I'm Emma Kimpel, and I've got 13-3 at CVA this season. The part I like best is defense. Watching the defense click and flow together is satisfying and makes everyone look cohesive. The mental side runs a close second. I coach the game as it's played right now — the speed, the systems, and the way this generation of athletes actually learns. Coach Reagan Allen who has coached volleyball for around 3 years. and I compare notes every week, and your athlete gets the best of both of us.
If your athlete shanks three in a row in a tight set, here's what happens. I give the fix, not the mistake. They already know they shanked it. My practices are game-like from the first whistle, live reps instead of lines.
Three years at the varsity level for high school, 3 years at BVC, 2 years at Mintonette, and 2 years at Rogue. I can still demonstrate every rep I teach.
The honest version of who shouldn't sign up: an athlete who isn't ready to be pushed past what they think they can do. So there's no confusion later: the first half of the season is for learning this team. The second half is for winning with it.
I work as a college student the rest of the week. When I was done playing volleyball, I knew I was going to stay in the sport. Ask my athletes what they'd change about me and they'll say the one phrase I repeat about four hundred times a practice.
On talking to me: I am always open if you need anything with one rule: not in between matches.
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Come to an open gym. I'd rather you judged me on a practice than a paragraph, and you can reach me any time at email or phone number .
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