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PODCAST

The VolleyTribe Podcast

Essex Rebels Women"s Head Coach Alex Chinery brings you insight and analysis from the world of professional volleyball coaching. Hear Alex"s latest thoughts around coaching on "Monday Musings" episodes, and join Alex for conversations with his friends from within the coaching world in his "Coaches Corner" episodes.

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00:34:38

12 - 5 things we learned from the Women's World...

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2025/09/08

After a stunning weekend of volleyball, Alex is back to break down everything he learned from watching the world best go at it! After Italy and Brazil put on a classic on Saturday, the medal matches on Sunday lived up to the excitement. Alex provides a thematic analysis of what is going on at the top end of the sport, with practical examples to help you when coaching your teams!

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01:11:08

11 - Preparing for the Season with George Frazer of...

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2025/08/26

As the new season approaches, Alex sits down with George Frazer the new Head Coach of the DHV Odense Women's team in Denmark. Their conversation touches on how to prepare a team for the season ahead, planning principles of play and the differences between elite level men's and women's volleyball. This is one not to be missed.

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00:28:31

Elite Volleyball Training Is Ecological - FIVB Level...

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2025/08/18

After a summer of travelling, coaching and learning. Essex Rebels Head Coach Alex Chinery is back to discuss his experience at the FIVB Level 2 Coaching Course in Limerick, Ireland last week. Alex explains the importance of interconnected training at the highest level and recounts some of his top learnings from the week learning from Gordon Mayforth, long time professional coach and FIVB tutor.

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00:42:49

9 - The Importance of the Technical Co-Ordinator with...

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2025/06/30

AC is back with another top guest, this time he's back across the pond but with a Brit rather than an American. Joining the show is Baylor Bears technical co-ordinator Will McDonald, a London native who has made his way in the NCAA. Will talks about working with the premier athletes of NCAA teams, how to survive in a high performance environment and what the role of a technical co-ordinator entails.Will also talks about his impact on the culture at Baylor and the impact it has had on him

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00:30:00

8 - All Nations, The Biggest Test In English...

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2025/06/09

Alex is back with another episode. He recaps BUCS Beach Volleyball Championships and the first weekend of All Nations. Listen on to hear why he thinks All Nations is the proving ground for young volleyball coaches and how the mixture of styles will make you uncomfortable and turbo charge your development as an in game coach!

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02:08:21

7 - Beyond Drills: The NAC–ACT–MI Revolution in...

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2025/06/04

Description:In this episode, I’m joined by Loren Anderson—club director, high school coach, and author of the influential blog No More Drills. We dive deep into his latest post, The Ecological Coach’s Manifesto, a heartfelt, thought-provoking exploration of what coaching can become when we let go of control and trust the process.Topics include:• Why drills aren’t the answer• The messy beauty of the Constraints-Led Approach• Loren’s NAC framework (Notice, Adapt, Commit)• ACT and the mental side of

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00:22:36

6 - Making Serve & Pass Interesting

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2025/06/02

Hot on the heels of coaching at the first ever England U22 Women's practice, Alex is back and talking about how to make things interesting for athletes. You can get creative, competitive and challenging to make your sessions more interesting! Got any other ways, be sure to leave a comment!

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00:31:34

5 - The New Generation: Thoughts from Inter-Regionals...

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2025/05/27

A day late but worth the wait—Alex is back to break down the weekend's Inter-Regional Championships.From spotlighting adaptable athletes to celebrating a new wave of young female coaches using their elite playing experience to build empowering environments, this episode dives deep into what’s driving growth in the game.Alex also unpacks the importance of grassroots competitions and shares a powerful message: coaches should collaborate to compete, not compete to survive. Because when everyone

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00:29:41

4 - Use these concepts to prepare your team for...

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2025/05/19

In this episode Alex breaks down Representative Learning Design (RLD)—a key concept in skill acquisition—and explains how it shapes the way he trains and prepares teams for Super League matches. He also dives into how RLD works hand-in-hand with the Constraints-Led Approach (CLA) to create more game-representative, effective training sessions. A must-listen for coaches looking to bridge theory and practice at the top level.

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00:34:16

3 - Building from the Ground Up: Principles of Play...

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2025/05/12

In this Monday special, Alex dives into the importance of coaching through principles of play — and why understanding your athletes' needs should shape how you start.Drawing from a recent East Talent Squad session, Alex shares how a young coach chose to focus on mental performance before introducing tactics — a bold, athlete-centred move that paid off. He then connects this to his own experience with the Essex Rebels, where layered principles of play helped build a team capable of becoming

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00:49:24

2 - Building Confident, Autonomous Athletes with...

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2025/05/09

Building Confident, Autonomous Athletes with Maria Farsund | Coaching Culture & Motivation in VolleyballIn this episode of VolleyTribe, host Alex sits down with Maria Farsund, Head Coach of Norway’s U22 Women’s National Team and coach at the elite Swedish Volleyball Academy RIG Falköping. 🎙️Together, they explore the art of relationship-based coaching — how understanding your athletes and what drives them can lead to greater autonomy, confidence, and performance on the court. Maria shares

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00:28:22

1 - Monday Musings: Is Context The Key To In Game...

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2025/05/05

Episode 1 is here! Join Essex Rebels Women's Head Coach Alex Chinery as he takes you on a journey to becoming a more ecologically minded volleyball coach. In Episode 1 Alex discusses the idea that context is key to developing athletes that are comfortable performing in game scenarios. Alex uses two examples from the current season, firstly with the Eastern Region Junior Performance Programme for which he is the director of coaching and then his own National Championship winning Essex Rebels

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