Have you ever tried to change a technique in your beach volleyball game, but found it really difficult, and time-consuming? Maybe it took you months before it was actually something that worked in games without you needing to think about it, or maybe you just gave up and still to this day do things with your old technique that people and coaches critique over and over?

Almost every time I coach, I meet people who have really struggled with this in the past, and one of my specialties in coaching is to make this a non-struggle. A few months ago, after having observed some players who had a hard time changing their technique for several different reasons, my brain started categorizing and making a list over all the reasons why people struggle with this. I realized there are many many reasons, but they basically all fall under 3 bigger categories., which I’ll share here…