Upcoming Coach Professional Development

Please use this page as a resource to check back regularly for any upcoming Coach Professional Development happening in Nova Scotia (or beyond)!

2024 Pop-Up Club Coach PD Sessions

Since much of our NCCP Coach Education is now virtual, we see a gap for coaches in being able to see how these things look on court and in action.

This is a 2-hour, on-court session, where coaches will get to come hang out to check out current best practices & ideas for warm ups, drill design and implementation, feedback and more - all in a hands-on, live setting. There will be LOTS of time for questions, and we hope this to be a very interactive session.

2 NCCP Maintenance Points will be awarded to coaches who attend this session.

Please come ready with sneakers to jump on court and participate if possible - this will be very, very light as we all have to go to work the next day! There will be an opportunity for coaches to just watch as well, if there are barriers to you being on-court - so no stress there either!

The fee to attend is $20 per coach, payable on-site when you arrive - cash only!

However - if you have taken an NCCP Development or Advanced Development Workshop since 2019 - you get in free!

Session Dates + Registration Deadlines:

South Shore - Bluenose Academy - Session is April 16th 6:30-9:00pm, Reg Deadline is April 14th at 5:00pm
Annapolis Valley - West Kings Regional High School - Session is March 27th 7:30-10pm, Reg Deadline March 25th, 5:00pm,
Cape Breton - Riverside School - February 22nd, 5:00pm
New Glasgow - Pictou Landing First Nation School - February 22nd, 5:00pm
HRM - Eastern Passage - January 10th, 5:00pm
Meteghan - Ecole Stella-Maris - January 16th, 5:00pm

To Register:

Please complete the following quick Google Form: https://forms.gle/SmqzUZR55SFQLs777

If you have any questions, please contact Technical Director, Megan Conroy, at vnsmegan@sportnovascotia.ca

Improving Serve Receive through a Motor Learning Lens with Volleyball Canada's Matt Krueger

Date: Monday, March 11^th, 2024
Location: Citadel High School, School Gym, 1855 Trollope St, Halifax, NS
Time: 11:30am-12:45pm – PD Session and/or 1:00-3:00pm – Practice Observation
Cost: $15 per coach, covers both sessions – however practice observation only is free.
To Register: Please follow the link HERE - please note space is limited!
Registration Deadline: Monday, March 4^th at 5:00pm

Matt Krueger, Volleyball Canada

Matt Krueger loves his volleyball! He is currently:

Team CANADA Women’s Senior National Team Assistant Coach – they will be competing in the upcoming Volleyball Nations League and currently looking to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics
Team CANADA Women’s NextGen Lead Coach
Volleyball Canada National Excellence Program (NEP) Head Coach

Matt’s additional coaching and educational experiences are:

2x Canadian Youth National Team Assistant Coach (2020 & 2021)
7 x Provincial Team Coach
2018 USports National Champion (UBC)
Masters in Kinesiology from UBC, specializing in Motor Learning
As an athlete, Matt was a Provincial and National Champion with Fraser Valley Volleyball Club, and competed as a varsity volleyball athlete at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, BC.

2023 National Coaches Week PD Sessions

Training the Setter with Kerry MacDonald

Date: Saturday, September 23rd, 2023
Location: Discovery Centre, 1215 Lower Water St., Halifax, NS ( Program Room A&B )
Times: 9:00am-9:45am - Session 1 (Setting 1.0), 10:00-10:45am - Session 2 (Setting 2.0)
Cost: $25 per coach (includes both sessions + VNS T-Shirt)
To Register: Please follow the link HERE - please note seating is limited!
Registration Deadline: Wednesday, Sept 20th, 2023

Kerry MacDonald, High Performance Manager, Volleyball Canada
Kerry MacDonald is a long-time coach that has led numerous club, provincial and university teams to numerous provincial and national championship medals. He holds a Master’s Degree in Coaching Studies and a PhD Sport Injury Epidemiology. In 2016 he took over the reins of the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds Men’s Volleyball team, leading them to back-to-back national championship appearances, winning the 2018 National Championship, UBC’s first USports gold medal in 35 years. Kerry was then hired as the Director of Performance Science, Research and Innovation for Volleyball Canada in the years leading up to the Tokyo Olympics. Currently he has switched gears slightly and is the working as the High Performance Manager for Volleyball Canada’s Beach programs, as they look to for podium performances at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

2023 Pop-Up Coaching Symposium

Date: Saturday, July 15th & Sunday, July 16th, 2023
Location: Acadia University, Wolfville, NS
Times: July 15th - Start Time 11:00am, Finish time 5:30pm (Supper on own)
July 16th - Start Time 8:00am, Finish time 1:30pm
Cost: $125 per coach
Accommodations: Available to reserve @ Acadia Residence

Full Symposium Information including presenters, more accommodations info & schedule please go HERE.

To Register: Please follow the link HERE.
Registration Deadline: Sunday, July 9th at 11:59pm