#2: Wisconsin volleyball coach Kelly Sheffield thinks carefully about team spaces

<p><a href="https://uwbadgers.com/sports/womens-volleyball/roster/coaches/kelly-sheffield/1154">Kelly Sheffield</a> is the head coach of the University of Wisconsin's volleyball team. Fresh off a run to the national championship game, Coach Sheffield discusses:</p>

<p>1. &nbsp;His initial team goals during his first season at Wisconsin in 2013;</p>

<p>2. &nbsp;Why he chose to hold a critical team meeting in the top corner of the <a href="https://uwbadgers.com/sports/2015/8/21/GEN_2014010133.aspx">field house</a>;</p>

<p>3. &nbsp;His purposeful design of the team’s locker room;</p>

<p>4. &nbsp;The messages that are conveyed by different spaces where the team gathers;</p>

<p>5. &nbsp;The film room’s “classroom” feel;</p>

<p>6. &nbsp;Player seating in the film room;</p>

<p>7. &nbsp;His “<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goulash">goulash</a>” style of learning from other coaches;</p>

<p>8. &nbsp;Being unafraid to ask questions;</p>

<p>9. &nbsp;How to make large amounts of information simple and useable for the team;</p>

<p>10. &nbsp;How he utilizes the days and weeks immediately following the season; and</p>

<p>11. &nbsp;Preparing for top rivals’ specific strengths and strategies.</p>