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VIENNA YOUTH VOLLEYBALL

Spring 2011

House & Travel LeaguesHouse & Travel Leagues

Coaches Coordination Meeting

March 4, 2011

Agenda

� Introductions

� Vienna Youth Volleyball overview

� 2011 Spring Season

• Volunteers

• Clinic, Practice & Game Schedule

• New Gym Enhancements• New Gym Enhancements

• Season Plans for Each League

• Coaching Responsibilities

• Rules

� Coach Handouts

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Welcome and Thank You!

� VYI is 100% volunteers

� Introductions:

• Name

• Which League (ES, MS, HS, Travel)

• Coaching/Volleyball Experience

• Little Known Fact About Yourself• Little Known Fact About Yourself

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Vienna Youth Volleyball

� Great Introduction to Volleyball

• League-sponsored Player Skills Clinics & Coaches Clinics

• Sportsmanship Pledge Required (Players, Coaches, &

Parents)

• Focus on Fun & Skills Development with Spirited Team

Competition

• Good, Safe Facilities (high quality, safe equipment)

• Dedicated, volunteer Coaches

• Linkage to DC-area Volleyball clubs, clinics, camps,

tournaments

� Maximized Volleyball Playing Time & “Positive Touches”

• We want kids to play volleyball – at practice, at home, at

school (BYOBall program)

• Try to make sure that the kids “touch” volleyballs during

practice (not just coaches)

• 10 Weeks Practice- 7 Games & Playoffs

• Equal Playing Time Policy


Vienna Youth Volleyball (cont.)

� Family Friendly

• Minimal Travel Burden - Vienna Community/School-

centered

• Minimal Time Commitment - 3 hours/week & No

Weekend Commitments

• Minimal Cost Commitment – BYO Sneakers & Knee

Pads

• VYI League Provides Rest – Gym Facilities, Jerseys, • VYI League Provides Rest – Gym Facilities, Jerseys,

Balls, Referees

� USAV Goals for Juniors

1. Teach volleyball skills

2. Help kids to have fun

3. Teach teamwork

4. Build friendships

5. Learn a sport for a lifetime


6. Improve communication skills

7. Help participants understand

winning

8. Foster emotional,

psychological growth and

development

Spring 2011 Team

� Bob Bell

• Vienna Youth Volleyball Commissioner

• Focus: vision, strategy

� Chuck Pruitt

• House/Travel co-Commissioner

• Focus: coaches, schedules, facilities, website

� Mary Blake

• House/Travel co-Commissioner

• Focus: volunteers, referees, uniforms, supplies,

special events

� All-Star Volunteers: Jennifer Lussier,

Kristeen Rupy


Volunteer Coaches

� Elementary School COED League

• 8 Head Coaches, 5 Asst. Coaches

� Middle School COED League

• 12 Head Coaches, 6 Asst. Coaches

� Middle School Girls Travel

• Bryan Gillmore - Vienna Elite U13• Bryan Gillmore - Vienna Elite U13

• John Park - Vienna Elite U14

• Shelly Koshuta - New team

� High School Girls Travel

• Bill Musgrove - Vienna Elite U16

• Bob Bell - Vienna Elite U17

• Pete Thiringer - New team

• Rich Hannibal - New team


Season Schedule

� Travel Team Tryouts – Sat Mar 5 at Kilmer

• Make-up: Thu Mar 10 at Kilmer Center

� Coaching Clinic (Tom Leney) – Mon Mar 7 or Wed Mar 9

� Skills Development Clinics – Tues Mar 15,

Wed Mar 16, Tues Mar 22, Wed Mar 23 (see slide)Wed Mar 16, Tues Mar 22, Wed Mar 23 (see slide)

� Published Team Rosters – Mon Mar 14

� Team Practices – start week of Mar 21

� Games – start week of Apr 4

� Playoffs – week of May 23


Special Events

� VYI Challenge Tournament - TBD

� Marymount Challenge – May 22

� All Stars Practices – week of May 30

� Regional All Stars Event – June 4

� End of Season Picnic – June 5


Skills Development Clinics

Session Date/Time Location Focus

1 Tuesday, March 15 @6:00-7:30 Hughes MS


3 Wednesday, March 16 @6:00-7:30 Kilmer MS







What’s New This Season?

� Quality Cobra Net System installed this

summer at seven area schools

• Replace dangerous PE nets & poles

• Easy setup and take down

• Allows two gym configuration options:

o1 Full Courto1 Full Court

o2 Practice Courts

• Available at the following schools:� Thoreau MS (Gym 1)

� Marshall Rd ES

� Vienna ES

� Wolf Trap ES

� Louise Archer ES

� Cunningham Park ES


Cobra Net System


What’s New This Season?

� New game nights

• Travel: Wednesdays at Kilmer MS

• MS House: Tuesdays at Hughes MS

• ES House: Fridays at Hughes MS

• Makeup slots available Wed & Thu

� Scheduled match timeslots now 1 hour

• Still three games to 25 (not best of 3)

• Match start times are now 6pm, 7pm, 8pm.

• Maximum 10 minutes between matches and 2

minutes between games


ES House League Plan

� 8 teams for the 87 registered players

� ~11 players per team to clear waitlist

� Open question about dividing into two

divisions (Upper/Lower) again

• Results in just four teams in each division

• Not evenly split: 4thG = 15; 5thG = 36; 6thG = 36• Not evenly split: 4 G = 15; 5 G = 36; 6 G = 36

• 39 of 87 players have 1 or 2 yrs exp.

• For Lower Division, need 2 coaches with 5th

grade children to join the 2 with 4th graders

� Continue to allow 8 players on side in

Lower Division games


MS House League Plan

� 10 teams for 111 registered players

� ~10 players per team to clear waitlist

• Assumes 11-12 players join travel team

� May lose a head coach (or 2) if a daughter

makes the travel team

• Otherwise multiple head coach volunteers • Otherwise multiple head coach volunteers

can share the same team


HS League Plan

� 20+ players on the 2 travel teams

� Not enough remaining individuals (~20) to

support a viable league.

• Main option is to locate volunteers to

run an open practice/game night

o Potentially join the CYA HS House leagueo Potentially join the CYA HS House league

• Otherwise we’ll issue refunds


What Next?

� Coaches identify top 3 practice slots by

5pm Monday Mar 7

• Consider sharing a timeslot with another

coach/team; Cobra Nets allow 2 courts

• Practice slot selection based on coaching

seniority and schedule constraints

� Coaches attend coaching and skills clinics� Coaches attend coaching and skills clinics

� Travel teams select players by Fri Mar 11

� Chuck publishes practice times and team

rosters by Mon Mar 14

• Change requests are submitted on website

� Coaches contact players

� Practices can begin week of Mar 21Vienna Youth Volleyball 17

VYI House Rules for 2011

� Full set of FIVB / USVB rules, including:

• rally scoring

• serves can touch net

• players can touch side of net

• double-touches on first balls

� Allow a service “redo” if the first serve

does not make it into play

� Allow underhand servers to step in 5 feet

(or so) from the back line

� A maximum of 5 service wins in a row per

server; switches to other team without

point.



� Continuous rotation so all players have

equal playing time

• OK to rotate in at either front or back row

� Play three games to 25 points (NOT best

of 3). If time runs out, winner is team with

most points

� Teams can play with as few as 5 players.

If less than 5 players after 10 minutes from

scheduled match start, the 3 games are

forfeit; Opposing team should lend players

and play match for fun.



� Special ES Rules

• Extra point awarded for a bump-set-hit

or bump-bump-hit that result in an

immediate point.

o Discretion of the referee

• Lower Division (4th & 5th graders) can

field up to 8 players on the courtfield up to 8 players on the court

o Coach’s discretion on managing court

rotations


Volleyball Basics - Rotations

Position #1 – Server

Front Row 4-3-2

Back Row 1-6-5

Rotation 1-6-5-4-3-2->1

Substitutions:

- Recommend #4 or #1


- Recommend #4 or #1

After the serve, players can

move anywhere – for House

League most players stay in

either front row or back row

When in back row – can’t

Spike or Block

Head Coach Responsibilities

� Fill out the “Volunteer Registration” form found on

the website (also see next slide)

� Communicate and work closely with your parents: 2

co-commissioners talk with 25 coaches; 1 coach

talks with 11 parents

� Attend coaching clinic and as many skills

development clinics as possibledevelopment clinics as possible

� Coach players during practices and games

� Setup and take down nets

� Submit match results to website

• Winning coach enters games won-loss

� Address special player/parent needs, within reason

� Motivate and encourage


Background Check

� Required by VYI for volunteer coaches

� New "Coach Registration" survey form coming to the VYI

Volleyball website shortly that links to the National

Center for Safety Initiatives (NCSI)

• Fully-Managed featureso Includes Check-It-Twice™ searches plus a single county search

o "Red Light/Green Light" determination based on the NCYS Recommended

Guidelines©

o Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) & Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act

(FACTA) compliance

o Identity verification o Identity verification

o Full follow-up and investigation of records

o Secure online applicant self registration form for collection of confidential information

and consent directly from applicants

o Safe and confidential storage of records

o Assistance on legal issues

o Easy to read summary report

• Searches included in Check-It-Twice™o National Criminal Database search

o All available state sex offender registries search

o Social security number verification

o Address history records

o OFAC federal terrorist database search


Team Equipment & Jerseys

� Ball and Carts

• Moving to model where balls and carts remain

at the practice/game gyms

• Historically each coach was issued 12 balls, 1

ball cart, 1 pump, 1 first aid kit

o ES balls = Volley Lites; MS/HS balls = Regulation

o Label balls “VYI” with permanent marker

� Jerseys

• For Players: Tie dye swirl shirts (12 per team)

o Historical sizing distribution, so some may end up

wearing larger/smaller than usual shirts

• For Coaches: Black polo shirts

o Coaches should wear Vienna Youth Volleyball

shirt to clinics and games


Safety Considerations

� No water bottles allowed on playing floor –

injury hazard

� Remove any other potential hazards from

the playing area

� Encourage players to wear knee pads and

court shoes (no running shoes)court shoes (no running shoes)

� Do not leave the gym area until all your

players have been picked up

� Keep handy a printed team roster that

includes parent phone numbers in case of

emergency

� Additional safety considerations in the

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Other Considerations

� Coaches and at least 2 parents MUST

take the online Building Director test

• Required by Fairfax County to use gyms

• Available link on the website

• Jerseys not be distributed to a team until online

submissions are received.

� At each match, work with the other coach � At each match, work with the other coach

to identify 2 parent volunteers to judge

lines and 1 parent volunteer to flip scores

� Go easy on referees – just HS kids helping

out

� Email or call Chuck Pruitt if you have any

questions, comments or concerns


Coaching Handout

Quick Coaching Tips

� House teams should focus on fundamental

ball control skills: serve, bump, set, hit

� Skills clinics and practices should reinforce

these skills

� Uses drills that encourage as many player

touches as possibletouches as possible

� Before game play begins, explain to

parents that the focus is on ball control

using multiple touches, not winning as

many points as possible through 1 touch

“Ping-pong”


Drill Chart Legend

C = Coach

X = General player

P = Passer

H = Hitter

S = Setter

B = Blocker

= Movement of Players

= Movement of Ball

= Ball cart

B = Blocker

V = Server

D = Defender/Digger

R = Shagger/Retriever

T= Tosser

A/B/C/D = To identify players

in non-tactical drills


3 Person Serve Receive Drill

C

Directions:

•Coach slaps ball and serves to one of players in back court.

•Player passes to setter.

• Setter retrieves ball and puts in basket and goes to end of line.

•Passer becomes setter. First player in line takes passer’s place.

•Other back court players remain in place until they receive a

serve.

Ball Movement

Player Movement

P

S

P

P P

PP

serve.

Watch for:

-All players in ready position when ball is slapped.

--Calling ball

--Square to tgt

-Arms out and locked

Variations:

-Use player to initiate by serving

--Insert Blocker

-Setter moves to blocker, PP31Vienna Youth Volleyball

3 Passing Triangles w/ Net Drill (PTN)

Notes:

-Tosser tosses ball underhand over net to passer,

who overhead passes or forearm passes to setter,

who catches ball in OH pass position while

square to N1.

- Setter bounce passes ball back to Tosser.

handler. S

PTP

S

P

S

handler.

-Rotation: Passer goes to setter, setter goes to

tosser.

.

Variations:

-Can vary height of toss to generate overhead

passes or forearm passes.

-Serve to passer rather

-IF passing scores are good, add a hitter who

catches ball and bounces Tosser

-If control a problem use only 2 tossers on same

side

-Use only 2 tossers and add a 2nd passer (short)

and alternate tosses.

Ball Movement

Player Movement

TT

S


Objective: To strengthen movement and passing

Directions:

•Note this drill is designed for using 2 tossers and passers

simultaneously to increase frequency of touches.

•Passers touch hands at middle of court and shuffle to outside,

maintaing good medium position.

•Tosser tosses ball to outside edge of court.

•Passers pass ball to setter, dropping inside shoulder to

ensure platform is to target.

•Setter catches ball in setting position squared to X (or hitter

if hitter added) and puts ball in cart. Passers go back and touch

hands

•Repeat 5x and rotate, P to S, S to Shagger (Sh), Sh to

Inside Outside DrillR=Shagger

T=Tosser

S=Setter

P=Passer

Path of Player

Path of Ball

=Cart

T T

P2P1

PP

•Repeat 5x and rotate, P to S, S to Shagger (Sh), Sh to

Passing line.

Variations

•More basic: Passer lets ball go between legs and a shagger

behind passer retrieves ball and bounces to setter.

•More difficult: Increase distance fro passer and force passers

to run through the ball

•Passer catches ball with arms locked and tosses to Setter

•Setter catches ball in FA pass or OH pass position

•Have players move to opposite line after shagging so they get

experience passing from both sides of court

•Multi-skill: Add hitter and setter sets to hitter.

•Coach initiated or player initiated.

• If a large team add a ball handler to take ball from cart and

hand to tosser

S2S1

R

R


Platform Passing Drill

(Player Initiated)Directions: Tosser tosses ball to passer (P)

in back court. Player FA passes to setter.

Setter catches/shags ball in setting position

then goes to B. B becomes T and moves to

become P. Extra players line up behind P and

T goes to end of line

Keys:

-Be ready: All players assume good ready

position when ball is slapped.

--Call ball: Players call ball early and loudly

--Arms locked: In position early, arms locked

-Freeze: Minimum arm movement, us

TS

B

-Freeze: Minimum arm movement, us

shoulders and legs

-Platform to target: Tilt platform to tgt

- Look for Back spin on ball

-Tossers keep elbow high, step into

Variations:

-Players pass multiple passes before rotating

-Have players OH pass ball to setter

-Vary toss so players must choose

appropriate pass.

-Begin tossing to COG but then vary location

of toss

Ball Movement

Player Movement

P


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