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George Brown College

Volleyball Canada Centre of Excellence. George Brown College. What is the problem?. 1. Canadian athletes have poor fundamental volleyball skills. 2. Canadian 16-18 year old athletes are around 100 hours/year short in the LTAD recommended amount of practice time.

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George Brown College

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  1. Volleyball Canada Centre of Excellence George Brown College

  2. What is the problem? 1. Canadian athletes have poor fundamental volleyball skills. 2. Canadian 16-18 year old athletes are around 100 hours/year short in the LTAD recommended amount of practice time. 3. Canadian youth are coached by volunteers, whereas other top countries use paid professionals 4. Very few athletes are training enough, in a quality environment. Target of 800 (per gender) across Canada for grades 10-12.

  3. What is the Solution? 1. Provide training for 16-18 year olds 2 days a week for 6.5 months (100 hours). This allows us to reach the recommended 4 days a week for 9 months. • Use professional ‘development coaches’

  4. What is happening in BC? 5 VCCE programs are running – Richmond, Langley , Abbotsford, Victoria and Kelowna. Plans to expand to 9 programs in the Province 10 new coaches (2 missing). Primarily assistant coaches of CIS programs and head coaches of CCAA programs.

  5. What are the benefits of a VCCE? • Professional coaches – high standards, yearly professional development and sharing best practices across all Centres.

  6. What are the benefits of a VCCE? National coaching techniques and technologies

  7. What are the benefits of a VCCE? National Identification Program Physical and Skill Testing Resource Centre

  8. What does the program look like? Grade 10-12 High Performance Stream • 24 student-athletes (12 boys, 12 girls or a ratio thereof) • 6:00am-8:00am 2 times/week • 1:6 ratio or better (6 athletes on one court) • 1 hour Strength and Conditioning sessions per week (with certified coach, monitoring progress). • 26 week program • $1,625.00 program fee

  9. What does the program look like? Grade 8-9 Stream • 24 student-athletes (12 boys, 12 girls or a ratio thereof) • 6:00am-8:00am 1 time/week • 1:12 ratio or better (12 athletes on one court) • Injury prevention services • 26 week program • $975.00 program fee

  10. Coaching Staff Matt Harris • Assistant Coach Ryerson University • Team Ontario 2004, 2007 and 2012 • OVA Club Coach since 2000 with Ottawa Kangaroos, Ottawa Capitals, Ottawa Fusion, Storm and Markham Stingers. • OVA ADP Coach since 2000 with Region 6 RTTC and OSG, Region 5 OWG, HPC • Madawaska Volleyball Camp Josh Nichol • Head Coach George Brown College • Assistant Coach York University • Assistant Coach Upper Canada College • Beach Coaching with Solstice Sport & Elite Beach Volleyball Club • Madawaska Volleyball Camp

  11. What are the next steps? Tryout dates: June 4 & 11 Girls 6:00pm-8:00pmBoys 8:00pm-10:00pm Tryout location: George Brown College Tryout Cost: $5 Registration for the Tryout: www.nrs Registration deadline: June 3, 2012 Medical and bursary forms must be completed on-line before June 4 (tryout date)

  12. Questions? • Local Admin Lead, Josh Nichol | joshnichol@hotmail.com • VCCE Program Coordinator Saralyn Stel | slstel@volleyball.ca

  13. Thanks!

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