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94. Practice videos: Cesar Hernández González - Nantes Volleyball

What is happening in the training gyms around the world? Today we have Cesar Hernández González reviewing 2 of his practice sessions.

94. Practice videos: Cesar Hernández González - Nantes Volleyball

🔍 Intro

We've already featured 21 practice video articles with pro and college coaches, and today it's time for our 22th Practice session article here on volleybrains.com.

At VolleyBrains, we bring you inside practice gyms worldwide to see how top coaches develop their teams.

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👊 The coach who's guiding us today

In this practice video session, we feature César Hernández González, head coach of Neptunes de Nantes Volley-Ball. Appointed in 2023, Coach Hernández González brought a wealth of international experience to the French professional league.

Before joining Nantes, he served as an assistant coach at top European clubs including VakıfBank Istanbul and Savino Del Bene Scandicci.

On the international stage, Cesar led the South Korean women's national team and has long contributed to the Spanish national program in various coaching roles. From 2025 onwards he'll be the new head coach of the France women national team.

Coach Hernández González also holds a Ph.D. in Sport Sciences, blending academic insight with high-level coaching experience to develop elite performance environments.

For deeper insights of his expert data analysis work take a look at our previous article with Cesar.

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In today’s Masterclass we feature Cesar Hernandez Gonzalez. Cesar is the newly appointed head coach of the Korean women’s national team, in charge of building their new look team. Cesar is also an assistant coach and data specialist over at Turkish powerhouse Vakifbank.
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⚡ What's inside the practice videos?

Cesar shared 2 practice sessions and we went through both of them with great detail on a video call.

Inside of the videos he will go into detail on:

  • Emphasis on reading drills to sharpen player decision-making under pressure
  • Structured sequences like "Four Ball" to replicate real-game flow
  • Mixing positional groups to improve all-around ball control and awareness
  • Use of progressive tempo-setting to align middles and setters effectively
  • Scoring systems that reward quality repetitions over sheer volume
  • Daily competitive elements like “Bagher League” to build intensity and focus
  • Customized serve-and-pass drills based on opponent tendencies
  • Gamified passing targets that push players to sustain high-level consistency
  • and so much more

Enjoy!

And a big thanks to Cesar for cooperating and creating this together.

Practice clips preview

  1. Warm-up: Defense ball control
  1. Setter's flow: Attack sequence on targets
  1. "The Korean drill"

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66 minutes of narrated practice sessions

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