High School Coaching
Training
NFHS Certification Program:
Fundamentals of Coaching Volleyball
Register for Course Click Here!
The Fundamentals of Coaching Volleyball online course was developed in
partnership with the National Federation of High Schools (NFHS) and the American
Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA). The course is endorsed by the AVCA, the
NFHS and USA Volleyball. This 2 hour course provides a unique student-centered
curriculum containing essential volleyball coaching techniques and methods for
interscholastic teacher/coaches. Olympians Kevin Barnett (2000 & 2004) and
Deitre Collins-Parker (1988) host the online course and present the material to
the coach. Skills videos and printable materials are readily available to the
coach through the Resources section of the course.
Overview of the Fundamentals of Coaching Volleyball:
- Unit 1: Overview of Course
- Unit 2: Basic Skills: Serving and Passing
- Unit 3: Basic Skills: Attacking, Blocking and Digging
- Unit 4: Basic Team Systems: Offense
- Unit 5: Basic Team Systems: Defense
Why take Fundamentals of Coaching Volleyball
online?!
- It’s available online 24 hours a day — access the
course at work or at home!
- You can start when you’re ready and set your own
pace for completion
- You can take a break, print Handouts for reading
off-line, or “sleep on it”, then log back on later and pick up where you left
off!
- All testing and certification is accomplished
online – you can even print your Certificate of Completion when finished!
- You can access the course for 365 days – as your
coaching career progresses, you can go back and refresh your knowledge or
access more of the Resources all year long!
Additional Benefits
- In addition to the in-course Resources section, USA Volleyball invites all
coaches registering for this course to also take advantage of the additional
print and video content hosted on USAV’s website available only to those
coaches who have registered/completed the Fundamentals of Coaching Volleyball
online course. This content is available to you for the same length of time as
the Fundamentals of Coaching Volleyball course is available to you. This bonus
content will include additional Handouts as well as a special collection of
instructional Video Clips on the USA Volleyball Channel at
http://www.dartfish.tv/usav. Instructions on how to receive your log-in
and access this additional bonus material will appear in the course Resource
section.
- Coaches successfully completing the Fundamentals of Coaching Volleyball
Course will also be invited to take the USAV IMPACT Certification test to
obtain this entry level USAV Coaching certification at a steep discount!
Instructions on how to receive your discount and access the IMPACT
certification test will also appear in the course Resource section.
- CAP Certified coaches can use this online course as the equivalent of TWO
CAP Re-Certification Module Credits! Once you have completed Fundamentals of
Coaching Volleyball and received your Certificate of Completion, email
cap@usav.org for instructions on how to
apply your re-certification credits.
NFHS
Coach Certification brochure
NFHS
Fundamentals of Coaching Volleyball flyer