13 - How CLA Develops Winning Teams

Alex is joined by good friend Josh Steinbach, Head Coach at Villanova University in the USA. Together they discuss life in the NCAA, how Josh and his staff use the Constraints Led Approach to enhance learning and allow his athletes to develop into capable performers in the randomness of competition! This is an episode not to be missed!

Alex is joined by Volleyball England's Beach Performance Director and Coach of the worlds #8 Beach Volleyball team Kirk Pitman! Together they discuss Kirk's 4A's framework for developing elite athletes, how Kirk's Moari upbringing helped shape him as a coach and where he sees the sport of Beach Volleyball going in the near future!

Alex is joined by Ryan Murphy, the new England U18 Men's Head Coach and Head of PE at Croxley Danes School in North London. Ryan and Alex go deep into the Ecological Dynamics approach to sports coaching, touching on work both of them have produced. In the second half of the episode, they break down their plans for the England Junior National Team programmes they are now heading up, including how they plan to empower the volleyball players in their squads to become elite athletes!

After some time away dealing with a hectic start to the season, Essex Rebels Head Women's Volleyball Coach Alex Chinery is back to discuss how the Constraints Led Approach has helped develop the Rebels Women into a powerhouse team in both BUCS and the Volleyball England Super League!

After a stunning weekend of volleyball, Alex is back to break down everything he learned from watching the world best go at it! After Italy and Brazil put on a classic on Saturday, the medal matches on Sunday lived up to the excitement. Alex provides a thematic analysis of what is going on at the top end of the sport, with practical examples to help you when coaching your teams!

As the new season approaches, Alex sits down with George Frazer the new Head Coach of the DHV Odense Women's team in Denmark. Their conversation touches on how to prepare a team for the season ahead, planning principles of play and the differences between elite level men's and women's volleyball. This is one not to be missed.

After a summer of travelling, coaching and learning. Essex Rebels Head Coach Alex Chinery is back to discuss his experience at the FIVB Level 2 Coaching Course in Limerick, Ireland last week. Alex explains the importance of interconnected training at the highest level and recounts some of his top learnings from the week learning from Gordon Mayforth, long time professional coach and FIVB tutor.

AC is back with another top guest, this time he's back across the pond but with a Brit rather than an American. Joining the show is Baylor Bears technical co-ordinator Will McDonald, a London native who has made his way in the NCAA. Will talks about working with the premier athletes of NCAA teams, how to survive in a high performance environment and what the role of a technical co-ordinator entails.Will also talks about his impact on the culture at Baylor and the impact it has had on him. Showing that being an Analyst isn't all about crunching numbers and confirming that coaching is a person first profession! This is an episode not to miss!

Alex is back with another episode. He recaps BUCS Beach Volleyball Championships and the first weekend of All Nations. Listen on to hear why he thinks All Nations is the proving ground for young volleyball coaches and how the mixture of styles will make you uncomfortable and turbo charge your development as an in game coach!

Description:In this episode, I’m joined by Loren Anderson—club director, high school coach, and author of the influential blog No More Drills. We dive deep into his latest post, The Ecological Coach’s Manifesto, a heartfelt, thought-provoking exploration of what coaching can become when we let go of control and trust the process.Topics include:• Why drills aren’t the answer• The messy beauty of the Constraints-Led Approach• Loren’s NAC framework (Notice, Adapt, Commit)• ACT and the mental side of learning• Motivational Interviewing and athlete ownershipThis one is for coaches ready to trade perfection for presence—and let learning breathe.