University Daily Kansan, August 21, 1985
Page 6
New volleyball coach hits basics
By Sue Konnik
Associate Sports Editor
Strengths: "The girls" attitude is terrific. They do everything I tell them to and more. They came into the first day of practice in shape, and that was and will be the biggest asset."
Weaknesses: "We have to go over a lot of fundamentals. The juniors look like freshmen in some skills — hitting and knowledge of the game — and they have to adjust to a new system with a new coach.
"I would think they should know
footwork and approaches, but most don't."
What the players on the team do know is that they have an obstacle to overcome — 26 consecutive Big Eight losses that date back to 1982.
"Most volleyball coaches would say that it takes at least five years to rebuild a program such as this," Albitz, who replaced six-year head coach Bob Lockwood, said this week. "But the team has accepted me and they have a great attitude, and that may be the difference. I don't know how far I can take the program, but I will take it as far as I can."
Coming off a 5-30 season, Albitz said, the team could be expected only to take command of the fundamentals taught in practice and perform them well in game situations.
10 prepare the team for the coming fall season, which begins Sept. 7. Albitz is not interested in any fancy drills or controlled scrimmages.
"They just have to touch the ball, touch the ball, touch the ball," she said. "I like to run fast, intense practices. It's all a matter of how much I can get out of them."
To be exact, Albitz is getting nine hours out of each player each day. The team has been practicing three times a day for three hours at a time. That routine can weaken even the knees, but the coach plans to 0x that.
Each day the team works out with a weight training and conditioning
program that consists mainly of jumping off boxes to strengthen legs. This program, Albizit, is one improvement over previous years.
Abitz, who has been coaching volleyball for 18 years, is no stranger to conditioning programs and Big Eight competition. She comes to Kansas after a four-year job as head volleyball coach at Oral Roberts University.
Before that, she spent five years at Oklahoma State as volleyball coach and women's academic counselor for athletes, one year at Northeastern State and one year at Southern Methodist.
A Tulsa, Okla., native, she was a United States Volleyball Association All American in 1787-79 and 1881-83.
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