Purdue University Head Coach;
2021 Big Ten Coach of the Year;
2021 AVCA Northeast Region Coach of the Year;
3x Elite Eight appearances (2010, 2013, 2020);
15x NCAA Tournament appearances;
2011 Big Ten Coach of the Year;
over 400 career wins;
Muncie Central High School (IN) Head Coach from 1990 to 2002;
4x State Champions;
600+ wins;
.850 winning percentage;
2002 PrepVolleyball.com National Coach of the YearDave Shondell has coached at all levels with great success. 4x a State Champion High School coach (and over 600 wins), 20x his club program won National Championships while he was Director of Munciana, and his tenure at Purdue includes 3 Elite Eight appearances, 2 Big Ten Coach of the Year awards and over 400 wins. One of Coach Shondell’s hallmarks has always been solid, smart defense.
Coach Shondell starts the video with the importance of blockers and their knowledge of where the opponent likes to attack. He uses a drill to work with individual blockers then adds a second blocker to work together on defending against outside attackers and then brings in a whole front line to work against a 2 attack team.
Coach Shondell brings in the back row to show the position and movement of the players against different zone attacks. Shondell shows what to do against pipe attacks and setters who like to dink.
This video demonstrates how to incorporate the box defense starting with your blockers as an individual to a double block, then adding in your back row to show and teach their positioning and movement.
Coach Shondell delivers a fantastic resource to help you create a team defensive system!
50 minutes. 2023.