Host Tommy Cassell sits down with Andrew Mainini, who coaches the Hopedale girls volleyball team in the fall and Milford boys volleyball team in the spring.

Mainini is in the midst of the girls volleyball season as the Blue Raiders finished last season with a 17-1 record and a No. 1 seed in the Division 3 Central sectional. Hopedale is off to a 5-2 start so far this season, dropping the matches to Millbury, who kicked Hopedale out of the tournament last year, and Shrewsbury, who is in Division 2.

Mainini talks about what he has learned about being a coach over the years and how last season taught him he can (and should) diversify the strategies he teaches the girls.

A Milford alumnus, Mainini is in his fifth season coaching Hopedale girls volleyball and he will be starting his third year at Milford this upcoming spring. He talks about what it was like to coach the junior varsity program for Linda Zacchilli in Milford and then to follow in her footsteps when she retired.

Cassell’s Corner

Each week, Tommy Cassell of the MetroWest Daily and Milford Daily News will talk with a high school sports figure from throughout the MetroWest and Milford areas. A new episode is released every Wednesday. Follow Cassell on Twitter at @TommyCassell44. 

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 Related links:

http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/sports/20170920/hopedale-3-douglas-0-win-to-grow-on

http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/sports/20170812/milford-volleyball-coach-linda-zacchilli-retires-to-fight-cancer-for-third-time

Host Tommy Cassell sits down with Andrew Mainini, who coaches the Hopedale girls volleyball team in the fall and Milford boys volleyball team in the spring.
Mainini is in the midst of the girls volleyball season as the Blue Raiders finished last season with a 17-1 record and a No. 1 seed in the Division 3 Central sectional. Hopedale is off to a 5-2 start so far this season, dropping the matches to Millbury, who kicked Hopedale out of the tournament last year, and Shrewsbury, who is in Division 2.
Mainini talks about what he has learned about being a coach over the years and how last season taught him he can (and should) diversify the strategies he teaches the girls.
A Milford alumnus, Mainini is in his fifth season coaching Hopedale girls volleyball and he will be starting his third year at Milford this upcoming spring. He talks about what it was like to coach the junior varsity program for Linda Zacchilli in Milford and then to follow in her footsteps when she retired.
Cassell&rsquo;s Corner
Each week, Tommy Cassell of the<a href="http://www.metrowestdailynews.com"> MetroWest Daily</a> and<a href="http://www.milforddailynews.com/"> Milford Daily News</a> will talk with a high school sports figure from throughout the MetroWest and Milford areas. A new episode is released every Wednesday. Follow Cassell on Twitter at<a href="https://twitter.com/tommycassell44"> @TommyCassell44. </a>
You can subscribe via iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play or any other podcast provider. Don&rsquo;t forget to rate and review. And if you aren&rsquo;t a podcast listener, every episode of Cassell&rsquo;s Corner is available<a href="http://framingham.wickedlocal.com/topics/cassells-corner-podcast"> here on our websites</a>.
&nbsp;Related links:
<a href="http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/sports/20170920/hopedale-3-douglas-0-win-to-grow-on">http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/sports/20170920/hopedale-3-douglas-0-win-to-grow-on</a>
<a href="http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/sports/20170812/milford-volleyball-coach-linda-zacchilli-retires-to-fight-cancer-for-third-time">http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/sports/20170812/milford-volleyball-coach-linda-zacchilli-retires-to-fight-cancer-for-third-time</a>

Daily News staff writer Tommy Cassell speaks with top athletes, coaches, athletic directors, and others in the MetroWest region of Massachusetts to find out what makes them who they are.  Read articles by Tommy in the MetroWest Daily News sports section, online at metrowestdailynews.com/sports. Find him on Twitter @TommyCassell44 and @MetroWestSports.

Conversations with the major players on the local high school sports scene

Cassell's Corner

Mainini talks about coaching at different schools in the fall and the spring

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