Ep 10 Coaching The Coaches and the United World Games - with Doug Blystone

In Episode 10, Brian and Chuck welcome Doug Blystone to the Bump Set Mic studio (aka Doug's back patio) and talk about qualities of the ideal coach.  Doug has coached high school, club, and college volleyball and is a CAP Cadre specializing in coaching the coaches.  In addition, Doug recently travelled to the United World Games (UWG) in Austria and shares his experiences in Europe as well as ideas for taking a team to the UWG in 2025.

In Segment 1, Doug talks about his volleyball journey and how he started coachevals.com as a way to help growth mindset coaches improve their skillset.  He talks about mental toughness and how to coach that into your practices.  Doug believes in game-like drills and shares lessons he learned from John Kessel and Bill Neville that he still incorporates into his own practice plans.  Doug also shares how he trains coaches, and how he started coachevals.com as a way to help coaches improve.

In Segment 2, Doug shares his experiences at the United World Games in Austria and coins the term "volley-cation" to describe an amazing European vacation that includes representing the USA while playing volleyball.

As usual, the episode ends with our Volleyball Moms question of the week where we learn what questions to ask a coach to determine if they are a good fit for your player and family.

Meet Doug Blystone - 0:43

Coaching Evaluations and coachevals.com - 13:41

How to present findings to coaches to help them improve - 15:40

Inspiring players to become coaches - 19:50

Recommended resources for coaches - 26:30

United World Games - 28:10

Doug's idea for UWG 2025 team - 35:00

2025 UWG Agneda - 40:10

Volleyball Moms question of the week - 42:30

TNT is considering building a team for the United World Games (www.unitedworldgames.com) that plays in Klagenfurt, Austria.  This event is like a mini-olympics where teams play other countries teams in addition to a sightseeing tour that will visit Germany and Austria.  An informational meeting will be posted to the web site and will be scheduled for late September.  In the interim, if you have interest, please complete the form found here to express such interest. 

If you have any questions, you can contact Doug Blystone at dougblystone@gmail.com.  The interest form can be found here:  https:\\tinyurl.com\UWGInterest