2022 Fall Speaker Series
Our Fall presenters will focus on early athlete training and how it leads to Long-Term Development in volleyball. All introductory volleyball coaches at the recreational, elementary, high school, or 13/14U club are welcome to attend. By attending both the online & in-person sessions, you will receive professional development (PD) points to assist with your personal coaching certification.
October 25 (Online)
7:30PM – 8:30PM
Making the link between Long Term Development (LTD) and Smashball
James Sneddon – Volleyball Canada Manager of Sport Development
James has had been highly involved in shaping the Volleyball Development Matrix, National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP) and building pathway connectivity between Indigenous and mainstream participants for Volleyball Canada. He also established our national high performance development athlete programs including the Regional Excellence Programs (REP) and National Excellence Program (NEP) across the country.
October 29 (Regina)
9:30AM – 10:20AM – QCVC Complex
Smashball – FUNdamentals Grade 1-3 (What? Why? How?)
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10:30AM – 11:30AM – QCVC Complex
Smashball – Learn to Train Grade 4-6 (What? Why? How?)
Tom Ash – Sask Volleyball Indoor Development Program Coordinator
I am married with two grown children and two beautiful grand daughters.
I am a retired educator with over 30 years of experience. This experience has included such roles as: classroom teacher (gr. 8 – 12); Science & Mathematics consultant (K-12); Adjunct Professor (Science Education – University of Regina) and Curriculum writer.
October 29 (Regina)
12:30PM – 1:30PM – QCVC Complex
13U – Starting off on the Right Path
Coach Jay will share his insights on what skills to focus on, how to progress them, and provide some sample drills. He will also share thoughts on how to develop team tactics for this, quite often, first year volleyball athletes.
1:45PM – 2:45PM – QCVC Complex
14U – Continuing to Grow:
Now that serving and passing are more important, how does that shift your training priorities? What new skills should be introduced? Which skills require advancing? Should you assign positions to athletes? Coach Jay will touch on these questions as well as provide some sample drills.
Jay Magus – Huskies Volleyball Club Coach (14U & 18U)
Jay grew up in small town Saskatchewan and played Team Sask volleyball for 4 summers, culminating with a Silver Medal at the 1989 Canada Games that were hosted in Saskatoon. He then moved to the University of Saskatchewan playing 5 years for the Huskies as their setter, and was Canada West 1st Team All-star 4 years, and U-Sports 1st Team All-Canadian twice. He also played 3 years full-time for Team Canada Men’s Volleyball playing in two World Student Games, one Pan-Am’s, one World Cup, and numerous NORCECA’s.
*** Registrants will receive a Zoom link from Sask Volleyball via email, Monday prior to the event ***
Coaches please provide your full name, Club name and NCCP # when you register.
Sask Volleyball will provide a discount code to your Club Coordinator.
Fall Symposium Cost:
Free for an Accredited Club member (Discount code required)
$10.00 + gst/Approved Club member or non-member
REGISTRATION Deadline – Oct 20, 2022
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Earn up to 3 PD points for attending our online or in-person sessions
If you were certified in 2017, your 5-year coaching period to obtain your Professional Development points will be ending in 2022. Please verify your coaching Locker for the number of points you require prior to your end date.
If you have any questions please contact us at coach@saskvolleyball.ca
On January 1st, 2014, Volleyball Canada complied with the Coaches Association of Canada’s (CAC) NCCP Professional Development policy. Coaches who are “Certified” within any context now receive credit within the Locker database for approved professional development experiences. In order to maintain certification, certified Development Coaches & Advanced Development Coaches will need to accrue 20 points over a period of 5 years. Performance Coaches will need to accrue 30 points over a 5-year period. Please review the CAC’s FAQ for all the details.