Volleyball England has recently put together Awareness Workshops that can be run by any group or individual.
The workshops are fairly flexible in their structure and focus but the stated aims of them are:
- Showcase the sport of Sitting Volleyball and raise awareness of the opportunities within the sport.
- Highlight the specific technical elements of Sitting Volleyball and various appropriate coaching methods.
- Provide resources for the coaches to take away with them around coaching Sitting Volleyball - Increase the knowledge of coaches on working with disability athletes.
- Ensure a greater understanding of the Classification required for representation at an International Level.
- Establish an understanding of the Sitting Volleyball Centres Network and its role in developing Sitting Volleyball Players.
Upcoming Awareness Days
How to organise an Awareness Workshop of your own...
Others will be run when there is a certain level of demand in a particular area. They are designed to be an educational day with a proposed schedule (shown below) that can be altered to fit with the audience's demands/expectations.
Proposed Schedule…
Time Content
10:00-10:45 Introduction to Sitting Volleyball, Game Characteristics and differences from standing Volleyball
10:45-11:30 Warm-up and Movement Fundamentals
11:30-12:15 Technical Development 1 – Dig and Volley
12:15-12:45 Lunch
12:45-13:30 Sitting Rules Interpretation and Application
13:30-14:15 Technical Development 2 – Serve and Smash
14:15-14:45 Technical Development 3 – Game Based Learning; attacking
14:45-15:15 Working with Disabled Athletes and Classification
15:15-16:00 Application of Rules and Tournament; Offensive and Defensive Structures
The cost is £20 per hour plus expenses for the tutor and any venue costs (if applicable).
To download a poster that can be used to promote your Awareness Workshop please click here.
If you are interested in running a workshop then please contact Matt Rogers at m.rogers@volleyballengland.org or 01509 631699.
A Report from a recent Sitting Volleyball Awareness Workshop
As part of the Learning Revolution, on Sunday 18th October 23 people from across the country spent the day with Paralympic Bronze Medal Coach John Bestebroer from The Netherlands. The day was ran in Loughborough and was set out to raise the awareness of the sport of Sitting Volleyball as well as up skill the participants in all areas of the game.
The schedule was set out to take them through the various elements of the game from a coaches perspective which included sessions about Rules and their Interpretation from former WOVD International Referee Gordon Neale and International Competition Classification and Injuries, Jun Zing Zhang (Jamie).
John commented that "he was pleased with how the day went and it was nice to see such a range of people interested in the sport from standing volleyball players through to school teachers. I am honoured to be invited over to help develop the sport I love and look forward to see the developments ran by Volleyball England in the lead up to 2012.”
John has now moved on from the success he achieved in Holland and now runs a foundation aimed at developing Sitting Volleyball worldwide, namely SportCompass.
This workshop is just the first in what will hopefully be a succession of ‘Awareness Workshops’ ran by Volleyball England as Sitting Volleyball becomes more integrated with Volleyball. If you are interested in learning when the next one will be or if you are interested in running one and just looking for a tutor please e-mail m.rogers@volleyballengland.org to express an interest.
