Volunteer coaches are the backbone of youth and club volleyball. They're parents, teachers, students and former players who give up evenings and weekends because they love the sport. But the job involves far more than running practices. There are rosters to manage, lineups to plan, attendance to track and messages about who can make Saturday's match. For someone with a full-time job, those...
The paper scoresheet has been part of volleyball for as long as most people can remember. It records points, rotations, substitutions and timeouts, and in official competitions it remains the formal record. But for coaches keeping their own record of a match, paper has clear limits. It's easy to make mistakes, hard to review later and completely disconnected from your lineups and stats. More...
The paper scoresheet has been part of volleyball for decades, and in official competitions it remains the formal record. But for coaches keeping their own record of a match, paper has clear limits. It's easy to make mistakes, hard to review afterwards and completely disconnected from lineups and stats. More coaches in Poland are now keeping score in an app instead. In this guide we explain how...
If you coach a volleyball team in Spain or Latin America, you've probably wondered whether an app could make your job easier. There are many tools available, but few are designed specifically for volleyball. Koach was built around the tasks volleyball coaches handle every week. In this article we explain its main features in plain terms, from team management to lineups, live stats and...
Germany has one of the largest volleyball communities in Europe, with thousands of clubs running teams from the youngest age groups up through regional leagues and beyond. Behind every one of those teams is a trainer, very often a volunteer, who combines coaching with a job, studies or family. For these coaches, time is the scarcest resource of all. Koach was built to give some of that...
Behind every well-run volleyball team is a lot of quiet organization. Coaches need to know who is on the team, what position each player plays, which jersey numbers are taken, who's been coming to practice and who's recovering from an injury. That's the foundation of team management, and when it's messy, everything else becomes harder. In this article we look at three core parts of managing a...
Not every volleyball team in the Netherlands plays in a standard competition format. Many clubs run mixed teams in recreational leagues, and youth volleyball includes a wide range of ages, experience levels and team sizes. These teams bring their own lineup challenges. Mixed teams need to balance men and women according to competition rules, while youth teams often include players at very...
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