This blog, Adachi Coaching Box, is supervised by Mr. Tatsuya ADACHI, who was a recognized authority as a Professional volleyball player and coach for long time in Europe and America,is now FIVB (International Volleyball Federation) coach instructor.

From Mr. Adachi's point of view, he points out from the tendency and the problem of Japanese and Asian volleyball to new ideal for coaching. Absolutey, the contents can be useful at any coaching phases like other sports, company, community and so forth.

"Nothing is to be impossible."

Since I was recognized as FIVB Coaches Instructor in 1988, I have had so many opportunities to visit many countries, more than 30 countries in 5 different continentals, to conduct official FIVB coaches courses and seminars.read more...

Place of Birth - Takanabe, MIYAZAKI, Japan
Date of Birth - June 20 1962
Education - Takanabe High School, MIYAZAKI, Japan
The State University of New Jersey, Rutgers University

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Ex: 1) Direction of Service



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As you have already known, it is necessary to have training with consciousness as well as goal setting in order for learning (acquisition) fundamental/skill and progressing/improving. As the next step, it is a role for a coach to introduce an appropriate system to individuals or entire team.

Now, I would like to explain about some systems used in volleyball.
In general, the following systems are recognized in the volleyball society.read more...

System generally means arrangement, structure, organization, formula and so on. Systems are broadly developed in general public, education, business, sports and other areas.
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The movements for bases in Adachi Style:
There are 2 types of movement in Adachi Style Bases.

1)General Movement
2)Specific Movement
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This article is contributed by
Mr. Atsushi Andre Katoh, FIVB International Coach

Yesterday I saw a typical scene in difference between at the field of radical sports and traditional one for junior, Soccer and baseball.
They share of a same field; their elementary school. The baseball club coach�fs way was mainly scolding or oppressive. They sometimes said, when a player missed something�h What did you do? What did you think this game�h or �gYou could not win the game�h I heard and saw�h I could not understand his words, because there was not any explains for their fault. Moreover I was immediately aware of their club did not have a lively communication each other.read more...

Before getting concretely into the Adachi style of bases, I wish you to understand that the training for coordination, physical training (conditioning), understanding of those types of training, and goal setting should be connected each other as indispensable elements around the transitional phase from bases to techniques.

The bases in Adachi Style:

Movement
Sequence of Movement and Body Posture
Three-Dimensional Understanding of Ball Contact and Ball Trajectory
Coordinated Movements between Individual and Group

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Before considering about "Bases and techniques", please read following questions carefully and answer to yourself.

How do you think of the Bases and the Techniques that are currently emphasized in Japan?
What do Bases and Techniques mean?
Don�ft you think we should clearly differentiate between Bases and Techniques?
Are you trying to give your players long duration of basic technique drills, copy the systems, tactics, etc used in international competitions, and force to adopt them onto your team?
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I would like to talk about the connection between bases and techniques as well as related subject, Spirit (Mental Capabilities) and Physical Strength.

The characteristic of coaching and training in Japan is as following:read more...

Let�fs take a look briefly at the women�fs world grand prix running at this time (as of mid-July 2005). Japan won 4 matches and lost 2 matches as of July 3. I would like to analyze this result in my own way.
Firstly, the Spirit (Mental Capabilities) of Japanese players, in other words, their consciousness and motivation has reached enough level to win this championship, because the environment for every match in Japan has reached the world top level, and that is never worse than that in Brazil or in Italy.read more...

Many people still remember about the FIFA Confederations Cup in June 2005 in Germany. We were impressed with the comments of the Japanese national players. They respect not only developing techniques but also raising consciousness by each of them. We sympathize with their way of thinking. The comments have proven their �gprofessionalism�h that most of them do have. In the football world in Japan, the environment surrounding athletes and coaches has reached �gthe professional level�h generating significant difference from other sports including the volleyball society.

The football society in Japan has the environment for learning and coaching their own sport, which has worldwide communications. The information demanded by Japanese coaches are provided through the foreign coaches those belong to the J-League teams, and this system seems to fit into young football athletes. The era in which most coaches had concentrated on only spirit, gut, stimulating that we used to see has been over. The attitude of trying to figure out how to make your own athletes concentrate on training with high level of consciousness should be the critical element to get success in the future on the international stage.

I would like you to understand my opinion mentioned in the figure below that there is the order of priority;

1) Spirit (Mental Capabilities)
2) Physical Strength
3) Techniques

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I would like to refer to �gSpirit, Techniques, and Physical Strength�h(SHIN-GI-TAI), which is discussed quite often in the Japanese sporting world, especially in the traditional events called the national sport.read more...

The balance of coaching contents and duration of training session

It is a clear fact that the coaching contents such as basic skills, techniques, speed, and combination are of vital importance to Japanese coaches and even Asian coaches while physical and mental works, system, tactics, strategy are main and fundamental to European and American coaches.read more...

When I returned to Japan from Europe, I was amazed by the way of coaching in Japan, which has not been changed or adjusted at all since 20 years ago. read more...

As indicated above, there are many reasons existing in why none of Asian countries can compete in world level. It is apparent factors for Asian athletes to have power, talented player, professional sprit and the way to play against the height in world competition. In other words, Asian athletes are unable to compete anymore in world competition with only good fundamental skill, techniques and fighting sprit.read more...

During 1970s to 80s, the way of Japanese Volleyball coaching was respected and learned by almost all the countries because of not only the good results on Olympic Games or World Championships but the concept of coaching, spectacle performances, good fundamentals-techniques and schooling system.
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After looking back on my coaching, it was a true that I did give all the instructions to the National players and staffs according to and based on my experiences in Japan and USA. However I realized that my instruction or coaching methods was not suitable and appropriate for French education and mentality, which were so different from the ones in USA and Japan. The differences were:

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