Coach Chijo Podcast

Why High School Volleyball Is Different in Texas | Libby Pacheco | Ep. 19

Why is high school volleyball different in Texas? Coach Chijo sits down with Libby Pacheco from the Texas High School Coaches Association while attending the association

How to Reduce Team Drama | Coach Blase | Ep. 18

How do you reduce drama on a volleyball team? This is Part 2 of my conversation with Coach Blase. In Part 1, The Playing Time Problem, we talked about fairness, equality

The Playing Time Problem | Coach Blase | Ep. 17

Playing time. Few topics create more tension between coaches, players, and parents. In this episode, Coach Blase and I tackle one of the most difficult questions in yout

He Played for Iran, Now He’s Training His Daughter to Play in Italy | Coach Mehdi | Ep. 16

Coach Mehdi played volleyball for 25 years in Iran, including years in the Iranian national-team system. Now he's coaching in the United States and passing everythi

How a First-Year High School Coach Changed the Culture | Coach Humble | Ep. 15

What can an experienced coach learn from someone in their first year coaching high school volleyball? Quite a lot. Coach Chijo met Coach Cameron Humble at the Texas Hig

Stella Asks: What Should I Know Before High School Volleyball? | Coach Vicky & Riley | Ep. 14

Stella is heading into her freshman year and has a lot of questions about what high school volleyball is really going to be like. So she asks Coach Vicky and Riley. How

What Volleyball Is Really Like in China | Coach Bai Yun | Ep. 13

What is volleyball really like in China? In this episode of the Coach Chijo Podcast, I sit down with Coach Bai Yun, a former Chinese National Team player and founder of

Isabella Asks Coach Chijo the Questions Every Volleyball Player Wants Answered | Part 2 | Ep. 12

What happens when Super Helper Isabella keeps asking the questions every volleyball player wishes they could ask their coach? In Part 2, Isabella dives even deeper into

Isabella Asks Coach Chijo the Questions Every Volleyball Player Wants Answered | Part 1 | Ep. 11

Super Helper Isabella turns the tables and interviews Coach Chijo with the questions volleyball players have always wanted answered. From tryout tips and tournament warm

My Last 24 Hours with John Kessel Changed Everything | Ep. 10

What happens when you spend an entire day learning from one of volleyball's greatest minds? In this solo episode, I share the biggest coaching and teaching lessons

Why Volleyball Festival Feels Like Family | Bryan Kelly | Ep. 9

Why Volleyball Festival Feels Like Family | Bryan Kelly What makes Volleyball Festival so much more than just another volleyball tournament? Coach Chijo sits down with

What Parents Wish Coaches Knew About Coaching Volleyball | Dina Snook - Ep. 8

What do parents really want from coaches? In this episode of the Coach Chijo Podcast, Coach Chijo sits down with Dina Snook, former volleyball player, volleyball parent,

Who Gets to Play? Diversity, Access & the Future of Volleyball | Coach Johnitta Clemons - Ep. 7

Who gets the opportunity to play volleyball? In this episode of the Coach Chijo Podcast, Coach Chijo sits down with Coach Johnitta Clemons, Director of Volleyball at Gam

More Than Volleyball: Coaching on Navajo Nation | Coach Kristen - Ep. 6

In this episode of the Coach Chijo Podcast, Coach Chijo sits down with Coach Kristen, Director of Tuba City Volleyball, Head Coach at Tuba City High School, physical ther

Coach Blase: From the Australian National Team to 12U Volleyball (And Why He Hates Pepper) - Ep 5

Coach Blase has coached volleyball for nearly 50 years, including serving as Head Coach of the Australian Women's National Team. Today, he's coaching 12U and 15

How Top Court Events Runs Up to 50 Volleyball Tournaments a Year?! | Chris Hames – Ep. 4

How do you run up to 50 volleyball tournaments a year across the country? In this episode of the Coach Chijo Podcast, I sit down with Chris Hames from Top Court Events w

What Players Wish Coaches Knew – Isabella's Perspective as a 16U Player - Ep. 3

What Players Wish Coaches Knew | Isabella’s Perspective as a 16U Player What do players actually wish coaches understood? In this episode of the Coach Chijo Podcast, Is

The Truth About Being Volleyball Influencers | Coach Donny x Coach Chijo – Ep. 2

What does it really take to build a volleyball brand online? In this episode, Coach Donny and Coach Chijo sit down in Las Vegas during tournament weekend to talk about t

How We Built the Coach Chijo Brand in Just One Year – Ep. 1

One year ago, Monica and I were basically just “playing coach.” Now we’re traveling across the country running volleyball clinics, building the Coach Chijo brand, meetin