Cole recently graduated highschool this spring, and following graduation competed in the Norceca Continental Championships in Nogales, Mexico for the US U21 National Team. He has been a part of youth national teams for 3 years. Part of what has gotten him to this point are the trainers here at The Volleyball Institute, which comes with outstanding coaching and experience.

In August he will be attending Pepperdine University to study and play volleyball.

Skills: Hitting, serving, blocking, passing
Positions: Outside Hitters, Opposite/Rightside Hitter, and defensive players
Ages: Middle school and high school athletes
Genders: All
Club-Affiliations: None

I am big on letting the athletes decide what they want to work on, and what they need to get better at. I will always work to guide them to understand what they need to fix after every rep, and I think it is important that the athlete understands what went wrong and how that can be fixed. Me telling you what to do is one thing, but when you understand it right away it will help you to make the fix on your own.

I am also a big proponent on giving the athletes take away and things they can work on after the session, almost like homework. There is only so much time I can be with them coaching and in the gym with them, so it is on the athletes to work on the main points of the lesson and use the lesson to create exercises to do on their own.