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Greatness is in the house N
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ot all great players become great coaches. However, USA Volleyball wants to take advantage of those elite players who show an affi nity and interest in coaching following their playing careers.
And that makes perfect sense. Athletes who rise to the level of the national team and receive years of high-quality instruction and compete regularly against the top talent in the world have a clear understanding of what it takes to excel. That’s a big part of why USA Volleyball continues to make every effort to involve our most accomplished players of the past in our current coaching education and accreditation programs. The way we see it, if you’re a young coach looking to teach this game at a high level or a young player looking to play this game at a high level, you’ll benefi t greatly from the advice of people like Karch Kiraly, Paula Weishoff, Rod Wilde, Jeff Stork, Donald Suxho, Danielle Scott, Stacy Sykora, Robyn Ah Mow-San- tos, Lloy Ball, Holly McPeak, Barbra Fontana, Jose Loiola, Matt Fuerbringer or Stein Metzger – to name a few. As you probably know, these former international players have world-class indoor or beach resumes. (In the case of Karch, our current women’s national team coach, both.) I’m proud to say that all of them and many more have coached recently in our education and High Performance programs. An ongoing goal for USA Volleyball is to expand our sta- ble of “star” coaches because we think they greatly enhance the learning experience for those within our membership who are serious about becoming great coaches. We also think they command tremendous respect because of what they have achieved in their playing careers. By involving past stars, we’re able to make good use of our most valuable resources, and we strive to do it in creative ways. For instance, we think there are huge benefi ts to having an accomplished men’s coach like Marv Dunphy, who was the 1988 U.S. Olympic Men’s Volleyball Team gold-medal coach and has won fi ve men’s NCAA championships at Pepperdine, helping with our U.S. Women’s National Team. This fall, he did just that – as one of Karch’s assistants at the FIVB Women’s World Championship. Likewise, Penn State women’s coach Russ Rose, who has guided the Nittany Lions to six NCAA titles, spent time with our men’s national team over the summer during World League, where we took home the gold.
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The steady fl ow of quality input that we get from so many sharp volleyball minds con- tributes to a comprehensive USAV education program that is second to none. I’m proud of the fact that we have succeeded in making our courses topical, current and readily available to aspiring coaches everywhere. They are offered onsite in every one of our regions, and it’s also available live online and in an online on-demand format. USAV is the only entity in the country that certifi es and accredits volleyball coaches, and we have many choices available for those interested in learning the coaching craft. There are programs for indoor, programs for beach and also programs for non-coaching but equally important volleyball duties such as refereeing and scorekeeping. There’s an old cliché that ‘coaching isn’t rocket science – it’s more complicated than
that.’ At USA Volleyball, we try to make it more user-friendly, while recognizing and dealing with the complexities.
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Beginning coaches can learn techniques from IMPACT (Impact Mastery and Professional Application Coaching Theory), which teaches the basics of how to coach a volleyball team. From there, you can go to the next level with IMPACT Plus, and then move into our tiered accreditation program. Similar programs are available for beach volleyball. Information for IMPACT, CAP and all of our coaching education resources can be found
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When you get a few minutes, take a look at the options. As a former player who later became a coach, I can tell you that teaching the game is every bit as rewarding as playing it yourself – and just as challenging.
Doug Beal
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