Arizona Region of USA Volleyball

Verification of attending a coach's clinic that is not run or hosted by the Arizona Region is required to be signed and on file with the Region Office to extend your coaching certificate. If you attend a clinic please take the form with you, have them sign it and then submit it to the Region Office.

AZ Region Hosts Coach's Clinic

The Arizona Region is offering the second annual Coach's Clinic - an opportunity to learn from four high level collegiate coaches sharing their insights on skills, drills and the game itself.

The coaches we have secured for this clinic are: Scott Swanson - Head Coach South Carolina Univ, Dan Fisher - Head Coach Concordia University - Irvine, plus two more coaches being secured.

The clinic will be held Friday, Jan 13, 2012 at the Court One Facility - 9100 S. McKemy St, Tempe, 85284 (south of Warner and west of Kyrene). Start time is 5 pm and will be completed by 10 pm. Each coach will talk for about an hour.

To reserve a spot for this clinic, mail or email the Registration Form before Jan 6, 2012 to the AZ Region Office - mail to Arizona Region, 9100 S. McKemy St, Tempe, AZ 85284, or email the information to office@azregionvolleyball.org The cost is $60 per person if registered before Jan 6th. $75 per person after Jan 6th and for walk ups.

Coaches may be asked to participate in on court drills and should dress appropriately.

By attending a minimum of two of the four sessions, the coach may fulfill the coaching recertification requirement for the AZ Region. Verification forms will be available at the clinic to get credit for this.

For coaches that need to check in for Fiesta Classic during this time: You can check in at Court One PRIOR to 3 pm. After 3 pm you will have to make arrangements for another person to check in at ASU or come to ASU before you play on Saturday. If you play a AM wave at an out site you can check in after you play on Saturday morning.

USA CAP Courses

USA Volleyball offers CAP courses across the country every year. Check the USAV website for locations and dates. The Arizona Region tries to host a CAP course in the state every two years. The next course in Arizona will be Dec 3 & 4, 2011. Click here to register for the clinic.

If you are not a member of USAV the cost can be very expensive. You can save some money by registering with the AZ Region for a one event membership plus a background screen ($45 total for both) - it will drop the net cost about $65. Contact the AZ Region office for more information BEFORE you register for CAP.

The CAP Level I Course is open to ALL Coaches.
The CAP Level II class is open to all previously accredited Level I coaches for initial Level II accreditation or to previously accredited Level II coaches who wish to re-accredit.

Typical Schedule:
Check-in for the CAP I & II courses, and additional modules will be on Saturday at 7:30 AM

Sessions on Saturday will run from 8 AM to 8 PM and the sessions on Sunday will run from 8 AM to 4 PM

If you wanted to attend additional modules to complete recertification or work towards certification then you can attend Saturday night and Sunday full day to gain the modules needed.

CAP I & II sessions will run concurrently on approximately the same schedule.

Cadre include: John Kessel - Director of Grassroots and Membership Development at USA Volleyball; Bill Hamiter - Head Coach USA Men's and Women's Sitting Teams; Todd Dagenais - Head Coach University of Central Florida and Diana Cole - USAV Director of CAP Programs.

Online Registration and Information: USA Volleyball Coaches Education

Chris Jackson Clinic 2012

The Chris Jackson Clinic will return to the Phoenix metro area on Jan 27 & 28, 2012. The boys and coach's clinic will again feature some of the Men's National Team coaches and possibly players. Chris Jackson is a former Deer Valley HS player and is currently an assistant coach for the Men's National Team. The clinic is a fundraiser for the Deer Valley HS Boys Volleyball team. More information will be posted here as it becomes available. Attendance at the coach's clinic will count as a refresher for IMPACT.

Contact Kim.Ulrich-Suss@dvusd.org to register and for more information.

AVCA Coach's Convention

The AVCA (American Volleyball Coaches Association) Convention offers volleyball coaches many opportunities to learn from some of the best collegiate coaches out there. The convention is run in conjunction with the NCAA Final 4 in December. Check the AVCA website for information on the next convention.

There is usually also a CAP course scheduled at the AVCA Convention. To attend the CAP Course or any of the modules, contact the USA Volleyball Education Department.

Gold Medal Squared coaching clinics are offered various times throughout the year. They are self described as the most comprehensive, most revolutionary, most valuable - in a word, the finest coaching clinics you will ever attend.

The clinics are "hands on" where a large portion of the three days is spent on the court. Coaches have the option to go through the drills, to re-learn the basic skills in the way that they will teach their players - they play volleyball (or if preferred, can observe others playing). Naturally this makes the clinics a lot more entertaining, and reinforces concepts in a way that classroom-only instruction can't.

If you have specific questions about any aspect of the GM2 clinics, please email them at info@goldmedalsquared.com

The Arizona Region offers a Coach's Academy during the first part of the summer for coaches to refresh their IMPACT or coach's certification. The Academy is held one evening a week for four weeks.

To refresh the coach's certification a coach must attend a minimum of two sessions of the four offered. If a coach attends all four sessions they receive an Arizona Region Coaching Academy polo shirt.

The sessions of the past have included a National level HP coach instructing the coaches, athlete nutrition, CPR training, and 5 or 6 different aspects of the game each taught by a different coaches. Watch for the next AZ Region Coach's Academy to be advertised on the website as the sessions takes shape.