SMASH Volleyball leaders and coaches have many responsibilities and the most important is to ensure that we provide a safe environment for your children. We take this responsibility very seriously. To that end, we are committed to the Responsible Coaching Movememnt (RCM). Featured recently in the news, it is a call to action by the Coaching Association of Canada (CAC) […]
Today I am writing about a common dilemma that has become an ongoing concern for me and I suspect all coaches who are coaching female athletes. I am referring to the pandemic of low self confidence among young female athletes. I have worked with numerous female volleyball players both as a sport coach and as […]
A few months ago I wrote a short blog post about the importance of not only having a high level of work ethic but why making sure the work you do put in is of a high quality. This was probably the most important paragraph in that blog post: Effort is only effort when it […]