FIVB Youth Symposium

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FIVB Youth Symposium Mini-Volley Pres
ented by Lee Taylor Volleyball Canada
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What is Mini-Volley?

• An initiation approach
• A series of game formats
• Play centered

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• Educate teachers on the contributions
  mini-volleyball can make to a
• childs 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

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Challenges
What are the difficulties you have seen when
introducing volleyball to young kids?
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Current Initiation Problems

• Technical focus
• Repetitive drills
• Difficult for non-athletes
• Novice players cant create rallies
• Teachers are trained to coach
• Traditional initiation activities are static in
  nature

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A Childs 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

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Objectives of School Curriculums

• Locomotion/Mobility
• Manipulation
• Cooperation
• Cooperation/Opposition

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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

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Program Progressions
Stage 1 Initiation Grades 1-2 Individuals Small Groups
Stage 2 Development Grades 3-4 Small Groups 1 vs 1 2 vs 2 (facing)
Stage 3 Proficiency Atomic Volleyball Grades 5-6 Small Groups 1 vs 1 2 vs 2 3 vs 3 4 vs 4
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Volleyball Fundamental Tactics

• Defend a territory
• Attack a territory

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Stage 1 - Initiation

• Play activities
• FUN
• Manipulation
• Movement
• Cooperation
• Cooperation/opposition

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Stage 2 - Development

• Different game formats
• Understand basic game concepts
• Ball trajectory
• Fun

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Stage 3- Proficiency

• Ball direction to, along, and over the net
• Catch-toss action
• Decision-making
• Movement