Education


The Art of Coaching Volleyball Clinic Series heads to St Louis, Missouri to put on a coaching clinic at Washington University - St. Louis. The presenting clinicians will be: Russ Rose, John Dunning, Terry Liskevych, Rich Luenemann and Christy Johnson-Lynch.

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The National Federation of State High School Associations Learning Center offers the following courses for Volleyball Coaches – check them out! More information can be found at this link:  http://www.nfhslearn.com/

The NFHS Core Courses are Fundamentals of Coaching and First Aid for Coaches. Many states require the Core Courses to fulfill state coaching requirements.

Great FREE courses such as Concussion in Sports - What You Need to Know, The Role of the Parent in Sports and Sportsmanship are also available.

Sport-specific training courses are available in Wrestling, Soccer, Football, Volleyball, Basketball, Track and Field, Softball and Cheer and Dance. Boys and Girls Lacrosse, Baseball and Field Hockey are currently in development.

Other great elective courses are available such as: Engaging Effectively with Parents, Teaching and Modeling Behavior, Teaching Sports Skills, NCAA Eligibility Coaching Education, Coaching Sports in Middle School and Health and Wellness: A Coach's Guide to Hydration, Nutrition and Supplements.

Midwest Volleyball Instructors Online: http://www.mvicamps.com/Coaches/Workshop/index.php

ASEP – Coaching Volleyball Principles (online course): http://www.asep.com/courseInfo/purchase_courseinfo.cfm?CourseID=104&OrgID=

ASEP - Coaching Strength & Conditioning Principles (online course): http://www.asep.com/courseInfo/purchase_courseinfo.cfm?CourseID=219&OrgID=

Free USAV webinars have been hosted to help grow regional programming. This is a list of the 2010 offerings, recorded and available through this USAV member email for you to learn from in 2011. Just click on the hyperlink and start listening and learning.

Increasing Contacts Per Hour -- Join USAV’s John Kessel in this free webinar on getting what motor learning scientists call “increasing opportunities to respond.” After getting the best feedback possible, the other biggest key to improving or changing skill is in getting actual gamelike touches on the volleyball – DOING and not watching. Listen in at your convenience 24/7 and start getting more learning going on in the same amount of time in your gym!

Recipe for Club Growth - Joining USAV’s John Kessel are Jimmy Peden, Palmetto RVA commissioner and /director of Club South, Michael Fletcher, Club A5 and Eric Hodgson of Club Zia and a staff member of the Arizona RVA of USAV. Over 100 years of club volleyball growing experiences are shared in a best practices way.

Meaningful Competition & the Competitive Cauldron  - Join Jason Trepanier from Canada’s Ontario Volleyball Association, and John Kessel of USA Volleyball, in this free USAV webinar covering ideas in creating meaningful competition for all ages in both beach and indoor play. Also ideas and tips in developing a competitive cauldron for your team.  For the USAV developed Competitive Cauldron grids,  scroll down to 10.09.09 in the USAV Grassroots  BEST PRACTICES button.

Talent and the Secret Life of Teams -- Listen in on Terry Pettit’s insights into his volleyball book, by the same title of this webinar.  Terry had to call in by cell phone and is a bit distant on the mic but he shares some great thoughts on a wide range of volleyball topics. Skip forward 4 minutes into the webinar, unless you want to hear me solving the tech problems of getting Terry to connect in. You can read much more about Terry and order his book at http://terrypettit.com/

How to Grow Your Program -- Dave Thomas from USA Swimming and Tim McCune, Director of USA Volleyball’s Development department share over 40 years of ideas in growing programs all over America.

Motor Learning Theory  - Dr. Carl McGown, founder of the Gold Medal Squared program, joins John Kessel of USA Volleyball to present this incredibly important free webinar.  Carl has been part of every USA men’s Olympic team since 1984, and thus part of THREE gold and one bronze medals.  His full bio can be seen by CLICKING HERE and more information on the Gold Medal Squared program can be found by CLICKING HERE.

FUNdaMENTAL Volleyball Level One -- Bringing to life the popular article “FUNdaMENTAL Volleyball, John Kessel of USA Volleyball shares core principles and ideas in strengthening the mental side of the game, as part one of a two part series.  Tim Engels will share part two on March 16th at 7pm MDT, see below.

On the Edge of Human Achievement – A fascinating webinar by US Olympic Committee High Performance Director Peter Vint. This special presentation on topics like the Checklist Manifesto,  things learned from the Vancouver 2010 Games, deliberate practice, random vs. blocked training and so much more is a must listen to for coaches at all levels.

Developing Viable Boys Volleyball -- Join USAV’s Coordinator of Boys and Men’s Volleyball and the staff from Dallas Fort Worth High Intensity Boys Volleyball Program – Keith Nannie, Director, Randall Morris 18s coach and Grant Baldwin, Director of Marketing and 17’s coach for this great discussion on how to grow the under-represented side of our game, boys volleyball.  

Attacking the Recruiting Process -- Join Chris Meade, Co-founder of VolleyballRecruits.net and VR.net Director Amanda Millard in this great overview of the whole recruiting process.  Check out lots more up-to-date recruiting information and articles shared at:  http://usavolleyball.org/grassroots/recruiting

Athlete Safeguards – Listen in with the Chair of USA Volleyball’s Athlete Safeguard Commission, Dr. Cecile Reynaud of Florida State University as she shares the commission’s insights into providing a safer training and competition environment for volleyball players and supporting members.

New “Tuesday Tips for the Coaches of Chaos” blog section now going up every Tuesday, in addition to the almost 100 other Growing the Game Together blog chapters which are helping coaches from 94 nations, according to the last analytics. Don’t miss out on just this month’s topics covered including “Stats for Parents and Players,” “Choosing the Right Words,” “Top Ten Serving Secrets,” and “Creating and Training Resilient Athletes

USAV CAP Clinics
USA Volleyball's Coaching Accreditation Program is comprised of course curriculums created from ethical competency based topics taught by diverse, experienced Cadre at annual changing sites across the US each year.

If you are interested in other USA Volleyball's Coaching Accreditation Programs (CAP), click here, or go to USA Volleyball's web site. A complete list of clinics for the current season can be found there.