In the category of volleyball experts, Karch Kiraly may not be in a class by himself, but it sure doesn’t take long to call roll. The head coach of the U.S. women’s national team, who won 3 Olympic gold medals as a player, has not only coached at the top of the game but also at the high school level. That gives him a very broad range of knowledge, and it’s a resource we want to tap. So we are doing just that with the launch of Karch Kiraly’s 2-minute Take. This is exactly what it says it is – Karch riffing on volleyball topics that are relevant to you as a coach or a player. In the first segment, he urges you to rethink the long-held believe that passers should be taught to take balls on their midline. It’s a subject he’s passionate about – as passionate as he is about learning new things every day that will make him better at his job.
Karch Kiraly’s 2-minute take: The case against mid-line passing
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