Volleyball Coaching Wizards - Wizard Women

"""This is a great book for coaches with all levels of experience and levels of play. The women interviewed in the book talk about how they prepare and the challenges they have faced getting their programs started. They are all very successful and built programs from the ground up while learning to successfully balance their family life. I especially enjoyed the advice they give to beginning coaches. It is amazing to me that no matter what level we coach we have some of the same challenges and obstacles but we all love our profession. This was a great learning experience for me!!"" - Jamie McDougal, high school coach ""As a female, high school volleyball coach, there are zero relatable books for our niche. Trust me, I've looked. There are numerous books for coaches of other sports, basketball, football, less books for volleyball coaching in general, but there's a huge shortage of reading material for women volleyball coaches specifically. Wizard Women fills that void. Sometimes as a coach and a leader all you need to feel better about a situation or a decision is for someone to say, yeah, I went through that too and made it out the other side. This book gives you six examples of women coaches that with their combined experience have been through it all. I found many examples, of ok, she's gone through that as well, or even ok, that's a great take on how to deal with a situation like that. Not just as a female coach, any coach could benefit from the shared wisdom in these pages."" - Kassi Mortensen Volleyball Coaching Wizards - Wizard Women is a book every female volleyball coach should have in their volleyball library, not only to read for themselves but to share with young female athletes interested in coaching. More female coaches need to hear about these very successful coaches from so many different levels. Each of these coaches share their passion, their process in continuing to grow in their field, their love of the game, their love for their athletes and being great mentors to other women in coaching. - Brenda Williams, retired college coach ""Volleyball Coaching Wizards - Wizard Women by Lauren Bertolacci and John Forman is a much needed book to help inspire more women to enter the coaching profession. As Lauren says in the book, 'I truly believe we can't be what we can't see' when referring to women in coaching. This book can serve to help rectify that problem as it showcases outstanding female coaches from around the world and a variety of levels, their individual journeys through volleyball and coaching, their evolution as coaches, and great advice for future coaches. If you are a current coach or thinking about coaching, this book will help you gain a better understanding of the profession and valuable advice moving forward."" - Mark Oglesby, Georgia Volleyball Coaches Association AAA Coach of the Year 2021, 2022"