Coaching Resources

Abuse Free Sport – The Canadian Sport Helpline is a national toll-free helpline offering assistance to victims or witnesses of harassment, abuse or discrimination in sport.

• Phone or Text – 1-888-83SPORT / 1-888-837-7678
• 8AM-8PM Eastern Time 7 days a week
• Email – info@abuse-free-sport.ca
• Canadian Sport Helpline (printable pdf ) 

Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport

• Gender Inclusivity
• Gender Equity

Responsible Coaching Movement – The Responsible Coaching Movement (RCM) is coordinated by the Coaching Association of Canada and the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport that has the potential to affect all sports organizations and coaches. The RCM is a call to action for organizations to implement realistic change based on their individual state of readiness.

• Three Steps to Responsible Coaching

Respect in Sport – The Respect in Sport Activity Leader/Coach Program educates youth leaders, coaches, officials and participants (14-years and up) to recognize, understand and respond to issues of bullying, abuse, harassment and discrimination (BAHD). Our Activity Leader and Parent Programs are the Safe Sport Canada solution!

• Respect in Sport for Activity Leaders

Canadian Centre for Child Protection – Commit to Kids – The Commit to Kids (C2K) for Coaches online training empowers coaches with practical information to help them enhance child and youth safety in sport. It highlights the importance of understanding boundaries, sexual misconduct and reporting inappropriate behaviour.

• Commit to Kids for Coaches
• Guidelines for Adults Interacting with Children in Sport (pdf)
• Steps for Reporting Child Sexual Abuse (pdf)
• Steps for Reporting Inappropriate Conduct (pdf)

Person in Authority – Ontario Volleyball Association

• Video (9min 50s) – Coaches play a vital role in shaping the youth of tomorrow through sport. Sport relies on coaches and other persons in authority to be role models and to put young athletes on a path to success. The dynamic between coach and athlete gives rise to a power imbalance and a culture of unquestioned trust that can result in abuse. As such, it is imperative that all persons in positions of authority be held to a high standard of conduct. Abuse in sport, particularly sexual abuse and the grooming behaviour that precedes it, destroys the positive impact of sport and causes untold harm to victims and those around them.

Concussion Awareness & Prevention

• Hitting Warm-up (video) – Volleyball Alberta

Sport for Life

• Long Term Development in Sport and Physical Activity 3.0 (updated 2019)

Volleyball Canada

• Long Term Athlete Development (2006)
• LTD updates coming soon…

Visit the Volleyball Canada Development -> Coach -> Skills webpage for online content and resources.

Content includes…

Skill Matrix

• the matrix serves as a roadmap for programs and teams to progressively train athletes within a volleyball specific Long Term Development framework.
• use this matrix to identify the stage of development (ex. initiation, acquisition, consolidation, refinement) your athletes are in, plan for the ongoing development, and monitor their progress.

Age Group Objectives for Indoor and Beach

• each age group page outlines the skills, skill variations, cue reading & decision making, and recommended tactical approaches to the game-specific to the cycle of actions.
• athletic abilities and competition guidelines are provided for each age group.

Skill Descriptions specific to the Development Coach and Advanced Development Coach contexts

Volleyball Canada

• Practice Plan Master (pdf)

Sport for Life

• The Ten S’s of Training & Performance 

Miscellaneous

• Preparing an Emergency Action Plan
• Emergency Action Plan Checklist (pdf)

AOC Created Resource Sheets

• Two Full Court Diagrams (pdf)
• 6 Rotations – Offense, Defense, & Plays (pdf)
• Lineup Wheel & Blank Halfcourts (pdf)
• Serve Receive Formation Worksheet & Blank Halfcourts (pdf)
• Serve Receive Formations & Options (pdf)

Movement Prep (videos)

• XPT Warm-up Series
• Flow #1 – Progression 1
• Flow #2 – Progression 2
• Athlete Wellness Academy 4-Minute Magic

Breathwork & Transitions (videos)

• XPT Around the World Plank (activate)
• Post Workout Recovery Breathing (reset/recovery)
• Breathwork & Stress in Youth Sports – Featuring Canadian Beach Volleyball Olympian Martin Reader (Comox, BC)

Volleyball BC Lineup Cards (pdf)

AOC Resource Sheets

• Match Lineup Sheet (pdf)
• Starting Lineup Sheet (pdf)
• Lineup Pinwheel Blank (pdf)

Skills & Systems Resource Package (pdf)

Podcasts

 Coach Your Brains Out / GMS

• Redefining Failure with Courtney Thompson (51m19s)
• Serving Mindset with Andrew Becker (55m49s)
• Tom Black and Shane Day: Part 1 (35m27s)
• Tom Black and Shane Day: Part 2 (30m30s)

The Talent Equation

• Addressing our biases within Talent Identification – A conversation with Professor Joe Baker (67m46s)
• Coach Like a Champion with master Educator Doug Lemov (48m21s)

Other

• The Ready State – S1EP3: Jeff and Mikki Martin (66m59s) – training kids to be great movers

Videos

• Repurposing Sport: Dr Jim Loehr – What Drives Winning Conference (19min 46 sec)
• Changing the Game in Youth Sports: John O’Sullivan – TEDxBend (14min)
• Legacy: What the All Blacks Can Teach us About the Business of Life (4min)b