How do i ask my coach?

Question

ive played outside hitter the first 3 1/2-4 years of my vball career and have been playing libero off and on for the last two. im a great passer, and am really striving to play in college. at 5" 5 however, i know i cant be an outside.. ha. another girl on my high school team played libero before me, until the assistant coach (who played libero for Tennessee in college) realized that i was the better passer, therefore switching me to libero for the rest of the season. the same happened this club season, i tried out as an outside, made the one team, but after our first 3 tournaments was switched to libero because i tend to get more balls up than the previous libero. i know im a good defense player, and have been voted by my varsity team as best defensive for the last two years, however my head coach (who knows nothing about volleyball, doesn't help out at practice, only organizes our rotation and orders our uniforms, only remains the "head coach" for its title)

Answer 1

It's probably better to just be straight forward with your coach.  Sometimes I wish I had been straight forward about some things when I wasn't.  It's better than biting your tongue some times.

Answer 2

I play volleyball in college, so I know what it takes to get there.  For one thing, I think you should confront the coach.  Tell him that you need tape of you playing libero to send into college coaches so you need to stay in that position.  When I played high school volleyball I forced my team into a team vote for decisions like that.  Plus, most scouts don't see players during high school, they do most scouting during JOs.  If that doesn't do it I am sure that either your parents or the athletic director could talk to the coach about the situation.  

Hope this helped.

Answer 3

cheerfull,smile laugh over him and coach will ask you the problem and that will be the time to hit the target

Answer 4

i played libero for four years varsity in highschool and its a blast. i'm 5''2 so i didnt really have any other options. I think you should approach your coach as a leader of the team and tell him that its in the best interest of the team for you to play over the original and that if he wants to be succesful he should start you. If he questions you, you have the stats from last season to back it up!

Answer 5

From what you've said, I don't know that there is a good way to ask/tell him that you want the position next year.  I'm an athlete myself, and I've found that its best to just show a dense coach that you're willing to consistantly do better than whomever your competition is.  

So I'm thinking that you have to continue working as hard as possible, and definatly make an effort on your own time.  Ask about plays, ask about ways to practice on your own time— literally SHOW your coach that you've got a lot more to offer the team in that position than the origional girl.  And keep tabs on her development; make sure you're always at least on par with her, and work on areas you know she's much weaker in, so that when the next season comes, you're the obvious choice.

Sorry if thats zero help, but its worked for me in the past, so I thought I'd pass it on.

Answer 6

Stay focused as a libero in your club team, and say nothing to the head coach at school especially if you know his favorite it the previous libero.

There is politics everywhere, and you can only wish that he could do something for *your* future... but how about his favorite's future. There is nothing you can do about it, but you can make yourself more versatile by playing different positions.

Sorry this might not be what you wanted to hear, but it is the reality. The more you challenge his decision, the more he would try to do something for his favorite. Just keep up the good work and be THE best libero and hope things would eventually work out in your favor.

Remember, Santa knows :)

Answer 7

I don't play volleyball but I had a really similar situation in soccer.  It ended up working out for me but the process was kind of unclear.  Try dropping hints like : do you think I could play outside hitter in college if I'm only 5'5? what about libero?

or talk about idolizing people who have been famous liberos.  If its the kind of situation where you can assert yourself just straight up ask if you can try libero again (but if its not you have to drop hints that get more and more obvious) Hope it works out!

Answer 8

If you confront him about this what will happen?

A. You get libero spot.

B. You get outside spot.

C. He gets really mad and sits you or something.

A and B are the more likely reactions. C can be completely eliminated if you are tactful.

Tactfulness is the KEY! I recommend that you do talk to him, and say these three things.

1. You would like to play libero in college.

2. You are ok with playing outside if that's what he thinks is best for the team.

3. You think that you are the better libero.

Saying 1 is simple. Saying 2 is to show him that you respect his opinion and are letting him decide. Saying 3 is tricky. You need to try to show objective and levelheaded judgement of your skill level and hers. He probably will not disagree if you started over her last year.

Playing OH is not going to be the end of the world for you. You will still do the majority of serve receive, and you will still play defense. How this all turns out will be determined by how wisely you pick your words. If you look like you are being submissive and just asking, he may listen. If you look like you are challenging his authority, then it will not go as well.

Well... That is a lot and I hope it helped. Good luck with school and college some day.

PS- Angie Pressey an OH for our national team is only 5'8. If you work hard enough you might make it as a college OH.