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The Group
of 74 who took CAP I and CAP II and the Cadre
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Education
Weekend Draws Rave Reviews
The
Arizona Region held their Education Weekend on
December 4-6th at Arizona State University and
was rewarded with the biggest CAP (Coaches Accreditation
Program) numbers in the Region’s history.
Friday
night, USA Grassroots Director and CAP Cadre
John Kessel, who flew in from Colorado Springs,
conducted an IMPACT clinic while the Founder
and Director of the Volleyball Festival, Dave
Epperson and Lily Richardson of Parents for Good
Sports gave a seminar on Parent involvement in
Youth Sports. Those CAP participants that signed
up early were also treated to a Dinner with the
Cadre. Stu Sherman former men's volleyball coach
at Graceland Universtiy, Bill Hamiter, current
Head Coach of the USA Men's and Women's Sitting
Teams, and Bill Neville, former USA Men's National
team coach and Univ of Washington Women's VB
coach, were available for 2.5 hours to discuss
whatever the coaches wanted to talk about. The
Region treated the group to Oregano's Pizza and
salad. Those that attended were able to ask their
questions in an intimate setting at bar area
of the Four Points by Sheraton hotel in Tempe.
Saturday
started with training for more than 40 new or
beginning officials at the first of two clinics
for the Region's paid officials. They spent a
couple of hours in the classroom treated to the
newly modified presentation and power point that
had been a project of the Officials Committee
work group. Paul Coltrin and Chip Pop, two of
our newest Jr. National officials were instrumental
in putting the presentation together. New segments
on dealing with Parents and positive communication
with Coaches to prevent conflict were big changes.
The officials were given more hours in the gym
with on-court feedback and a thorough Scorekeeping
training.
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The
Cadre: Bill Hamiter, Bill Neville, Stu
Sherman and John Kessel
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The
CAP portion of the weekend also began Saturday
morning. Stu Sherman, who flew in from Iowa,
Bill Neville from Washington and Bill Hamiter
from Oklahoma were the other USA Cadres who went
over such subjects as Drill Design; Theory and
Application, Developing Team Systems of Play
and Motor Skill Learning Theory.
Sunday
saw the CAP hopefuls choose several CAP modules
of different subject matter to further personalize
their education weekend. Modules offered included
Intro to Middle Attack Techniques, Scouting your
Opponent and Statistics and Contrasting Team
Defensive Systems.
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John
Kessel leading discussion in a CAP II Module
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