Be Demanding, but NEVER Demeaning
... We must stop “teaching” in any way that is demeaning and become a positive coach. There is no room in coaching volleyball for a coach who by voice or action, is belittling a player.

Catch them Doing Things Right
Most coaches turn their coaching radar on when they walk into the gym, by crossing their arms and beginning their head sweep, from side to side.  We are coaching backwards. We need to let single errors pass through our web, catch them doing what we want often and only give errors attention when they are repeated.

Ask Questions, Stop Telling Them Your Answers.
The BEST way to teach is to ask questions, and in your own style of coaching. Guide them to the discovery of the right answers. Too many coaches tell the players the answers, and then in the match you will see the players after every error, wrench their neck looking to the bench and the coach for “the solution.” If your players are looking at you in the match, you have not coached them. Guided discovery, that is the best way to coach, as each player has within them a unique way to play the game. Help it come out and do not make them all look like sextuplets, for they are not. Ask questions, ask question and ask questions.  Guide them, but do not coach them, let them have some time to PLAY with all the answers coming from within themselves.