Volleyball Canada Centre of Excellence Saskatchewan Region

1. Canadian athletes have poor fundamental volleyball skills. 2. Canadian year old athletes are around 100 hours/year short in the LTAD recommended amount of practice time. 3. Canadian youth are mainly 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 What is the problem?

1.Provide additional training for year olds. ( hours). This allows us to reach the recommended 4 days a week for 9 months. 2. Provide additional training for year olds. (50 hours) to start in 2013/ Use professional ‘Development Coaches’ What is the Solution?

5 VCCE programs are running – Richmond, Langley, Abbotsford, Victoria and Kelowna. Plans to expand to 9 programs in the Province for 2012/ new coaches. Primarily assistant coaches of CIS programs and head coaches of CCAA programs. What is happening in BC?

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

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

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

What does the program look like? Grade High Performance Stream Target is Elite Athletes (On Provincial Team or working towards it) 30 student-athlete spots available (12 boys, 18 girls) Tuesday/Thursday and Monday/Wednesday mornings sessions 6:30-8:15am September 24 th, 2012 – April 4 th, 2013 Location: TBA 1:6 ratio or better (6 athletes/court max) Sport Science sessions included – Strength training, Nutrition, Mental Skills $750 + tax program fee per semester

What does the program look like? Grade 7-9 Stream Target is Athletes with solid foundational skills 24 spots available (12 boys and 12 girls) Sundays evening sessions 7:45 – 9:30pm Session 1: October 21 st – December 16 th (no November 11 th ) Session 2: January 13 th – March 10 th (no February 17 th ) 1:12 ratio or better (12 athletes/court max) Injury prevention services Camp Style – Team Play $250 + tax program fee per semester

Coaching Staff Saskatoon Male Program Head Coach – Mark Dodds Current Provincial Team 19U Men Head Coach Current Sask Volleyball Men’s High Performance Coach Former National Team and professional volleyball athlete Working towards Level 3 NCCP Certified Saskatoon Female Program Head Coach – TBA June 11 th Regina Male Program Head Coach – TBA June 11 th Regina Female Program Head Coach – Jason Garland Current Provincial Team 18U Women Head Coach Three time Head Coach of Provincial Champion Working towards Level 3 NCCP Certified

What are the next steps? Tryout date: Sunday, September 9 th in Regina (tentative) Sunday, September 9 th in Saskatoon (tentative) Tryout Cost: $5 Visit to registerwww.vcce.ca Registration deadline: August 31 st

Aaron Demyen – Saskatchewan VCCE Lead Or check out Questions?

Thanks!