TBH Episode 48: Leveraging Skills Developed in Other Sports to Enhance Volleyball Performance

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In this episode of Triple Block Heads, Frank, Marc and Makani look at how skills from other sports carry over to volleyball. They go through which sports help at each position, from gymnastics and tennis to rock climbing and basketball. They finish with a hypothetical about which sports to put a young child in so she could one day become an elite volleyball player.

What we cover:
- Why gymnastics, tennis, wrestling, softball and track and field show up in elite volleyball players' backgrounds
- Sports that build liberos and defenders: tennis, pickleball, catcher and goalie play, ping pong and billiards (reading angles and anticipating the ball)
- What helps setters: point guard and quarterback decision-making, golf course management, rock climbing problem-solving, and yoga for staying calm and breathing through chaos
- What helps attackers and blockers: basketball, jumping events in track, archery for focus, rugby-style aggression, and landing on two feet to protect knees
- Which sports to introduce at each age, from gymnastics, soccer and rock climbing for young kids to golf, skating and hockey, then team sports and volleyball
- Why balance, body control, core strength and coordination matter in every sport
- Why high schoolers should play an individual sport and a team sport alongside volleyball, and what they learn from not being the best player on the team

Have other transferable skills or topic ideas? Send them our way, and thank you to Preston for suggesting this episode!

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