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The 2023 Blog Recap
I’ve made a post each year with links to everything written during that year. The 2022 link includes links to every previous year of the blog:
There were only 65-70 posts this year, down from nearly 100. Quite a bit of this is the increased time spent away from a gym (again) and the increasing work/size of the Dietz Foundation.
The one and only:The Big Dream Project Summary (contains links to every day of the year and the dreams I’ve had on those days over the years…there’s wild, surreal, and funny stuff in these).
LEADERSHIP, COACHING, AND MARINESLeadership and Coaching: The Burden of RecognitionLeadership and Coaching: Improving AttitudesThe Goal is 100% (not 80%)Leadership and Coaching: Ethics Should Never Be NegotiableLove, American (Marine) StyleLeadership and Coaching: Old School ValuesThe responsibility of coachingLeadership and Coaching: Using proper pronounsLeadership in Coaching: Giving the Reins
VOLLEYBALLIN GENERALSports Teach Things Beyond the CourtFun Matches to CoachTeam Bonding…I’m Glad I didn’t know this happened when it happenedMiddle Blocker BluesThe Goal is 100% (not 80%)A Referee StoryCoaching and Teaching Things the Wrong WayTerry, Carl, Art, and Illini VolleyballA Sad Story: ‘Wait until Next Year’
VOLLEYBALL TACTICS/IN-MATCHAnother Use for a TimeoutIncreasing Timeout EfficiencyGood Statistics May Not Be Good…Serving, Passing, Pitching, and BattingThe Thrill of Victory, the Agony of Defeat
TEACHING AN ABSOLUTE BEGINNERThe Blank Slate #1Blank Slate #2Blank Slate #3Blank Slate #4Blank Slate #5Blank Slate #6 (the final entry)Teaching Rotations to New Volleyball Players
VOLLEYBALL ADMINISTRATIONTechnical Specs for Evaluating a VB Program’s Progress16 Considerations for ClubWhat Do You Do When They Are Done?Coaching and Crisis ManagementDeath by 1,000 cuts or “Don’t Cut Kids in Your Youth Programs”When Should Athletes Begin Specialization?Using TimeCoaching Self-AnalysisOne Coach, 46 playersTeaching Rotations to New Volleyball Players
IOWA STATEIowa State: Blizzard #3 (Fate laughs)Iowa State: The VEISHEA RiotsIowa State: Breaking the Residence Rules System. Really.Iowa State: KUSR 91+Iowa State: The Motorcycle and the Blowup Doll
FAMILY MEMORIES (yes, I know XXXV is missing) Family Memory (XXXIII): 6/14/71Family Memory (XXXIV): Puppy ZoomiesFamily Memory (XXXVI): Math and my Great-GrandmotherFamily Memory (XXXVII): One-Stick BrigitteFamily Memory (XXXVIII): The Chocolate Frosting FightFamily Memory (XXXIX): Growing Six Inches in Six WeeksMy Grandfather’s Last Combat PostingMaleme, May 1941, more info on my grandfatherPOLITICS AND RELIGIONIs Church and/or Religion Classes Necessary?Society managed with the maturity of 4-yr oldsTruth and Inconsistency in ChristianityA Rational Approach to Guns in AmericaA Complaint about Mormons…from a chiropractor advocate (and some other stuff)Black History Month: The Problem with FloridaReligion and Laws to Protect It
HISTORYWomen’s History Month: The Siege of WeinsbergBlack History Month: Glenn Burke and the High FiveBlack History Month: The Forgotten AnnouncerBlack History Month: Elgin Baylor and the start of the modern NBABlack History Month: The Problem with FloridaMy Grandfather’s Last Combat PostingMaleme, May 1941, more info on my grandfather
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