Kamalu Makekau-Whittaker is an American volleyball coach and former college standout at Cal-Northridge. with the US National Team in 2014 and 2015 and played her club volleyball for US Olympian Coach Kevin Wong. In High School she was a 3x Champion on the ‘Big Island’ of Hawai’i.
Tune in, as we chat up building a diverse, young club volleyball program, the true volleyball "nerds" in the sport, the advantage or disadvantage of personalizing your work, the politics of parent, player, coach and director on the West Coast club scene, The easiest fundamentals to teach vs the most difficult, the emphasis on controllables, riding the "emotional wave" vs controlling it, positive enforcement vs tough love, knowing the difference between your goals and expectations, helping players understand why they are there vs helping them understand what they want, respecting the time players and coaches put in collectively, and MORE!
