Saturday, October 29
A world-class online seminar for volleyball coaches, featuring some of USA’s most successful coaches.
Great for coaches of all levels!
Get fresh ideas from top volleyball coaches
There are many ways to be a good volleyball coach. This seminar will provide a steady flow of good ideas from successful coaches that you can use to chart your own path. Focused on off-court topics like team culture, practice planning and mental training, we guarantee you’ll take away fresh ideas whether you’re a new coach or have been coaching for decades. Join us to reignite your love for the game and get excited for your next season!
Training secrets from top coaches
Over five hours, you’ll get to learn the training secrets of some of the USA’s most successful coaches!
Bonus videos online
You’ll be able to watch an additional 20+ videos on the AOC website – drills, skills and physical training tips from top coaches.
Video access for life
After the live seminar ends, video of each session is added to the AOC website where you can rewatch it on demand.
Handbook for note-taking
You’ll receive a digital handbook of notes that you can print and use to write down ideas you learn during the seminar.
Your questions, answered
Interact with the presenting coaches in the live Q&A at the end of the seminar to ask them questions about your own team.
Coaching certificate
You’ll receive a certificate showing the amount of hours spent at the live seminar to use for professional development.
Get fresh ideas from top volleyball coaches
There are many ways to be a good volleyball coach. This seminar will provide a steady flow of good ideas from successful coaches that you can use to chart your own path. Focused on off-court topics like team culture, practice planning and mental training, we guarantee you’ll take away fresh ideas whether you’re a new coach or have been coaching for decades. Join us to reignite your love for the game and get excited for your next season!
Training secrets from top coaches
Over five hours, you’ll get to learn the training secrets of some of the USA’s most successful coaches!
Bonus videos online
You’ll be able to watch an additional 20+ videos on the AOC website – drills, skills and physical training tips from top coaches.
Video access for life
After the live seminar ends, video of each session is added to the AOC website where you can rewatch it on demand.
Handbook for note-taking
You’ll receive a digital handbook of notes that you can print and use to write down ideas you learn during the seminar.
Your questions, answered
Interact with the presenting coaches in the live Q&A at the end of the seminar to ask them questions about your own team.
Coaching certificate
You’ll receive a certificate showing the amount of hours spent at the live seminar to use for professional development.
Presenting Coaches
Learn from some of the best volleyball coaches in U.S. history! Our coaches have a wide range of coaching styles and personalities, so you’ll have the opportunity to learn from an assortment of exceptional coaches with different points of view.
Karch Kiraly
USA Women’s National Team Head Coach (2012 – Present)
Karch Kiraly is the head coach of the U.S. women’s national volleyball team and one of the greatest players in the sport’s history. Under his guidance, the USA women won the first Olympic gold medal in team history (2020) and the first World Championship (2014).
During his playing career, Kiraly was a key player on the U.S. men’s national team that dominated the world in the 1980s, winning consecutive gold medals at the 1984 and ’88 OIympics. The FIVB honored him as the world’s top player in 1986 and 1988 and has since named him the greatest volleyball player of the 20th Century. In 1996, Kiraly won his third Olympic gold medal in beach at the Atlanta Games.
Taras “Terry” Liskevych
USA Women’s National Team (1985 – 1996)
Taras “Terry” Liskevych served as the U.S. women’s national volleyball team head coach from 1985 to 1996, posting over 300 international victories in his tenure as head coach.
Leading up to his national team career, Liskevych coached men’s volleyball at Ohio State University (1974–1976), where he posted a record of 45–7 (.865). In 1976 he switched to the women’s college game and began coaching at the University of Pacific. He was there for nine seasons (1976–1985) with a record of 267–85 (.759).
After his National Team career, Liskevych worked in business until he returned to coaching as the head women’s volleyball coach at Oregon State University in 2005. He coached for 11 years, retiring in 2016 to focus on growing The Art of Coaching Volleyball.
Russ Rose
Penn State University (1979 – 2021)
Russ Rose was head coach of the Penn State women’s volleyball team for 43 years, retiring in 2021 as the winningest coach in NCAA Division I women’s volleyball history with 1,330 victories in his illustrious career.
Rose guided Penn State to seven NCAA titles, including four straight championships from 2007-2010 and 17 conference titles. He was at the helm for all 41 of Penn State’s NCAA Tournament appearances, making Penn State the only team in NCAA history to appear in all 41 tournaments. Rose’s student-athletes have earned 112 AVCA All-America honors and four AVCA National Players of the Year. He has coached eight Olympians, including 2020 gold medalists Haleigh Washington and Micha Hancock.
John Dunning
Stanford University (2001 – 2016)
John Dunning was the head women’s volleyball coach at Stanford University from 2001 to 2016 and the University of the Pacific from 1985 to 2000.
In 32 seasons of collegiate coaching, Dunning guided his teams to five NCAA collegiate championships – second most of any Division I women’s volleyball coach – and compiled an overall record of 888-185 (.828). He is one of only two Division I college volleyball coaches to have won NCAA championships at two different schools.
Dunning’s student-athletes have earned 81 AVCA All-America honors and seven AVCA National Players of the Year.
Ruth N. Nelson
Founder of Bring Your Own Parent (BYOP®)
Founder of GoKids Youth Sports
Ruth Nelson has 40+ years of coaching experience under her belt, including 16 years and 500+ wins at the collegiate level. Three of her college players started on the 1984 Olympic Team and 5-time Olympian Danielle Scott was in her first junior club program.
For the USA, Nelson was a national team player, assistant coach and technical advisor, plus head coach of the Junior National Team, World University Games and Senior Team.
Nelson has created the Bring Your Own Parent (BYOP®) Program, the Nelson Aquatics Resistance Training (NART™) Program and the MVP Specialized Training Program (Jump Like An Olympian). Nelson specializes in training 4-10 year olds in her BYOP® Program.
Shihab Aldin Ahmed
(FIVB) International Volleyball Coach Instructor
(ESCS) Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist
(PhD) Sports Exercise Physiology
Bio coming soon
Presenting Coaches
Learn from some of the best volleyball coaches in U.S. history! Our coaches have a wide range of coaching styles and personalities, so you’ll have the opportunity to learn from an assortment of exceptional coaches with different points of view.
Karch Kiraly
USA Women’s National Team Head Coach (2012 – Present)
Karch Kiraly is the head coach of the U.S. women’s national volleyball team and one of the greatest players in the sport’s history. Under his guidance, the USA women won the first Olympic gold medal in team history (2020) and the first World Championship (2014).
During his playing career, Kiraly was a key player on the U.S. men’s national team that dominated the world in the 1980s, winning consecutive gold medals at the 1984 and ’88 OIympics. The FIVB honored him as the world’s top player in 1986 and 1988 and has since named him the greatest volleyball player of the 20th Century. In 1996, Kiraly won his third Olympic gold medal in beach at the Atlanta Games.
Taras “Terry” Liskevych
USA Women’s National Team (1985 – 1996)
Taras “Terry” Liskevych served as the U.S. women’s national volleyball team head coach from 1985 to 1996, posting over 300 international victories in his tenure as head coach.
Leading up to his national team career, Liskevych coached men’s volleyball at Ohio State University (1974–1976), where he posted a record of 45–7 (.865). In 1976 he switched to the women’s college game and began coaching at the University of Pacific. He was there for nine seasons (1976–1985) with a record of 267–85 (.759).
After his National Team career, Liskevych worked in business until he returned to coaching as the head women’s volleyball coach at Oregon State University in 2005. He coached for 11 years, retiring in 2016 to focus on growing The Art of Coaching Volleyball.
Russ Rose
Penn State University (1979 – 2021)
Russ Rose was head coach of the Penn State women’s volleyball team for 43 years, retiring in 2021 as the winningest coach in NCAA Division I women’s volleyball history with 1,330 victories in his illustrious career.
Rose guided Penn State to seven NCAA titles, including four straight championships from 2007-2010 and 17 conference titles. He was at the helm for all 41 of Penn State’s NCAA Tournament appearances, making Penn State the only team in NCAA history to appear in all 41 tournaments. Rose’s student-athletes have earned 112 AVCA All-America honors and four AVCA National Players of the Year. He has coached eight Olympians, including 2020 gold medalists Haleigh Washington and Micha Hancock.
John Dunning
Stanford University (2001 – 2016)
John Dunning was the head women’s volleyball coach at Stanford University from 2001 to 2016 and the University of the Pacific from 1985 to 2000.
In 32 seasons of collegiate coaching, Dunning guided his teams to five NCAA collegiate championships – second most of any Division I women’s volleyball coach – and compiled an overall record of 888-185 (.828). He is one of only two Division I college volleyball coaches to have won NCAA championships at two different schools.
Dunning’s student-athletes have earned 81 AVCA All-America honors and seven AVCA National Players of the Year.
Ruth N. Nelson
Founder of Bring Your Own Parent (BYOP®)
Founder of GoKids Youth Sports
Ruth Nelson has 40+ years of coaching experience under her belt, including 16 years and 500+ wins at the collegiate level. Three of her college players started on the 1984 Olympic Team and 5-time Olympian Danielle Scott was in her first junior club program.
For the USA, Nelson was a national team player, assistant coach and technical advisor, plus head coach of the Junior National Team, World University Games and Senior Team.
Nelson has created the Bring Your Own Parent (BYOP®) Program, the Nelson Aquatics Resistance Training (NART™) Program and the MVP Specialized Training Program (Jump Like An Olympian). Nelson specializes in training 4-10 year olds in her BYOP® Program.
Shihab Aldin Ahmed
(FIVB) International Volleyball Coach Instructor
(ESCS) Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist
(PhD) Sports Exercise Physiology
TBD
Collegiate Championships
FIVB Medals
Olympic Medals
Years of Coaching Experience
Schedule
All times listed in Gulf Standard Time (GST).
Schedule timing may vary slightly during the live event.
Saturday, October 29
5:30 PM Introduction
5:45 PM TBD Topic (Shihab Aldin Ahmed)
6:25 PM 5 keys to getting the most out of practice (Karch Kiraly)
6:30 PM Team culture (John Dunning)
6:45 PM Mindset and learning (Karch Kiraly)
7:05 PM Break
7:15 PM Game day preparation: Before the first whistle (Russ Rose)
7:45 PM Coaching women athletes (Terry Liskevych)
8:00 PM Good blocking requires watching the right things (Karch Kiraly)
8:05 PM Training your setter’s brain (John Dunning)
8:35 PM Break
8:50 PM TBD Youth Training Topic (Ruth N. Nelson)
9:30 PM All players should watch video of themselves (Karch Kiraly)
9:35 PM Teaching competitiveness (Russ Rose)
9:50 PM Practice planning and execution (Terry Liskevych)
10:20 PM Break
10:30 PM Live Q&A with the presenters
11:00 PM Seminar end
Get Your Ticket
A virtual ticket gives you access to:
- The online seminar live stream on October 29
- The live Q&A at the end of the seminar
- The ability to replay the seminar on demand for life on the AOC website
- A digital handbook of seminar notes
- 20+ bonus drill, skill and physical training videos on the AOC website
- Discounts on AOC coaching books and video series
- A digital certificate showing time spent at the seminar
*AOC Premium members automatically save 10% on their ticket.
$50
per coach (USD)
Frequently Asked Questions
Check out the FAQs to find the answers to common questions. If you can’t find an answer to your question here, contact us!
What language will the seminar be in?
For the live seminar sessions, the video will be streamed in English with Arabic subtitles. During the live Q&A, coach Shihab Ahmed will translate between English and Arabic.
What level of coach should attend?
Coaches of all levels will benefit from the information covered at the seminar. From practice planning and training strategies to mental training and team culture, you’ll get an in-depth look at teaching methods that some of the top coaches in the USA use with their own teams. Whether you’re a beginning coach, an experienced professional or somewhere in between, you’ll walk away with new ideas and methods you can implement with your team immediately.
How can I access the bonus sessions?
The bonus videos will be available to watch on the Art of Coaching Volleyball website. After the seminar, you’ll receive an email showing you where to find them.
Will AOC Premium members get free access to the seminar recording?
No, AOC Premium members will not be able to access the video from the clinic unless they purchase a ticket. Premium members receive a 10% discount on all live events.
Are there any discounts available for seminar tickets?
Where can I find a receipt showing what I paid?
When you purchase a clinic ticket, a receipt will be emailed to you stating the amount paid. You can also sign in to your account on The Art of Coaching Volleyball website and go here to view all of your past store purchases. If you cannot access your receipt either of these ways, please reach out to volleyball@theartofcoaching.com for assistance.
What is the refund policy?
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