We are looking at your jump mechanics and how you involve your arms while you are jumping. We are watching your ability to accelerate through an approach or a floor move. We are looking at your ability to hold explosive load in your hips, knees, and core.

How you move! Yes, we want to see you get kills and pass dimes, but we are really watching how you move.This will not be the same for every program, but here is an overview of what our staff is looking for when recruiting: execution, potential and current interactions-both on and off the court-during tournaments. Yes, there is an aspect to the experience of recruiting that is nerve racking however, when I explain to my players what we were actually looking for, they often say they wish they had known those things before. What they were thinking when they saw college coaches walk past their court when they had just whiffed their first warmup swing in the net? Or when they knew someone was coming to watch their match and they couldn’t focus during warmup because they were scanning the crowd for that one face? I have had multiple conversations about this with our current players, asking them to think back to when they were getting recruited. What are college coaches actually watching at tournaments? By Dana Hallisey, Associate Head Women’s Volleyball Coach at Montana

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