5 Tips to Getting Started with GMS
5 Tips to Getting Started with Gold Medal Squared BYU Women's Volleyball Head Coach, Heather Olmstead So, you’ve Attended a Gold Medal Squared Coaches Clinic. Now what? Time to apply the principles you learned, the advice you received, and the...
Blocking in Volleyball - How to Master the Bunch Read
Blocking in Volleyball - How to Master the Bunch Read Blocking in the sport of volleyball is one of the most worked on skills out there. It's complex, demanding and requires great discipline to get good at. My dad (Carl McGown) was relentless...
Guided Discovery - How to Teach Blocking
Guided Discovery: How to Teach Blocking in Volleyball At Gold Medal Squared Coaching Clinics, we learn a lot about the laws of learning. We learn about the concept of transfer, the importance of random/variable practice, and how keys help coaches and...
Middle-Middle 2.0
The first time I heard of Carl McGown, I thought he was a fool. I read an article about how most balls go to the middle of court, and most of them landed at least 10’ in from the end line. Fortunately for me, I knew this to be nonsense. Your...
To Block or Not to Block
To Block or Not to Block Gold Medal Squared Volleyball Camps and Volleyball Clinics Blocking is an interesting skill to talk about. I’ve often times wondered why blocking, and specifically swing blocking is such a hot topic. There’s no...
Swing Blocking, by Carl McGown
Swing Blocking, by Carl McGown It was in 1985 that what is now Gold Medal Squared was founded. We called ourselves Canyon Volleyball then (we lived in Provo Canyon), and we sent out brochures to all the schools in Utah, and most of the schools that...
How to Dig a Volleyball
How to Dig a Volleyball If you visit the Gold Medal Squared Volleyball facebook page, scroll down the wall until you get to the video titled 133 Volleyball Digs in 3 minutes. Watch it! What you will see are a bunch of great defensive plays of every...
Seeing is Everything
“Volleyball is a visual motor game, with an emphasis on the visual.” For those of you who have attended a Gold Medal Squared Coaches Clinic, you have heard this before. Seeing the game is perhaps THE most important skill in volleyball, and one...
Question: Reading and Reacting
Reading and Reacting From a Coach: The biggest problem for my team right now (and probably many teams) is the hole left behind the blockers. My front row player, not blocking, is based at 10 x 10. My back right and left are based at 2 x2 or 2 x 3 and...
