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• Head Coach• Coaching Philosophy• Expectations• Proposed Tournaments• Team Retreat January 26-27• Questions

Head Coach• Head Coach: Maren Hansen

– Former university volleyball player– Former member Team Canada Women’s Ultimate Team– Coaching 31 years, Level 2, Level 3 Technical completed– Ontario Athlete Development Program Head Coach from 2005-2011– Head Coach Team Ontario Women 2011– Guest Coach Team Canada Senior Womens’ Team fall 2011– Assistant Coach Team Canada Junior Women’s Team 2012– Current assistant coach University of Manitoba Women’s Team

– Undergrad with Honours in English and History,– Master’s In Public Administration,– Retired Federal executive– Taught High School for 5 years after retiring from federal government

• Bound by the MVA Coaches code of conduct which is based on Canadian Coaches Association code of ethics

– http://www.coachesofcanada.com/professionals/ethics.asp

Coaching Philosophy

• To empower young women to become the best that they can be at whatever they set their sights on by using sport to develop the skills to succeed.– Learning how to set goals, prioritize, give and receive performance

appraisals, make commitments and to strive for personal improvement while contributing to a competitive team environment

– Learning to overcome obstacles and how to use your role in a group to maximize your personal as well as the teams growth.

– Staying focused on the process of improvement and achieving excellence in balance with performance

Coaching Philosophy

Translates into the following expectations:

– Attendance at practices, conditioning, classroom sessions and tournaments is mandatory even when injured

• Illness: contact coach and via email

– Commitments & priorities• Communicate with coaches to resolve conflicts

– Attitude• Team before self is necessary for group success and learning to articulate personal

concerns in a positive and constructive manner is essential in a group environment

Training Expectations

Practice schedule

• 3 days a week of on court work (6.5 hours) • 2 days of conditioning, ( 2hours), scheduling is currently being looked

at, effort will be made to have sessions before or after on court work.• Occasional 1 hour classroom session. Times to be determined with

athletes• Arrive 10 minutes before schedules activities

Gym Facilities – cleaner than when we entered• Athletes responsible for set up and take down• No one leaves until everything is away

Playing time– Is at the discretion of the coach as per Bison Club Policy

Playing Time

Club Policy– Every player shall receive fair playing time– Fair playing time does not mean equal– Deemed to be 40-60% during regular season– Can be modified based on attendance at practice, attitude, injuries, and team composition and needs– During provincial and national championships playing time is at the discretion of the coach

Personal Approach of Head Coach– Tournaments are divided into 3 Levels

• Level 1 – Participation based. All efforts will be made to ensure equal playing time within your position. Ie; all middles get the same amount of playing time.

• Level 2 - All players will start and complete either the first or second set. If the game goes to a third set the line up is at the discretion of the coach.

• Level 3 - The guidelines for a level 2 tournament will be followed during pool play, play off line ups will be at coaches discretion and will be role based; ie someone may have the role in play offs of going in to serve and play defense in certain situations

– I believe strongly that athletes deserve the opportunity to improve through game time and demonstrate their learning from practice

Proposed Tournaments**Tournaments in red to be discussed with parents

Tournament Location Date Level

Exhibition Series currently working on arrangements will club in Saskatoon to coordinate something that falls in line with the Bison’s women’s team home and away matches with University of Saskatchewan

Saskatoon Feb 8&9 or 9&10 1

Junior Bison Tournament

Invitation has gone to team from Ottawa, if they accept we will host this team

University of Manitoba March 8-10 1

Brandon Storm Tournament * Brandon University March 16-17 1

Volleyball Canada Volley Jam Winnipeg March 22-24 2

Calgary Best of West Calgary March 30-31 2

Exhibition Series with Ontario Teams Ottawa or Toronto April 5-7 or April 12-14

2

U17/18 Tournament Winkler April 21 3

U17 Provincial Championships 4

U17 National Championships Edmonton, Alberta May 10-12 4

1

Team Retreat January 26-27

Details & location are TBDActivities to include– team building exercises–mental training exercises– team and personal goal setting–Overnight stay

Questions

Please send any questions to Head Coach at mdhansen@rogers.com

Interested athletes and parents should feel free to contact head coach to arrange a meeting before the recruitment blackout date of October 31, 2012