Volleyball Canada Centre of Excellence Fraser Valley East (Abbotsford)

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 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 training for 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. 2.Provide training for year olds 1 day a week for 6.5 months (50 hours). This allow us to help prepare these younger athletes for the increase of training recommended in the upcoming years of their volleyball career. 3.Use professional ‘development coaches’ What is the Solution?

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

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

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 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, program fee

What does the program look like? Grade 7-9 Stream 20 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 $1, program fee

Coaching Staff Duncan Harrison Columbia Women's Volleyball Coach Center of Excellence Coach Fraser Valley Volleyball Club, U14 Boys Provincial & National Champions Highroad Academy Sr. Girls Team BC High School Provincial Titles (2006, 2008, 2010) Volleyball Canada Women's Volleyball Team staff 's Phil Wiens The Bearcats are led by Phil Wiens, who is entering his first season as head coach. Phil played at Columbia for five years and spent the last two years as an assistant coach. As an assistant he was an integral part of leading the Bearcats to their first CCAA National title in 2011 and a fourth place finish in In his five years as a player, Phil was named team captain for four of the years and won numerous awards including the President's Award in 2010.

What are the next steps? Registration Deadline: August 29 th Submit the following forms: Registration Credit Card Form Medical Form Optional Bursary Form

Duncan Harrison: Phil Wiens: VCCE Program Coordinator Saralyn Stel: Questions?

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