FIVB Youth Symposium Mini-Volley Presented by: Lee Taylor Volleyball Canada

1. FIVB Youth Symposium Mini-Volley Presented by: Lee Taylor Volleyball Canada

3. What is Mini-Volley? • An initiation approach • A series of game formats • Play centered

4. Educate teachers on the contributions mini-volleyball can make to a child’s physical development • Recognize that delivered correctly, volleyball is appropriate, fun and enjoyable for child participants • Acknowledge that volleyball is easy and accessible for both the participants and teachers

5. Challenges What are the difficulties you have seen when introducing volleyball to young kids?

6. Current Initiation Problems • Technical focus • Repetitive drills • Difficult for non-athletes • Novice players can’t create rallies • Teachers are trained to “coach” • Traditional initiation activities are static in nature

8. A Child’s Needs • Play is a natural state • Children need to move • Social focus changes from the individual to the group as they develop • Kids like to experience success

9. Objectives of School Curriculums • Locomotion/Mobility • Manipulation • Cooperation • Cooperation/Opposition

10. Mini-Volley Solutions • Use a tactical approach • Allow participants to play right away (the game is not a reward) • Make sure participants experience success immediately • Encourage rallies – remove rally breakers • Movement, movement, movement! • Match the activities and equipment to the children

11. Program Progressions

12. Volleyball Fundamental Tactics • Defend a territory • Attack a territory

13. Stage 1 - Initiation • Play activities • FUN • Manipulation • Movement • Cooperation • Cooperation/opposition

14. Stage 2 - Development • Different game formats • Understand basic game concepts • Ball trajectory • Fun

15. Stage 3- Proficiency • Ball direction: to, along, and over the net • Catch-toss action • Decision-making • Movement