In this guestless episode, Frank & Thierry discuss their highlights of the International Coaching Symposium that was delivered in conjunction with the VNL stop in Ottawa on June 8-10, 2018.

 

(1:00) - Preview on upcoming episodes recorded during the International Coaching Symposium

 

(1:50) - The Volleyball Nations League and the International Coaching Symposium attracted a large portion of the canadian coaching community

 

(3:40) - What was Thierry's biggest highlight of the symposium?

 

(4:58) - Take a moment to watch some of John Kessel's videos. 

Motor Learning Principles with John Kessel

The Championship Newsletter: Motor Learning

Increasing Your Contacts Per Hour

Growing the Game Webinar Series

 

(5:10) - Create a culture of play

 

(6:10) - Random drills enhance learning and transfer better to the game

 

(6:30) - Use of the court without use of the net is prohibited

 

(7:40) - What is the white ribbon trick?

Grow the Game, John Kessel's blog

 

(8:30) - A few of John Kessel's favorite drills are explained

 

(11:25) - How do you provide feedback in a John Kessel drill?

 

(13:06) - What was Frank's biggest highlight of the symposium?

 

(13:42) - Why is John Speraw a great speaker?

 

(15:32) - What was Team USA's Rio experience and what can we learn from that experience?

 

(16:12) - Why does Speraw believe in intergrated sport psychology?

 

(17:12) - Kyle Paquette's resource, Trainwave, is a great solution to intergrated mental training.

 

(17:26) - What statistics are particularly important for coach Speraw?

 

(19:02) - Why Thierry really enjoyed Alix Krahn's session on Sport Culture?

 

(20:22) - What are the pillars of trust?

 

(22:02) - Why is focusing on relationship building so important? 

 

(22:17) - Brené Brown is a great resource on this topic

Which Brené Brown Books Should You Read First

The Power of Vulnerability - TED talk

 

(22:39) - Why did many MVC coaches enjoyed LP Mainville's session?

 

(25:17) - Why Thierry enjoyed Larry McKay's session on in match adjustments?

 

(26:22) - Why in game management needs to be simple and based on facts like statistics?

 

(27:27) - What statistics are particularly important for coach McKay?

 

(29:42) - Who should gather the data?

 

(30:22) - Why Frank's favorite moment of the weekend revolved around Glenn Hoag and his session on match planning?

 

(32:02) - The OVA will attempt to transform every symposium session into a webinar and make them available on their website.

 

(32:11) - Why coach Hoag still does a personal pen and paper scouting method to prepare a game plan?

 

(33:41) - How Glenn Hoag simplifies the block defence relationship on court?

 

(34:24) - How did Frank's session on individual defence turn out?

 

(38:56) - What was the highlight of the MVC coaches who attended the symposium?

 

 (43:21) - Any suggestions on how to improve the symposium if we were to host another one next year?

 

(48:16) - What would you like to hear about on the podcast?

 

(48:51) - What Mark Matheson would like to hear on future pods?

 

(51:31) - What Gerry DiGirolamo would like to hear on future pods?

 

(53:16) - Please provide feedback via [email protected]