Nathan Groenveld's guest appearances

Nathan Groenveld

From The First Chair Podcast

Passin Dimes Podcast

Josh Nichol

Ian Eibbitt

Nathan Janzen

Steve Delaney

Colin Walker

Tom Black

Matt Krueger

Justin Lam

Matt Harris

Jen Cross

Alex Russell

Becchara Palmer

Michael Denton

Doug Learoyd

Mike Plantinga

OwlTail

Nathan Groenveld is a 2x OUA Champion, 1st Team All Canadian, OUA Player of the Year, National Team Alumni, Former Niagara College Head Coach winning an OCAA Championship and CCAA Bronze and current Head Coach of the York Lions.  Nate shares his playing career and how he got into coaching. We take a deep dive into his coaching process and how he loves to go down the rabbit hole and look into the details of player development. We couldn't be more excited to partner with Momentum Pro Camps. Momentum Pro Camps runs volleyball camps across Ontario, bringing professional athletes, coaches and resources to communities, clubs and partners. Follow Momentum on social media @momentumprocamps for updates and details on future programs, or email them at contact@momentumprocamps.com! Stay Excellent Friends  Be sure to check out Club Json at https://www.clubjson.com/ Use promo code dimes to get 15% off your order. Any order over $99 in North America will get free shipping!

Nathan Groenveld is a 2x OUA Champion, 1st Team All Canadian, OUA Player of the Year, National Team Alumni, Former Niagara College Head Coach winning an OCAA Championship and CCAA Bronze and current Head Coach of the York Lions.  Nate shares his playing career and how he got into coaching. We take a deep dive into his coaching process and how he loves to go down the rabbit hole and look into the details of player development. We couldn't be more excited to partner with Momentum Pro Camps. Momentum Pro Camps runs volleyball camps across Ontario, bringing professional athletes, coaches and resources to communities, clubs and partners. Follow Momentum on social media @momentumprocamps for updates and details on future programs, or email them at <a href="mailto:contact@momentumprocamps.com">contact@momentumprocamps.com</a>! Stay Excellent Friends    Be sure to check out Club Json at <a href="https://www.clubjson.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.clubjson.com/</a> Use promo code dimes to get 15% off your order. Any order over $99 in North America will get free shipping!

The Nathan Groenveld Show EP.146

In this episode, Frank &amp; Thierry welcome newly appointed York University men's volleyball Head Coach Nathan Groenveld to discuss the importance of the middle blocker position and how to train it more efficiently. (0:30) - Congratulations to Coach Groenveld for being selected as York University men's volleyball Head Coach (2:05) - Nathan's bio (2:35) - What was Thierry's initial impression of Nathan Groenveld, the club player? (4:21) - What is Glenn Hoag's advice to high level athletes that are pondering coaching after their playing  career? (6:07) - What brought Nathan into coaching? (7:15) - What were some of the challenges coach Groenveld had to overcome building the Niagara College program? (9:10) - How have some experiences such as Team Ontario and the Volleyball Canada Centre of Excellence program made Nathan a better coach? (10:55) - How does coach Groenveld develop a family atmosphere with his teams? (12:50) - Who are Nathan's mentors and how does he interact with them? (15:50) - How can summer programs such as a provincial or junior national team help a coach in his or her professional development? (18:10) - Is the middle position presently undervalued at the club level and what can be done to change that perception? (24:45) - How can club coaches improve their ability to coach middle blocker more effectively? (29:00) - Middles need to include cue reading in blocking as early as possible such as Glenn Hoag's blocking progression (30:05) - What good online resource for training middle blockers does coach Groenveld recommend? (34:00) - Should every athlete get some repetitions in the middle at some point? (37:05) - How can lateral speed or a fast arm swing be trained with 14U to 16U athletes? (40:55) - How much block training is necessary and how quickly should drills be more random when considering the middle position? (42:15) - What are typical weaknesses coach Groenveld sees in rookie college athletes playing in the middle? (43:53) - How can an incredibly difficult skill like blocking be trained better in the club setting? (50:20) - What are rookie middle athletes lacking on the offensive side of the game at the collegiate level?  (55:00) - How is a middle's arm swing different and how do you train that efficiently? (59:30) - Which middle from Team Canada should a young club athlete be watching? (61:00) - Do you like podcast episodes that focus on a particular position like this one? Please provide feedback at FTFC@maverickvolleyball.ca

In this episode, Frank &amp; Thierry welcome newly appointed York University men's volleyball Head Coach Nathan Groenveld to discuss the importance of the middle blocker position and how to train it more efficiently.   (0:30) - Congratulations to Coach Groenveld for being selected as <a href="http://www.yorkulions.ca/news/2018/7/3/mens-volleyball-groenveld-volleyball.aspx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">York University men's volleyball Head Coach</a>   (2:05) - Nathan's bio   (2:35) - What was Thierry's initial impression of Nathan Groenveld, the club player?   (4:21) - What is Glenn Hoag's advice to high level athletes that are pondering coaching after their playing  career?   (6:07) - What brought Nathan into coaching?   (7:15) - What were some of the challenges coach Groenveld had to overcome building the Niagara College program?   (9:10) - How have some experiences such as Team Ontario and the Volleyball Canada Centre of Excellence program made Nathan a better coach?   (10:55) - How does coach Groenveld develop a family atmosphere with his teams?   (12:50) - Who are Nathan's mentors and how does he interact with them?   (15:50) - How can summer programs such as a provincial or junior national team help a coach in his or her professional development?   (18:10) - Is the middle position presently undervalued at the club level and what can be done to change that perception?   (24:45) - How can club coaches improve their ability to coach middle blocker more effectively?   (29:00) - Middles need to include cue reading in blocking as early as possible such as <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrr0B_kBlCQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Glenn Hoag's blocking progression</a>   (30:05) - What good online resource for training middle blockers does coach Groenveld recommend?   (34:00) - Should every athlete get some repetitions in the middle at some point?   (37:05) - How can lateral speed or a fast arm swing be trained with 14U to 16U athletes?   (40:55) - How much block training is necessary and how quickly should drills be more random when considering the middle position?   (42:15) - What are typical weaknesses coach Groenveld sees in rookie college athletes playing in the middle?   (43:53) - How can an incredibly difficult skill like blocking be trained better in the club setting?   (50:20) - What are rookie middle athletes lacking on the offensive side of the game at the collegiate level?    (55:00) - How is a middle's arm swing different and how do you train that efficiently?   (59:30) - Which middle from Team Canada should a young club athlete be watching?   (61:00) - Do you like podcast episodes that focus on a particular position like this one? Please provide feedback at FTFC@maverickvolleyball.ca

Episode 13 - Thoughts on the Middle Blocker with Nathan Groenveld