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Coaches,
Express VC hopes to create the best atmosphere for you as you guide our players. You have three essential duties:
1. Treat our players as you'd want your child to be treated.
2. Coach "like a surgeon" (Click to read related article). Use current methods, stay up-to-date, and accept failure as a part of the job.
3. Delegate non-coaching duties to team managers so you can focus on coaching.
It is highly recommended that you use Sports Engine to this end.
SportsEngine has created a Team Management Guide for Coaches and Team Managers to help you use our website and mobile app to efficiently and effectively communicate and manage your teams.
While we cannot accommodate every request, we are certainly open to suggestions if it will help our players. Feel free to contact us.
Technical Director
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Inevitably during the busy and stressful time of tryouts, conflict between parents and coaches will arise. Now is the best time to prevent those conflicts with clear and effective communication. Use these tools to help you to that end.
Making Headway Safe Sport
Must be completed by all coaches BEFORE their first provincial tournament as head coach.
Your NCCP number and all of the course work you've done will be found here.
Apply to this BEFORE applying to the club please. The club will reimburse you after you've received this funding.
Must be completed to receive any compensation from the club. NB - You need receipts scanned along with your NCCP transcript showing completion if you've done coaching training.
Very interesting breakdown of each skill with variations from many different countries.
Very interesting breakdown of each skill with variations from many different countries.
Junior Volleyball Assoc. offers short video tips of the week on all manner of subjects.
LP Mainville, former Canadian National Player and now TD for OVA, shows in 3 min. or less some really great tips.
Want to coach like a surgeon? Here is the science you need.
Great interviews with experts.
Best coaching podcast. Listen to one / week.
Great Interviews with volleyball experts. Lots of Canadian Content.
Best site for drills / videos.
Question: What do YOU as a coach need to do to get there? Hint: It's NOT a drill.
American Volleyball Coaches Assoc. offers short video tips of the week on all manner of subjects.
Individual team fundraising and sponsorship may only occur between Oct. 1 - May 30 of any given season.
Teams may, however, raise funds/solicit sponsorships for the benefit of the club (May 30-Oct. 1) and, possibly, have it applied towards what their team owes the club according to the policy below.
Contact Darlene if you have questions.
Please complete this form for complaints, minor infractions, major infractions, incidents (threats, fighting, property damage, verbal abuse. law enforcement summoned, etc), breach in OVA code of conduct, etc.
General
Play time can be a very controversial subject. General: Express believes that if a player is chosen, they should play. How much, is a coaching decision and a frank discussion that should be had prior to selection to allow the athlete the opportunity to make the choice that is best for them. This article might help in framing that discussion.
Seven coaches from around the country discuss the importance of a strong coach-athlete relationship. The common denominator is to show how much they care and to have their athlete’s best interests at heart when “having the hard conversations.”
Volleyball Canada's curriculum by age category.
We will continually add our favourite activities and games to help you be a more effective coach.
Fantastic M1 drill to promote reading in the back court.
Fantastic spontaneous warm-up or M1 drills for reading.
Fantastic spontaneous warm-up or M1 drill for reading.
Fantastic spontaneous warm-up or M1 drill for reading.
Fantastic M1 drill or incorporate this idea into any other reception drill.
Reading the play is 1/2 the battle. Great warm-up to that end. Bonus - ball control.
Having the wrong blocking system is better than having no system. This system is recommended for all ages as a base.
Having the wrong defensive system is better than NO defensive system. This one is highly recommended for all ages.
50 minutes of explanation re: Bunch Blocking / Middle Middle D. Warning - contains really good explanations. :)
Small-sided tournaments are great for breeding a competitive spirit in your training sessions. Ask Dennis for details.
Keep connected to your team. Quickly check schedules and team updates, plus message other members on your team and receive heads-up from athletes about practice. Enjoy unlimited access to scores & stats, photo/video sharing, and more.
Easily add and edit athlete info, manage schedules, and message team members
Messaging Your Team in TeamCenter
Send a message to an individual member, selected members, or the entire team directly from TeamCenter or from the SportsEngine mobile app
Basic Team Management
Perform basic tasks using the Team Page Team Management functionality
Add Contacts to Receive Team Messages
Add additional email addresses to a non-member's profile in order to be able to include all athletes in team communications
Manage RSVPs for each athlete within your team’s TeamCenter or within the SportsEngine mobile app
Sending RSVPs for Existing Games or Events
Do you import your game schedules from a third-party scheduler or create them manually on your team page? This article explains how to add RSVPs to those games and events after they are imported.
Review help articles about how coaches interact with TeamCenter and the SportsEngine mobile app
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