Coaching Youth Volleyball

by American Sport Education Program

• ISBN13: 9780736037969
• ISBN10: 0736037969
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-07-01
• Publisher: Human Kinetics

Summary

This new edition of >Coaching Youth Volleyball> is part of the improved generation of the American Sport Education Program's (ASEP) >Coaching Youth Sports> series. This widely respected and highly popular series is the best collection of youth sport-specific guides, which are grounded in positive coaching principles.ASEP, the nation's number one coaching education program, developed >Coaching Youth Volleyball> to provide coaches with both an explanation of their role and concrete instructions on how to fulfill that role. You will find chapters on communicating with your athletes and their parents, teaching and developing volleyball skills, planning and conducting practices, and coaching during games.This third edition includes a special chapter on the games approach to coaching volleyball, which makes practice more fun for the kids and teaching more effective for you, the coach.

Table of Contents

Welcome to Coaching!	vii
Key to Diagrams	viii
Stepping Into Coaching	1	(8)
How to meet your responsibilities as a coach, how to coach when your child is on your team, and how to apply the five tools of an effective coach
Communicating As a Coach	9	(8)
How to send effective verbal and nonverbal messages to communicate better with players, parents, fans, officials, and opposing coaches
Providing for Players' Safety	17	(16)
How to provide for safety and respond to players' injuries when they do occur
The Games Approach to Coaching Volleyball	33	(6)
How to use the most effective method for teaching tactics and skills
Teaching and Shaping Skills	39	(14)
Learn the four steps of teaching skills effectively and how to shape skills, correct errors, and deal with misbehavior
Game-Day Coaching	53	(12)
How to prepare for the game, coach during the game, and keep winning and losing in perspective
Rules and Equipment	65	(16)
Understand rules, court size and markings, player equipment, game procedures, positions, and officiating signals
Tactics and Skills	81	(68)
Know the team tactics and individual offensive and defensive skills to teach to your players
Season Plans	149	(12)
Organize your practices throughout the season with sample plans for players 8 to 9, 10 to 11, and 12 to 14
Appendix A Injury Report	161	(2)
Appendix B Emergency Information Card	163	(2)
Appendix C Emergency Response Card	165