OVA Coach Academy
What is the Coach Academy?
The Ontario Volleyball Coach Academy is an online resource sharing platform meant to address the needs of club directors and coaches from all levels of experience and to reduce the geographical barriers to access to coach education by bringing together people from across Ontario.
The Coach Academy launched on October 26th thanks to the support of the Canadian Red Cross Emergency Support Grant. All registered OVA coaches and club contacts will have access to the platform for one year for free.
Features
Return To Play
Videos explaining the various safety protocols in place for a safe and healthy return to play as well as examples of drills that can be run in Stage 2 & 3 of the Ontario Reopening Framework.
Virtual Training
Videos, documents and activities for coaches to run virtual athlete development sessions on various topics from team building to sport science and technical/tactical training.
Webinars
All past and recent coach development webinar recordings. The full sessions are available and a search option allows people to find exactly what they need within the 30+ hours of content
Forum
A place for coaches to ask questions about coaching and to submit suggestions for content they would like to see in future Coach Academy sections
More sections will be added in 2021 as we build our online coach community and open up the platform for all members to be able to share content
Instruction
“How to” videos to help coaches develop their athletes technical/tactical, physical, psychological and life skills.
Practice
Videos and documents presenting practice and drill plans to help coaches run effective and engaging training sessions.
How to access the coach academy
All OVA members registered in a Coach or Club Technical Director role will have access to the Coach Academy.