Episode 09 (EN) - Thoughts on the International Coaching Symposium

From The First Chair Podcast

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 [e-mail]