Elemisha Volleyball ethos

• We hit hard - always

  • Plenty of attackers are able to hit perfect sets well. We hit ALL sets with pace

  • We serve hard

  • We always pressure the opposing team

• We better the ball

  • Every contact should be aimed at eventually producing an aggressive attack - this starts with trying to improve the quality of the contact with every touch

• Everybody does everything

  • Every player will serve, pass, set, hit, dig, and block, irrespective of their native position

  • We expect every player to strive to improve in EVERY phase of the game, period

• We try hard things

  • Set with our hands

  • Jump serve

  • Take aggressive swings

  • Chase down every ball on defense

  • Improve passing by understanding how to mitigate mechanical errors

  • Celebrate failure, because that is how we improve the breed

• During our training, we are focused on improvement over winning

  • We always keep score in every scrimmage, but faced with a choice for an easy kill to simply score a point as opposed to a touch that will “improve the breed,” we always opt for the latter

• EVERY player is a starter, always

  • There is no sitting on the bench in our program. Everybody participates in every drill and scrimmage, period.

• We embrace positivity

  • Positive coaching

  • Positive player attitude - “I may not be good at this yet, but I’m going to be…..”

  • Positive results - our players improve in every phase of the game, period.

• We will do math

  • We will understand the math behind volleyball

  • Pythagoras WILL be mentioned - multiple times