by Brian Begor as posted on RichKern.com

If you are a student of the game of volleyball, as I believe all good coaches are, you no doubt have a proliferation of books on coaching volleyball and leadership on your bookshelf. As I thumb through mine, I can’t help but notice that while different, they are somehow all the same.

Terry Pettit’s new book, Talent and The Secret Life of Teams, is definitely not the same. With chapters titled The Coyote Coach, Snakes, Recruits and Serendipity, you immediately realize “this isn’t your grandfathers Oldsmobile”. Because Pettit is first and foremost a writer, this is a coaching book where nothing gets lost in translation. His words are his own, and as you read, his greatest strength.

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Chapter from Talent and the Secret Life of Teams

Not a day goes by since I left Nebraska volleyball that someone doesn’t ask me, “Do you miss it?” I could respond by feigning a blank look and saying, “Miss what?” But that would be unfair because even though I am asked the question all the time, it is fresh to them. My usual reply, is that “of course there are aspects of coaching that I really miss, but what pleases most is that I get tremendous pleasure and satisfaction from watching a great coach (John Cook) and his talented team continue to have great success building a tradition of opportunity and excellence.”

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