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Education Weekend is set for Dec 2-4, 2011
The Arizona Region will again host Education Weekend on Dec 2nd - 4th. The weekend kicks off on Friday night with an IMPACT clinic at Court One Athletics. Saturday and Sunday will see CAP I & CAP II courses offered at ASU.
The Arizona Region is offering a discount to all volleyball coaches in Arizona. Register early to take advantage of the discount and before the prices go up.
The cadre for our CAP I & II Courses are:
- John Kessel - USA Volleyball, Managing Director of Regional Services
- Bill Hamiter - High Performance Director and Head Coach of National Sitting
- Todd Dagenais - Head Coach University of Central Florida
- Diana Cole - USA Volleyball, Director of Coaching Accreditation Programs
To sign up for the CAP courses in Arizona click here.
To sign up for IMPACT on Dec 2nd or any other weekend, send an email to the Region office with your name, the date you want to attend, and the club you are associated with, if any.
Concussion Education for Coaches
Concussion Education for Parents and Players is the hot item this year. New laws have been enacted in 26 states with the backing of the NFL to educate parents and players to the signs and symptoms of a concussion. The practice of concussion education really falls to the coaches. It will be up to the coaches to make sure the player is cleared by a health official BEFORE being allowed to resume participation. It could come down to the coaches recognizing signs of a concussion to keep the player out of the game. PLEASE do not jeopardize the health of your athletes to win matches.
The Arizona Region will be checking at each tournament for the Concussion Acknowlegement Form for each player just as we do the medical release form. No form - no play. We ask that the club copy the Concussion Acknowledgement Form on the back of the Medical Release form. The original form should be turned into the Region. They will be kept on file until the player reaches the age of maturity plus 2 years - which in Arizona is age 20.
Coaches please educate yourself to the signs and symptoms of concussion. Please print off and keep handy the Coaches Fact Sheet produced by the Centers for Disease Control. This will be covered in IMPACT clinics as well. Since coaches don't go to IMPACT each season we ask that you keep yourselves updated on concussions.
Coaches Concussion Fact Sheet > > >
To learn more about concussions check these websites:
http://www.cdc.gov/concussion/HeadsUp/youth.html
A Free 20 minute concussion education course can be taken at http://nfhslearn.com/electiveDetail.aspx?courseID=15000
NFL Concussion Education Information - http://search.nfl.com/search?query=concussion+education
USA Volleyball Coaching Webinars
USA Volleyball has put together an amazing array of coaches and subject matter into several webinars available free to those coaches who are interested. Hosted by John Kessel, these webinars touch on different topics including information for Club Directors as well. Please click on the link below for these pre recorded webinars.
Increasing Contacts Per Hour
Recipe for Club Growth
Meaningful Competition and the Competitive Cauldron
Talent and the Secret Life of Teams
How to Grow Your Program
Motor Learning Theory
FUNdaMENTAL Volleyball Level One
On the Edge of Human Achievement
Developing Viable Boy's Volleyball
Attacking the Recruiting Process
Athlete Safeguards
Arizona
Sidelines
Arizona
Sidelines is a newsletter designed specifically for volleyball coaches.
There are articles of interest to coaches, questions posed to national
and international level coaches, resource lists that are of interest
to volleyball coaches and other informative articles. To sign up for
this newsletter to be sent to your email address, send an email to
the Region office with Subscribe Arizona Sidelines as the subject and we will add your email to
our list. To view the past newsletters click on the issue. They
are here in pdf format.
IMPACT
Refresher Opportunities
In
lieu of taking IMPACT a second or third time, coaches may attend an approved coach's clinic.
The types of clinics on the approved list would be those headlining
college/university coaches, national team coaches, professional coaching
clinics such as those at the AVCA convention, USAV High Performance
Training Courses, etc. This shows the Region that as a coach you are
learning and growing in your experience and knowledge of the game -
entertaining new and innovative ideas when it comes to coaching. Techniques
change over the years and these type of clinics keep our coaches on
the cutting edge in coaching. Proof of attendance at the clinics will
serve to refresh your IMPACT certification.
As
the summer approaches there will be opportunities available to refresh
your coach's certification. If you are in need of refreshing your certification
check here for opportunities available in or around Arizona that you
may take advantage of over the summer. These clinics will refresh your
certificate for 3 years in Arizona.
If
you do attend a refresher course you will need verification of attendance. Click here to print off the form to take to the camp/clinic/course that you
will attend. This form must be completed and sent to the Region Office.
Click the Education Refresher Opportunities in the left margin to access the known opportunities.
IMPACT/IMPACT
Plus
To
coach in the Arizona Region you must be a minimum of IMPACT Certified. This includes all head coaches, assistant coaches and "floating" coaches. IMPACT must be refreshed or upgraded after 3 years. You must be certified before the first tournament of the season.
The
Arizona Region is offering IMPACT for new coaches that have never coached
in the USA Volleyball system before and IMPACT Plus for those that
have taken IMPACT before and are refreshing their certification. Coaches that are refreshing have the option to take IMPACT, IMPACT Plus or another
approved clinic. New coaches or coaches new to club system must take IMPACT certification - no
exceptions.
If
you are in need of IMPACT Certification or a refresher, please contact
the Arizona Region office to register for a clinic.
USA
CAP
USA
CAP is another way to grow in your knowledge and experience of the
game. The CAP Program has undergone a transformation. There are now
modules that you can take to build a CAP certification. There is even
a Home Equivalency Course for CAP. Check out the USAV website for more
information.
USA
Volleyball CAP clinic information
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