A time to be reminded of past resolutions, to renew those resolutions, and an opportunity to make new ones.

Love with passion and cultivate deeper relationships with my family

• Immediate family
  • Don’t take love for granted and become complacent
  • Make a better, more genuine connection each week
• Volleyball family
  • Deeper relationship with coaches within the team and organization
    • Better journaling of things I learn
  • Engage mentally with players each week – challenge them
  • Deeper development of relationship with mentors
  • Help aspiring coaches that are “less fortunate”
  • Expand my role within the AVCA and USA Volleyball
  • A continued presence and a positive resource for junior club coaches
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A phone call. Yup, that’s it. A phone call to me.

At the recent AVCA Convention in Louisville, I presented to all the First Time Attendees on how to appropriately act when they encounter a famous coach or famous player walking down the hall or share an elevator. I demonstrated how to NOT run up to Kerri Walsh screaming for a picture or ask for an autograph. Now here I am not heeding my own advice with this post. Continue Reading

Will you be there?

I look forward to a couple new teams this year, Oregon and Michigan, while the experienced teams of Penn State and Texas will have to battle it out in the semi-finals. I think it will be Penn State and Oregon in the Finals, and I hope it’s another great one!

I’ll also be presenting at the AVCA Convention to the First Time Attendees on Wednesday at 4:30pm followed by a reception at 5:45pm. Come by and heckle me. If you’ve been to Convention before, we are looking for Big Brothers / Big Sisters to pair-up with a First Time Attendee. You can do so at the Reception.

On January 4th and 5th, 2013, the Palmetto Region is hosting the 1st Annual Kick-Off Festival.  I have been fortunate to be asked to be a headline speaker along side USA Volleyball’s John Kessel.

More information is available on their flyer: FestivalAgenda