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Three Ways to Develop Player Ambition

By Spencer Kaszuba, Junior Volleyball Association, 04/03/18, 12:00PM PDT

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Remind them there is nothing more satisfying than to invest yourself in a goal. Whether or not you accomplish it, you will be thankful for all of your effort.

"The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise."
~Socrates

I'd like to preface my thoughts by fully acknowledging that our elders seem to look at the up and coming generation with somewhat of a miffed attitude. Our club runs several seasonal leagues, youth development programs, camps/clinics and club teams so I observe and work with a variety of volleyball athletes. Over the past couple of years I have noticed a growing trend among our youth, which is a lack of ambition.  As a child I remember repeatadly hearing "you can do anything you put your mind to."

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