Club Mentoring

We will be sending out information in the upcoming weeks about a new level of service designed primarily for clubs, however, there is also a potential use for high school programs as well.

So many clubs are in a situation of having a majority of their coaching staff being relatively inexperienced in designing, implementing and evaluating practice sessions.  In addition to this, there is some inexperience in developing team systems, organizing a line up and game management.  Club directors and lead coaches are often too busy handling administrative responsibilities to address this situation in a manner that allows for the coaching development of their staff.  VTS will offer to assist in this important aspect of operating a club.  This mentoring program will offer:

• Access to the VTS video library (presently over 220 videos from top coaches) for all your club coaching staff
• Webinars designed specifically for your club staff addressing the needs within your staff.  These would cover topics that are suggested by the club coaching staff. 
• The ability to upload video for comment and exchange of ideas by VTS staff and your club coaches
• Access to VTS staff to answer questions and serve as mentor to club coaching staffs

This should be an exciting addition to the VTS lineup of services.  More information will be out soon regarding the "Club Mentor" program.

Support VTS Staff 

I cannot encourage you enough to support the contributing coaches on the VTS staff.  All are allowing me to include them in the site without compensation.  Their sole focus is to provide you with the best volleyball instruction.  So, if you can catch one of their matches, attend a camp or clinic, or drop a note to say thanks, it would be appreciated. I'll be sending out e-mail addresses of staff coaches.  Feel free to drop a note.

AVCA Convention

Jim Miret and I will be at the AVCA convention in December presenting "Innovative Methods of Coaching Volleyball".  I hope that if you're attending the convention you'll stop by and give a listen.  Both Jim and I feel the development of a team is based on the mastery of the fundamental skill development.  We will explore how to organize training sessions to maximize use of time, repeat skills as much as possible, put players into situations that mandate point management and creativity.  This will be a classroom session that will afford a lot of interaction.

Men's and Boy's Volleyball 

Pete Hanson-Ohio State

VTS is making a concerted effort to place more instructional video designed for the coaches of boy's programs.  I've attended recent training sessions for both the Ball State and Ohio State men's programs.  Just as in girls volleyball, there are good male athletes everywhere.  If we can channel these athletes into quality boy's volleyball programs, our sport will continue to grow.  We want encourage all the clubs "out there" to consider offering programs that will encourage the development of boy's volleyball in your area.

The Use of Video in Training Sessions

 

The importance of video to assist in the learning process cannot be understated.  This short video shows how #3 ranked University of Illinois organizes their drills to incorporate video into their training sessions.  I would also encourage the use of Dartfish TV to allow players to access training video or scouting video outside the practice sessions.