Run Throughs (292)

There are a lot of ways to prepare for a match, and one of the Kennedy volleyball team's ways is to do a run through on gamedays. A run through is similar to a mini practice. It is always right after school on gamedays, and it gets done in enough time to go home or go get something to eat before the match. We try to make these run throughs game like, so the first thing we do is run out from the doors like we would at a game and do our warm up while listening to the CD that we will listen to that night. At these run throughs, we "run through" all of our rotations and the other teams rotations, hence the name "run throughs". We also look at all the match ups with what players in what spots would work the best against the other team's players. We get the information about the other teams through watching film, which we do a couple days before a match, and maybe even multiple times if it is a very important match. The run throughs are meant to get you warmed up a little and thinking about the rotations you are going to run in the game so that there is no confusion in the match about who goes where. It is also a chance to get mentally prepared for the match, which is very important because a large part of volleyball is mental. It is also important to have a routine, which this is a part of, before a game. It helps get you into the game time mindset. This helps us get focused, mentally prepared, physically prepared, and gets us thinking about the other team's offensive and defensive systems.