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Volleyball
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On this episode of The Volley Pod the hosts you talk about an engaging live serve receive drill, cover how to affect the pace of the match itself, and a research article about what people know about or not regarding a games based approach to practice.
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"Engaging Drills: 7 Minute Serve Receive Doubles, How To Dictate the Pace of the Game, and Game is the teacher? Understandings and misunderstandings of games-based approaches" is an episode of The VolleyPod presented by The Art of Coaching Volleyball. Runtime 29 min. Published October 16, 2026. Hit play above to stream it here, or open the free Spot Sports app for background play and offline downloads.