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Special Olympics Seeks Coaches for Exchange Program
Special Olympics has been awarded a two-year grant from the U.S. Department of State to support a coaching fellowship to recruit and train high level Special Olympics coaches and leaders from the United States, Serbia and Montenegro. Read More
CAP Courses Heading to Concord, N.C..-Area
The USA Volleyball Education Department will host courses within its Coaching Accreditation Program (CAP) on May 14-15 in the Concord, N.C.-area. Read More
USAV Partners with Penn State on Extravaganza
USA Volleyball is partnering with Penn State University to produce the Volleyball Extravaganza in conjunction with the 2011 NCAA Men’s Volleyball Championship on May 5-7 in University Park, Pa. Read More
USAV CAP Offers Hybrid Courses
The USA Volleyball Coaching Education Department has instituted a new method to obtain Coaching Accreditation Program (CAP) Level I course credit. Read More
USAV to Hold Beach CAP in Southern Cal
USA Volleyball will host a Beach Coaching Accreditation Level I (BCAP) course on Feb. 12-13 at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif. Read More
USAV Attending AVCA Convention
USA Volleyball will be heavily involved in education sessions being held at the 2010 American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Annual Convention, which is scheduled for Dec. 15-18 in Kansas City, Mo. Read More
USA Volleyball Forms Relation with Rotate 123
USA Volleyball announced today it has entered a licensee agreement with Rotate 123 as one of the National Governing Body’s “licensed educational tools.” Read More
Beal to Present Coaching Award to Peppler
Doug Beal, chief executive officer of USA Volleyball, will formally present Mary Jo Peppler with the organization’s Bertha H. Lucas All-Time Great Coaches Award – Pioneer Division on Friday at Adams State College. Read More
USAV Collaborates on NFHS Certification Program
The NFHS, in conjunction with USAV and the AVCA, has launched a national certification program for interscholastic coaches with the Level 1 Accredited Interscholastic Coach certificate. Read More
CAP Article: Game-Like Training
Game-like training is a simple idea. It is the notion that athletes will learn to play the game of volleyball better by practicing the whole game rather than practicing the individual skills involved in the sport in an isolated manner. Read More
McCutcheon Named USOC 2008 Coach of the Year
USA Volleyball Head Coach Hugh McCutcheon (Christchurch, New Zealand), who led the U.S. Men’s National Team to the gold medal at the 2008 Olympic Games has been named the 2008 National Coach of the Year by the USOC. Read More
USAV to Host Beach Volleyball Coaching Clinics
USA Volleyball will host a series of six beach volleyball coaching clinics in cities around the country this summer, beginning on May 17 with a clinic in Siesta Key, Fla. Read More
New U.S. Beach Coach has Brazilian Background
USA Volleyball has announced that it has signed a contract with Eduardo “Anjinho” Bacil to serve as its 2009 Men’s Youth, Junior, and A2 Beach National Team Coach. Read More
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Hello, Coaches! This is a new undertaking for the Coaching Education Department, and will feature breaking Coaching Education News Alerts about Programs, Courses, Webinars and other items of educational interest for coaches nationwide, both in the USAV Junior Club and the Scholastic Coaches' worlds.
Latest NEW CAP Course Dates just Posted!
- Jan 7-9 in Leesburg, FL - CAP I & II and IMPACT with IMPACT… Read More
Growing the Game Together Blog
John Kessel oversees grassroots development and disabled volleyball at USA Volleyball. Watch here for his blog on growing our sport.
Latest The Evolution of the Butterfly Drill
Been thinking about one of the drills that most volleyball coaches and players, with a little bit of experience, known around the world – “Butterfly” More to the point I… Read More
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IMPACT and Clinic Thoughts
Having just done three IMPACT Webinars and a clinic for the Columbia Empire Region, including watching Saturday nite's 6A Oregon State Championships Showdown between Jesuit and West Linn...some core thoughts come to mind with what I am sharing, and want to pass along to all.
My Top 3… Read More
Capitalization Rates, Birthdates and …
One of the first things that came out of our USOC conference for me was to hear from Dr. K Anders Ericsson that Malcom Gladwell was coming out with a new book. Sure enough, I went online and ordered Outliers, due out in a week. It will go along side his other GREAT reads titled – Tipping… Read More
The Art of Strategy
One of the things that I find fascinating is the "volleyball canyon" regarding the mental game. To read about more of these gaps between what the game itself contains, and what coaches train in practice,
National Conversations on Good Coaching
Almost a year ago, Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA ), a Stanford University-based non-profit organization dedicated to transforming youth sports and USAV Affiliated Organization, joined with USA Volleyball and seven other of the nation's top youth sports groups -… Read More
Back to My Iowa Grassroots
Around a League in 80 Days
This past February 23rd, some twenty boys gathered in Palmer’s main gym, to start playing volleyball for their high school. Just ten weeks later, the two teams formed from the sweat and hard work of these young men, would end their season at Regionals, and not advance to the… Read More
100 Years of Volleyball Research Secret
This week finds me in Edmond, Oklahoma, somewhere on Tornado Alley (noted in part by the bright green “Severe Weather Shelter” signs in the gyms we are working, for the 2010 World Sitting Volleyball Championships. We have made it through days of set up, and an inspiring opening… Read More
Fact vs. Fiction
At the 2010 Sitting World Championships, doing all sorts of things, from court set up to photography. Starting today, I move to the role of coaching the coaches again – in this case in the Wounded Warrior project we will be “training the trainers.” Ten military leaders… Read More
Growing Through Our 3rd Season of Webinars
You know, USA Volleyball (USAV) has maintained a web presence since the mid-90's, starting with the help of Tom Jack at www.volleyball.org and progressing through our current partnership with Read More
USAV Youth & Mini Volleyball
USAV Youth & Mini Volleyball
One of the things we find at USA Volleyball is that given the size of our nation and the number of things we do in our sport (Paralympic, Olympic, Beach, Youth, Seniors, Coaching, Officiating, Diversity Inclusion – like boys, Starlings USA and… Read More
Ten Imprudent and Obtuse Things I Ge …
While my grassroots article from over 20 years ago shows lots more of the things I have somehow either changed or even completely avoided (CLICK HERE to download… Read More
Primum Non Noncore
Some of you may know the Hippocratic Oath, given to medical doctors. For those who do not know, it translates simply to First Do No Harm. This is a cornerstone in my philosophy of developing amazing leaders and growing the game. I believe this oath should be given to each coach, for in my… Read More
Put Your Money Where Your _________ Is!
Most people are familiar with the saying in the title of this blog, and would fill in the blank usually with the word "mouth". I'd like to commend two of our USAV Region Commissioners for filling in the blank also with the word "commitment".
Both Joe Williams, Commissioner of Delta… Read More
What Am I Thankful For?!
What Am I Thankful For?
At this time of year, this is a reflective question we all ask ourselves. Beyond the always appropriate, traditional and truthful “Family, Friends and Good Health”, lies one more thought for me.
What got me thinking about what… Read More
Wishing You all a Happy Holiday Season!
Breaking BEACH CAP NEWS! Misty is in!
Breaking BEACH CAP NEWS!
USA Volleyball Coaching Education and Beach Departments are thrilled to announce that back to back Olympic Gold Medal Beach athlete Misty May-Treanor will be attending the USA Volleyball Beach CAP Level I course in Kansas City at the AVCA Convention!
… Read MoreCoaches Came Out of the Woodwork.....
Coaches came out of the woodwork.....appeared in droves (herds?!) ...filled the classrooms and gyms with capacity crowds at last weekend's four, yes FOUR, Coaching Accreditation Program courses around the country.
CAP Level I coaches enjoyed sessions presented by CAP Cadre members Cecile… Read More
...I Don't Think We're in Kansas Anymore....
NEW CAP Course Dates just Posted!
- Jan 7-9 in Leesburg, FL - CAP I & II and IMPACT with IMPACT Instructor Training on the 7th.
- Jan 9 in San Diego, CA - Special Starlings Program Hybrid…
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Choosing the Right Words
I have been reflecting on the lack of specificity in most coaches’ teaching, as well as the choice of words we often make by habit. I am reminded of this as we are scripting some free videos to share this year, but mostly it is due to the difficulty I see coaches go through and how… Read More
Comments: 0Quantum Hoops II
You may have already read that one of the more fascinating documentaries I own and sometimes share with players and coaches is about Cal Tech Basketball, titled Quantum Hoops. It is a fascinating long look back at the history of the sport of basketball played at the California Institute of… Read More
Comments: 0Tuesday Tips for the Coaches of Chaos
Greetings. In meetings with our Region Services staff, I have been expressing my desire to help the teachers of sport in separating the wheat from the chaff. There is so much information out there, that great reads, videos and ideas get lost. So this weekly blog is simply done to help… Read More
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Nightstand Book of the week – Seth Godin’s Lynchpin . GO Make something happen is his mantra of sorts….favorite quote of many "Please stop waiting for a map. We reward those who draw maps, not those who follow… Read More
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Master Class
US Olympic Committee High Performance Director Peter Vint did a FANTASTIC webinar for USAV coaches called “On the Edge of Human Achievement” – You can find the webinar on your USAV RVA website for viewing. In the 90 minutes he shared with the… Read More
Comments: 0Random Observations on Coaches...
I have observed thousands of coaches presenting skill and drill ideas to others – both players and coaches – in the last 40 years of my coaching career, and have come to some observations to consider.
Coaches on the court like to hear themselves talk. And… Read More
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This special international edition guest blog comes to us from Lauri Aatos Hakala. As a collegiate men’s player at BYU under the great Carl McGown, he was a great student of the game. Now he is naturally moving into being an… Read More
Comments: 0The Rare Find
I just finished one of those books that I feel all readers of this Growing the Game Together blog should also take the time to read. Then re-read. Long ago, then US Olympic team coach Terry Liskevych, told me of a study on talent, done with the National Football League general managers… Read More
Comments: 0To My Amazing Daughter - Performance IS Variable
Last night was one of those powerful times where parenting and sports collide. I am going to get a bit personal here, as the impact moment happened to my daughter’s team and my daughter, who I am also writing to in this specific blog.
A bit of background, so my readers who do… Read More
Comments: 1Growing the Game in Oklahoma
Today's must read is by none other than Malcom Gladwell again - an excellent new article in the New Yorker on effective teaching and "predicting" success that you can access it here on their… Read More
Comments: 0More Street Volleyball Please
Hanging out at this year's NCAA Volleyball Championships in chilly Omaha, Neb., one cannot help but be warmed by the wonderful hospitality of the Cornhusker Nation and Great Plains members. Wednesday night, thanks to Sue Mailhot, commissioner of this region &ndash - which leads all 40 RVAs in… Read More
Comments: 2Passion, Burnout and Teaching
I just watched a very powerful ESPN Outside the Lines story on a very special athlete, Elena Della Donne. I strongly urge all Junior Olympic volleyball directors and coaches to watch it, as well as read the story. It has three important threads woven together – burn… Read More
Comments: 4A Coaching Challenge and Reality
Just back from Milwaukee where over 60 coaches shared two full days of a CAP course. I got up at 3 am to catch a 6 am NW flight there and spent a very interesting part of Friday with the Badger Region Board of Directors and Junior Leaders, sharing ideas on growing the game…
Jenny… Read More
Comments: 0The Leave a Ball Behind Program Impact
Today I packed up some volleyballs to send to the deserving programs of the Special Olympics in Jamaica and to coach Wiyaka Chasing Hawk, who is making volleyball happen for kids on the reservation at the Cheyenne River Project in Eagle Butte, S.D.
These donated balls came from the USA… Read More
Comments: 0HP Clinic Lessons Shared
So we are in the fourth day of this year's USA Volleyball High Performance Coaches' Clinic and CAP I,II, III sessions here at the Olympic Training Center. Hugh McCutcheon, Tom Hogan and Peter Vint headline a group of our sport's most passionate people in presenting ideas to teach the sport… Read More
Comments: 0Coaching the Human Animal
An advance heads up to start this blog, it is going to cost you the price of buying a movie, which you likely have not seen and which has become one of my favorite movies ever – documentary really – as it teaches huge lessons to all those wanting to be a better coach, teacher,… Read More
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