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Sarah G., Arlington, VA Volleyball Coach

Sarah G.

Volleyball

SILVER
20 reviews

I am a player and coach with 20+ years of experience in college level volleyball. My goal is to mentor and train athletes in a sport I love while pursuing my doctorate. View all coaching experience

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Training Locations
Training Locations
  1. Marymount University, 2807 North Glebe Road, Arlington, VA

Coach is willing to travel up to 10 miles

  • Michigan State University (MI)

  • 16 years

  • Qualified Private Coach
    Passed Coach Course

  • Adults, Kids, Teenagers

  • Setter, Outside Hitter, Opposite, Middle Blocker, Libero

  • Setting, Serving, Serve Receive, Hitting, Digging, Blocking

Credentials

  • Michigan State University (MI)

  • 16 years

  • Qualified Private Coach
    Passed Coach Course

Services

  • Adults, Kids, Teenagers

  • Setter, Outside Hitter, Opposite, Middle Blocker, Libero

  • Setting, Serving, Serve Receive, Hitting, Digging, Blocking

More About Coach Sarah

I have 20+ years of playing and collegiate coaching experience. I have coached at all levels including mid-level DI (Cal Poly, College of Charleston), top-level DI (Big Ten, player at Michigan State and coached at Indiana), DII (Point Loma Nazarene University, DIII (Marymount University), and NAIA (Cal State San Marcos). I have run numerous camps and clinics for junior high and high school players and enjoy that level also. I started out coaching at a high school team in San Diego.

I played college at Michigan State and was a three-time All-Big Ten selection, one year as a middle blocker and two years as an outside hitter. I was also trained as the back-up setter and ended up being a defensive specialist when I had an ab injury that prevented me from attacking. I was voted team MVP in 1999. I was an AVCA-All Region and All-America. I trained with the National Team for one summer, but an injury prevented me from continuing my playing career professionally, so I started coaching and love it! As a head coach, I was named the AVCA 2013 National Coach of the Year after winning to NCCAA National Championship. I was also named the PacWest Conference Coach of the Year in 2013. I've coached 4 All-America Selections as a head coach and 1 as an assistant coach as well as 20+ All-Conference players. The National Championship is my favorite accomplishment though because we did it as a team!

First of all, I would listen to my clients to hear what their goals are with private lesson training and develop a plan from that. That being said, I am a very technical coach. I've been coached by some of the best in the business and I incorporate much of what I have learned from them into my style of coaching. Even though I am technical, I still like a fast paced learning environment. The game is fast, so you have to be able to learn and apply quickly to get better. I design a practice that has high energy when possible, though not everything can be when you are changing technique. I believe that all volleyball players should be able to execute all the skills, so even if your goal is to improve your hitting, I will likely incorporate at least 5-10 minutes of an hour to passing - because if you cannot pass, you cannot hit! But again, we would discuss that in our meeting about your goals too! The purpose of an individual lesson is high repetition, correctly - and that is what we would do together to improve your skills!

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Client Reviews

My daughter really enjoyed her first session with Coach Sarah

Sarah was awesome! She made the session based around what I told her I wanted to work on, and started slow and then increased the difficulty of each activity. She was so nice and had a lot of great feedback for me that I will definitely remember as I continue to play!

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Sarah is a great instructor. She is patient and really great with helpful tips. I saw an improvement with my daughter even after the first session. She really knows how to focus on building up areas that need a lot of focus.

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Coach Sarah is great! My daughter’s first session went extremely well. Her confidence with her serves has greatly improved! She is looking forward to her next session.

Great job.. She help my daughter out in minutes. I will be going back very soon.

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Coach Sarah helped out daughter prepare for her. Club tryouts. In just an hour our daughter was doing things she'd never have done. Sarah Is amazing. Can't recommend her enough.

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We saw great improvement in skill and confidence. We made the team! Sarah was a great coach and thorough. Thank you so much!

Coach Sarah was very helpful. I was able to see major improvement with my daughter's hitting almost immediately. She gave her great advice and useful tools for improvement. As background, my daughter is a right side/outside hitter. She could spike the ball but it was a soft hit and usually never a kill. We met with Coach Sarah to help her learn how to hit the ball more powerfully and purposefully. The week following our session with Coach Sarah my daughter played one of her best games with several kill shots. Parents approached me afterwards congratulating me on how well she played. I have scheduled my daughter three more sessions with her!!!

Well rounded in all aspects of the game and with her height she understands effective attack and blocking strategies

Coach Sarah was extremely helpful with my daughter during her first training session. She was very professional and knowledgable about the sport. Coach Sarah provided great input on ways for my daughter to work on improving her volleyball skills and techniques. My daughter enjoyed the training and looks forward to the next session. We highly recommend Coach Sarah!

Well what can I say! I Observed how Coach Sarah interacted with my daughter in my opinion she was very positive. She communicated, strong leadership qualities and that was important to me. Base on the time that she spent with my daughter I would recommend her to all of the players/parent I know. I cannot say enough about how my daughter felt after she left her session. The next day my daughter applied what Coach Sarah taught and told her in the game she played. Needles to it was one of her best Awesome Day Coach!!! Thanks from a Player in Lorton, VA

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Coach Sarah is an outstanding coach. She arrived at each session with a plan to evaluate our 9th grade daughter's volleyball skills and work on areas that need improvement. She is an expert with the technical details of all positions within the sport of volleyball. She communicates clearly so a young athlete can make the needed body adjustments or movements. Her active coaching sessions helped our daughter learn through doing. In just a few sessions we saw major improvements. I highly recommend Coach Sarah!

Sarah was great. She planned an interesting and varied session that made it fun for young kids and grown ups alike

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