In an effort to improve coach development opportunities, Volleyball Alberta is pleased to offer coaching clinics and symposiums within the province. Each of these events showcase a collection of high-profile speakers and presenters delivering topics relevant to the modern-day game of volleyball and sport in general. Many of these clinics and symposiums will offer PD points for trained coaches.
See below for upcoming events or previous offerings.
Upcoming Events: 2025 Volleyball Alberta Coaching Symposium
Digging Deeper: 2025 Volleyball Alberta Coaching Symposium
Details:
Friday June 20, 6:00pm-9:00pm
Saturday June 21, 9:00am-4:00pm
Deerfoot Inn & Casino, 11500-35 Street SE Calgary, AB
Rally Pointe, 11511 35th Street SE, Calgary, AB
Description:
Draft schedule with speaker bios
This event occurring over 2 days is a chance to connect with coaching colleagues and presenters from a high-performance background. Specific topics include transitioning from indoor to beach, intentional training for middles and liberos, elevating your setter training and load management using Vert technology.
TJ Sanders: Keynote speaker & Session Lead
TJ Sanders is a two-time Indoor Volleyball Olympian (2016, 2020) who spent over 10 years with the Senior Men’s National Team and multiple professional seasons in Netherlands, Switzerland, Poland, and Turkey. After officially retiring in 2022, TJ worked as the Technical Director with the Nunavik Volleyball Program, a nonprofit sport intervention organization in northern Quebec. He is now based in Calgary, working with the Setter Academy and Elite Resilience. TJ continues to give back to the volleyball community, sharing his experiences as an athlete, coach and sport leader.
On Day 1 TJ has partnered with Elite Resilience to share some strategies for sport leaders to mentally prepare and be in their best mindset to perform in a leadership role. On Day 2, TJ will get on the court and discuss some key principles to setting to help build your coaching toolkit in the setting position.
Sarah Pavan: Keynote speaker & Session Lead
Sarah is a two-time Beach Volleyball Olympian (2016, 2020) and 2019 FIVB World Champion. Sarah had her start in Indoor, being named to the Senior National Team at just 16 years old and had a decorated NCCA Career as NCCA Division 1 Champion, winning numerous individual accolades for her athletic and academic success. Sarah was a professional Indoor player on some the world’s top pro teams for more than a decade in Europe, South America, and Asia before making the major decision to compete internationally in beach volleyball in 2013. She retired in 2024 as one of the most accomplished Canadian volleyball players in history.
On Day 1 Sarah will talk about the nuances of teaching and coaching beach volleyball skills with an indoor background, and some things that helped her transition successfully onto the beach court after spending a significant amount of her career indoors. On Day 2, Sarah will continue this discussion on the court, highlighting the key takeaways from Day 1 and demonstrating some drills to help implement those changes.
Coaches will receive PD points for attendance at this event.
Registration:
Registration opens Wednesday, April 16 at 12:00PM MT. Must hold an active Volleyball Alberta Leader membership to register (coach, manager, club president, etc.). Registration will remain open until June 13 11:59 PM.
To register successfully, please follow the link below to the Sportlomo “Volleyball Alberta Events” portal, log in to your account, expand the search/filter option on the available events page, and search for the event name “Digging Deeper: 2025 Volleyball Alberta Coaching Symposium“. If you have an active “Leader – …” Membership, you should see the [Add] button to add the event to your basket and continue to complete the registration. If you do not have an active “Leader – …” Membership, please purchase the membership on VA’s Membership Registration Portal.
Please contact pathways@volleyballalberta.ca for more information
Past Events
2024 Female Sport Summit – January 6, 2024
NORCECA Final 6 Coaching Clinic (info below) – Sunday, September 24th, 2023
Volleyball Alberta hosted their 1st Annual Coach and Referee Symposium on December 14, 2019 at Mount Royal University in Calgary, AB.
This multi-stream symposium brought together Alberta’s volleyball coach and referee community for a day of professional development and sharing of best practices. As leaders in the volleyball community within Alberta, participating coaches and referees had the opportunity to learn from each other and from leading experts in their respective fields.
The 2019 Coach and Referee Symposium featured a coach education stream and a referee education stream, as well as combined sessions throughout the day where all participants came together to share experiences and best practices.
2019 Volleyball Alberta Coach and Referee Symposium Handbook
2019 Volleyball Alberta Coach and Referee Symposium Videos (click on the link to view):
