JUNIOR COACH FOUNDATIONS I

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JUNIOR COACH FOUNDATIONS I Clinic Outline • • • • • • •

Ethics and Safety Drill Development Practice Skills Practice Plan Development Skill Development Guidelines Skill Training Basics Resources

Ethics and Safety - Athlete • Player Liability Waivers • Player Medical Release Forms • Basic First Aid • Train what you Know

Ethics and Safety - Coach • Background Screening • Sexual Abuse Awareness • Protect Yourself from an Accusation of Sexual Abuse • Be professional • Be knowledgeable • Only Train What you Know

Practice Skills • • • • •

High Intensity Rug or jog at all times (be an athlete) Shagging is an integral component of a practice Communication is a an integral component of practice Coaches need to be able to Model or Bring in a Model for Skill Training • Coaches need to be able to introduce game like balls • Coaches need to know how a skill should look and how to fix it when it is wrong • Coaches need to know if the errors are due to poor technique or if due to poor timing and judgment

Drill Development • Name your drill • Define the focus of the drill • Single skill drill or combination skill drill? • Coach initiated or player initiated drill? • Determine how the players will rotate through the drill • Set a Goal

Practice Plan Development • Determine your Practice Goal(s) • Low Impact Warm-Up • Skill Training • Team System Training • Stretch • Conditioning Options

Skill Development Guidelines • Model the Target Skill – Provide an opportunity for the athletes to see the skill at full speed – Ask “key” questions to get athletes to focus on model

• Allow the Athletes to Do the Skill – Provide an opportunity for the athletes to mimic the skill in a controlled situation where they can focus on the single skill

• Provide Feedback on Skill Performance – Free yourself from the drill to move around and provide feedback – If some or all of the athletes are missing on a “key”, bring them back to the model – Feedback should be instant and specific – Rather than focusing on what someone is not doing, focus on what someone is doing to provide an example

• Add Movement to the Skill Drill • Introduce a Combination Skill Drill – The best setting drill, is a pass-set drill

Skill Training Basics Passing • Key Words/Questions – Ready (Are feet apart? Are arms close to body or away? Are knees bent? Are shoulders over knees?) – Feet to Ball – Platform (Are thumbs together? Are elbows straight? Where does ball contact platform?) – Platform to Target, Freeze to Target (Where do hands end up after pass?)

• Common Errors – – – –

Thumbs crossed, elbows bent Drop platform and contact too close to body Contact on hands or wrists Swing at ball

• Passing Drills – Triangle Passing – Butterfly – Shuffle up, back, side to side passing

Skill Training Basics Setting • Key Words – – – – –

Feet (Is right foot forward?) Hands (Are fingers rounded? Are hands above forehead?) Contact (Do fingers or palms contact the ball?) Hips to Target Follow Through (Are hands to ceiling? Are hands close together?)

• Common Errors – – – –

Palms contact the ball Hands crossing or “swimming” out on follow through Contacting ball too low Stabbing at the ball

• Setting Drills – Setting Triangles – Set long, set short – Set moving forward, back, up net, down net

Skill Training Basics Attacking • Key Words – – – – – – –

Ready Left, Right, Left (for right hander) Step, Explode Swing Arms (Forward. Back and Up) High Contact, Swing through Ball Contact (whole hand) Landing (knees bent)

• Common Errors – – – –

Too early, too late One foot landing “Hitting” ball and not swinging through the ball Slow swing

• Attacking Drills – – – – –

Self Toss and Attack (mid court, 10’ line, at net) Attack tossed ball Attack live set Attack cut, cross, line Be sure to give opportunities to train off speed attacks

Skill Training Basics Serving • Key Words – – – –

Opposite Foot Forward Place Ball on hitting side, out in front, as high as reach Solid Contact(stiff wrist), Slightly below middle back of ball Swing through Ball

• Common Errors – Toss is too low or too far back – Contact is with fingers or too high or too low on ball

• Serving Drills – Serve and Chase – Target Serve and Chase

Skill Training Basics Blocking • Key Words – – – – – –

Ready (knees bent, hands up at ears) Footwork Front Hitter Explode Press with shoulders and Penetrate Plane Balanced Landing

• Common Errors – – – –

Eye Focus not on Hitter, Eyes Closed during Block Reaching up, not penetrating net Jumping Forward, not bending knees on landing Hands too far apart or too close together

• Blocking Drills – – – – –

Blocking foot work, various patterns, various directions Block standing attack from Coach on Floor Block standing attack from Coach on Box Block live attacker Double Block Work

Resources • JVA/AVCA – Monthly publications – JVA/AVCA store with DVD’s, Books, Manuals, Training Aids – AVCA Annual Convention

• Area Coaches – Sit in on a practice – Ask “How do you train…?”

• Area Camps – Work or volunteer at a camp – Audit a camp

• • • •

USA Volleyball and your Region of USAV AAU and AAU District Directors State High School Federation or State Volleyball Coaches Assoc. Online Resources – – – –

“Google” Volleyball Drills FIVB Skills Videos, http://www.fivb.org/EN/Technical/eLibrary/ Skills Posters, http://www.fivb.org/EN/Technical-Coach/Technical_Posters.asp Live Skill Demos, http://www.dartfish.tv/Presenter.aspx?CR=p1209c516m25884

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Membership Benefits • • • • • • • • • •

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