Volleyball Coaching Wizards Garth Pischke Interview

A lot of people have probably never heard of him, but Canadian Garth Pischke has become one of the winningest colleges coaches of all time during his 30+ year tenure leading the University of Manitoba men's program. This is after being one of Canada's best national team players.

His resume includes:

• More victories in men's college volleyball than even the legendary Al Scates (approaching 1300)
• 26 trips to the CIS National Championships, winning 9 golds, 9 silver, and 5 bronze medals
• Head Coach of the Canadian National Men's Volleyball Team from 1996-2000 and guided them from 21st in world rankings to 10th.
• Selected to the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame, the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame, and the Canadian Volleyball Hall of Fame.

Here's some of what Garth discusses in his interview:

     - The structure of Canadian volleyball
     - The importance of being honest
     - Shifting from having a player's mentality to a coach's mentality
     - Training philosophy
     - The use of visualization
     - Parenthood and coaching

Garth's interview is also featured in the first Volleyball Coaching Wizards book.