I originally purchased an iPad just to aide my volleyball coaching. Granted, there are so many other things I use it for too, but that’s another article. There are a ton of iPad applications in the iTunes App Store. There are many of those applications that can be used for coaching a sport. The problem is, you have to know the name of many of them in order to find them. In some cases, the problem is that developers just don’t add correct tags to the apps when they submit them. But some apps of use to volleyball coaches don’t have the term volleyball anywhere in the descriptions or title. In this article, I’ll point you in the right direction to those apps I use all the time and some I’m looking at getting in the near future.
Category : Coaching Organization, General, Newly Released, Training Aid Reviews
I’ve been meaning to do an article about Regression to the Mean ever since John Kessel mentioned it to me a few years ago in a discussion about getting the most out of my players. After a few years of thinking, I believe I’m ready to write about it with a full understanding of the concept.
The following definition of Regression to the Mean is taken from the Oxford Dictionary of Statistics:
In statistics, regression to the mean refers to the phenomenon that a variable that is extreme on its first measurement will tend to be closer to the center of the distribution on a later measurement. To avoid making wrong inferences, the possibility of regression toward the mean must be considered when designing experiments and interpreting experimental, survey, and other empirical data in the physical, life, behavioral and social sciences. Continue Reading
