Incoming high school volleyball players who transition into playing women's college volleyball often experience the culture shock that happens when a tourist visits a foreign country. Here are 5 physical adjustments incoming college volleyball players should know to prepare for their first year as a women's college volleyball student athlete.

1. Incoming high school volleyball players must learn to adjust to the increased speed of the game in women's college volleyball. Among top women's volleyball coaches interviewed by Volleyball magazine the number one adjustment incoming freshmen must make is to learn to readjust to the increased speed and tempo of the women's college volleyball game.

Volleyball Practice makes Perfect - By developing a strong warm up routine, you will be able to easily snap your players into a game playing mindset. Use any combination or all of the following drills at your next volleyball practice or before your next game to come up with a warm-up routine that suits your players’ strengths and helps them work on their weak points.

Offensive Warm-up Routine - At the beginning of the volleyball practice, divide your team into partners. If so desired, pair the stronger players with the ones that require a little additional help and guidance. Execute each of the following mini drills for approximately 2-3 minutes, or just long enough to get the blood flowing and the muscles fully lubricated before moving on. Use a sharp whistle blast to signal the end of one drill and the movement to begin the next one.

Worn Out on Traditional Volleyball Warm-Ups - Keeping volleyball practices fun and exciting is a challenge that plagues most coaches as the season progresses. Whereas players are full of energy and zeal at the beginning of the year they often run out of steam as the season dwindles on, especially once games begin overtaking practices as your weekly meetings. Follow these few simple coaching tips for volleyball to keep your players involved and having so much fun they barely even notice they’re improving their skills at the same time.

The first of my coaching tips for volleyball involves making warm-ups more engaging. One of the biggest complaints that I always heard from my players following volleyball practice was that warm-ups were dull and boring.