[electric guitar build up]
[epic orchestral music]
[pump-up music]
[Coach Steven] - Everybody out and raring to go.
[Team Members] - Good Morning
[Coach Steven] - Morning. You know, here we are,
beginning of year two, all right?
But everything that happened last year,
now is erased.
And we have to begin our own journey.
Everybody's going through this.
But not everybody's working their hardest
There's teams that could be very talented
and they're gonna get away with it.
And then there's gonna be those that realize
that, hey, if I bring my very best every single day
we're not gonna finish seventh
in the compus again this year.
We're gonna go to the NCAA tournament.
That's the bottom line with us this year,
that's gotta be it.
No short-cuts.
Doing the right technique.
Being coachable.
Every day, okay?
Get with your band partner for arm warm-up.
Here we go.
[energetic rock music]
[Coach Steven] - Before you hit, you go...
So, you're arching your back
and you're lowering your elbow.
Just toss it, keep everything level, reach hit.
[Coach Steven] - Pass at your knees.
[Coach Steven] - Talk to your partner too,
let her know when you're coming.
[rock music]
- Everybody here, good work,
I think we've got a little bit of a sweat going now
Reverse three, no setters
As soon as the ball goes to the other side,
whether you touch it or not,
all three are off, next three are on.
[rock music]
- Keep your spacing.
If you're on a wing,
don't move into the middle of the court
when they're attacking.
[rock music]
- Hold your position, right?
Then that way, as soon as she makes contact, but it's low,
if it's in front of you and short,
one step, you're already there, okay?
[Angela] - By moving to my right,
I need to step with my right foot first.
I can't cross my body and turn my platform
away from the court.
If I'm moving to my right,
I'm gonna step with my right,
maybe I just have to do a two-touch shuffle,
and I'm stopped,
or maybe I need to step
and then cross to get around
but we need to be making positive first steps
with our passes.
[Coach Stevens] - When we get tired,
when these pracs start getting long,
we gotta pick each other up.
But as we start getting towards the end,
let's make that our strongest.
None of that fifth set mentality.
When that other team looks across,
and we're still having energy,
and pumped up, and going,
they're gonna know they're in for a battle.
[uplifting music]
[Coach Steven] - At away!
Good movement.
Finish high, Laura. Finish high. Good.
Wait a good stat, Mel.
Taylor, left. Left tip, left shoulder, Taylor.
[rock music]
All right, we have to continue to get better.
Keeping the focus on the boring drills.
I mean, passing, serving, gets monotonous.
It's easy to start cutting corners.
Not take that hard first step.
Not be focused,
when all of a sudden it's twelve minutes of passing.
All right, we gotta work through that,
cause it takes reps to get better
and obviously we gotta get better.
Good first practice.
You know, good energy,
good talking, most of the time.
Let's keep working on that.
We're gonna make some mistakes.
There's gonna be times when both of us call it
and we step in. That's better than both of us hesitating.
All right?
Break it out.
[Team Member] - [inaudible]
[Team Members] - Happy birthday, Audrey!
[epic music]