Coach Chijo Podcast
Real conversations about coaching, volleyball, mindset and leadership
Episodes
Stella is heading into her freshman year and has a lot of questions about what high school volleyball is really going to be like.
So she asks Coach Vicky and Riley.
How do you handle walking into a gym with older players? How confident should a freshman be? What should you do at tryouts? What happens if you don't make the team you wanted? And how do you show coaches that you're coachable?
Coach Vicky and Riley give Stella advice from ...
What is volleyball really like in China?
In this episode of the Coach Chijo Podcast, I sit down with Coach Bai Yun, a former Chinese National Team player and founder of the largest volleyball club in Beijing. With more than 3,000 athletes, 18 coaches, and 12 training locations, she shares what it's really like to develop volleyball players in China.
We compare the differences between volleyball in China and the United States, discuss...
What happens when Super Helper Isabella keeps asking the questions every volleyball player wishes they could ask their coach?
In Part 2, Isabella dives even deeper into the coaching decisions that players think about every tournament.
Coach Chijo explains exactly how he determines playing time, why attitude matters just as much as skill, and how players can earn opportunities long before match day. They also discuss handling pressure...
Super Helper Isabella turns the tables and interviews Coach Chijo with the questions volleyball players have always wanted answered.
From tryout tips and tournament warm-ups to choosing captains and understanding why coaches make substitutions, Coach Chijo shares honest insights from more than 30 years of coaching.
This is Part 1 of a special two-part interview series.
What do coaches really look for during tryouts?
Why do coaches subs...
What happens when you spend an entire day learning from one of volleyball's greatest minds?
In this solo episode, I share the biggest coaching and teaching lessons I learned after spending 24 hours with legendary volleyball educator John Kessel.
Some of these ideas challenged almost everything I've believed about coaching, private lessons, drills, and player development. I found myself questioning many of the methods I've used for ye...
Why Volleyball Festival Feels Like Family | Bryan Kelly
What makes Volleyball Festival so much more than just another volleyball tournament?
Coach Chijo sits down with Bryan Kelly, President of Volleyball Festival, during Volleyball Festival in Phoenix to learn why thousands of players and families return year after year.
Bryan shares the story behind the tournament's family culture, the traditions that have been passed down for more ...
What do parents really want from coaches?
In this episode of the Coach Chijo Podcast, Coach Chijo sits down with Dina Snook, former volleyball player, volleyball parent, and Coach Chijo Operations Manager, to discuss the coach-parent-player relationship from a perspective many coaches rarely hear.
Dina shares her experiences raising athletes through years of club and college volleyball, what parents notice from the sidelines, and how...
Who gets the opportunity to play volleyball?
In this episode of the Coach Chijo Podcast, Coach Chijo sits down with Coach Johnitta Clemons, Director of Volleyball at Game Day Sports Academy (GSA) in Bakersfield, California, for a powerful conversation about diversity, accessibility, and the future of volleyball.
Coach Clemons shares how GSA has built one of the most diverse volleyball communities in California and discusses the barri...
In this episode of the Coach Chijo Podcast, Coach Chijo sits down with Coach Kristen, Director of Tuba City Volleyball, Head Coach at Tuba City High School, physical therapist, wife, mother, and community leader on Navajo Nation.
Coach Kristen shares her journey from helping Tuba City High School win its first-ever Arizona state championship in 2012 to now leading the next generation of athletes in her community. The conversation ex...
Coach Blase has coached volleyball for nearly 50 years, including serving as Head Coach of the Australian Women's National Team. Today, he's coaching 12U and 15U athletes and helping develop the next generation of players.
In this episode of the Coach Chijo Podcast, we discuss what great coaching really looks like, why player development starts with self-awareness, and how coaches can create environments where athletes learn, grow, ...
How do you run up to 50 volleyball tournaments a year across the country?
In this episode of the Coach Chijo Podcast, I sit down with Chris Hames from Top Court Events while we were in Las Vegas at the Emperor’s Cup Volleyball Tournament.
Top Court generously hosted me at the event so I could meet followers, sign autographs, and take photos with players and families throughout the weekend.
Chris shares what happens behind the sc...
What Players Wish Coaches Knew | Isabella’s Perspective as a 16U Player
What do players actually wish coaches understood?
In this episode of the Coach Chijo Podcast, Isabella shares her perspective as a 16U club volleyball player and talks honestly about communication, confidence, mistakes, pressure, and what truly makes a coach impactful.
We talk about:
• How different athletes respond differently to coaching
• What playe...
What does it really take to build a volleyball brand online?
In this episode, Coach Donny and Coach Chijo sit down in Las Vegas during tournament weekend to talk about the reality behind content creation, social media growth, editing, filming, staff, pressure, burnout, and the work people never see behind the scenes.
We also talk about the sacrifices that come with constant travel, including missing family and balancing real life whi...
One year ago, Monica and I were basically just “playing coach.”
Now we’re traveling across the country running volleyball clinics, building the Coach Chijo brand, meeting thousands of athletes, and recording our very first podcast episode.
In this episode, we talk about:
• how everything started
• what the early days looked like
• building a brand from scratch
• lessons we’v...
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