignorant to not do that. To allow them to continue to train for a sport with sub-par movement. Our training isn’t about anything other than helping them move and therefor play better. Why would that be bad? Also, the typically lift 2-3 x’s a week for 20-30 minutes and this time is taken out of practice time, it’s not additional. I feel that if they total time doesn’t change and I have the opportunity to teach them to move better and therefor perform better and stay healthy, it would be wrong not to do so. How is that a bad thing or laughable?
No, we are assuming better training equals better results. There is a difference.
xlr8 made it seem like he was speaking about in addition to practice. if i mistook that it is my mistake.
i don’t think 2-3 times a week for 20-30minutes is terrible. that is not the context i took it in.
i personally would still not use weights for another year or two, but that is splitting hairs.
in the context you speak of i think it is acceptable, i would do it differently, but i see where you come from. i wouldnt go above those amounts.
Additional or side work is sometimes also unavoidable or a necessary evil. I’ve had parents contact me and tell me that they will be getting additional work for their child, and it can either be me or it’s going to be someone else. I have explained to them that in certain situations it might be overkill, but they refuse to listen to me. Now I can either follow my beliefs and say no, but that will just push them to someone who I think will do the wrongs things with them, or I can go against what I believe but be in charge of monitoring what they actually do and try to protect them and help them. Sometimes it’s not always black and white. I have my beliefs but when stuck in the middle, I’d rather be the person offering correct help versus turning my back on them and god knows what will happen.
Just a general point and not something targeting you, of course, but just because teenagers ask for something, it doesn’t mean they should get it 
But I think Kaczmarski’s last post explains pretty well a potentially awkward situation; I would do the same!
On the subject, if they are past their abrupt growth spurt, I would start some systematic strength work working first on their lifting technique, as I am sure you are aware of.
Oh, I think you are wrong there. We are heading out tomorrow to get them a horse, then we are going to move to a beach in California, drop out of school and spend our days shopping at the mall.
Hi,
I’d like to understand better the meaning of your words.
How the weight training (i.e. in a soft way or intensity) can improve the volleyball motor patterns?
Could you explain me some examples?
Thank you
Proper knee tracking, hip extension, jumping, landing, scapular activation, ab recruitment, posture correction,…etc.
TNT
They seem general muscular activation movements not exercises for volleyball specific motor patterns.
It seems hard for me to teach or train the volleyball landing with dumbell exercises, so in my opinion your exercises are right for a GPP phase but they aren’t the right tools for the growth into the volleyball technical ability.