Coaching Volleyball Successfully (book)
DESCRIPTION If you're like many beginning club, junior high, and high school coaches, you already know how to perform the skills required for volleyball. But to be a successful coach, you need to know how to teach volleyball skills to young or inexperienced athletes. Coaching Volleyball Successfully will show you how to demonstrate and direct the practice of fundamental skills and strategies of volleyball. If you're a coach with elite sport skills, this book will also help you tailor your instruction to meet the basic needs of developing players. This manual sets the standard for coaching beginning volleyball and represents the best coaching information available from USA Volleyball (USAV). Coaching Volleyball Successfully is the text used for Level 1 of USAV's Coaching Accreditation Program (CAP) and the American Coaching Effectiveness Program (ACEP) Leader Level Coaching Successfully Series. Coaching Volleyball Successfully is divided into two sections that cover teaching specific volleyball skills and strategies and organizing and formulating practice and game plans. The Volleyball Coaching Guide is divided into two parts: Basic Skills and Basic Tactics. Part I, Basic Skills, provides * teaching progressions, * coaching points, and * over 40 drills to improve your players' serving, attacking, forearm passing, blocking, overhead passing, and floor defense. Part II, Basic Tactics, includes an enlightening look at the evolution of volleyball strategies and pointers for developing offensive and defensive playing systems. The second section, the Volleyball Planning Guide, provides information on * understanding the learning process, * developing a teaching plan, * creating a season plan (including a sample plan), * designing effective practices (including sample plans), and * developing a volleyball program. Use Coaching Volleyball Successfully to improve your coaching skills and build a stronger volleyball program. AUDIENCE Reference for volleyball coaches CONTENTS Volleyball Coaching Guide Part I: Basic Skills Chapter 1. Basic Movements and Postures Chapter 2. Serving Chapter 3. Forearm Passing Chapter 4. Overhead Passing Chapter 5. Attack Chapter 6. Blocking Chapter 7. Floor Defense Part II: Basic Tactics Chapter 8. The Evolution of Volleyball Chapter 9. Developing Playing Systems Chapter 10. Teaching and Coaching the Game of Volleyball Chapter 11. Season Planning Chapter 12. P