Amanda M.

I have coached girls of all ages and skill levels, ranging from 10-23 years of age. Collegiately, I coached at Tulane University and Nicholls State University where I was a full time assistant. I helped implement practice plans, coached specific positions, and helped coordinate overall conceptual training during my tenure at both programs. Specifically at Tulane I worked with various positions: middle blockers, right sides, and setters. With those positions I worked on making our offense more consistent between the hitters and setters. Defensively, I worked on blocking with the whole team; during that time we were ranked second in the conference in blocking.
Aside from college coaching, I have coached club in North Carolina, Houma and New Orleans. When I was at Nicholls the other assistant coach and myself ran clinics on the weekends where we would have anywhere from 5-25 girls show up for a two hour session. I also amassed a large group of girls that I give lessons to in the Houma and Thibodaux area due to my time at Nicholls, and their ages range from 10-16 years old.
I am certified with the LHSAA, as well as with USA volleyball. While at Tulane I was a member of the AVCA.

I played collegiate volleyball at Gardner-Webb University in North Carolina from 2010-2014. My senior year we broke school records by being the first team in program history amass more than 15 wins. I still feel honored to be a part of that team because we all learned the value of hard work in preparation for that season, and in addition I met my lifelong friends through playing volleyball. I am in the record books at GWU for having the third best hitting percentage of all time. Prior to playing collegiality, I played club volleyball for six years at one of the largest clubs in Texas.

I can work on any aspect of the game that athletes want to work on. Unless athletes or parents have a specific skill that they want to work on, I work on all skills during my sessions. Depending on the age and skill level of the athlete, I will also cover conceptual training as well. So, all athletes will work on passing, setting, serving, and hitting. Likewise, they would work on offensive and defensive schemes, as well as elements like transition and proper footwork. I go at the pace of the athlete, and base my lessons on how much prior knowledge athletes have of the sport. If the athlete has a better grasp of the sport, then I am able to work on more challenging concepts, and vice versa. I like players to know why they are doing what they are doing, and I use a lot of positive feedback.