Skills trained by coaches of Canadian male volleyball teams: A comparison with long-term athlete development guidelines

Volleyball Canada and Volleyball Quebec developed long-term athlete development models in order to guide volleyball coaches concerned with athlete development. These models propose guidelines about the development of skills. However, it has yet to be determined whether coaches apply long-term athlete development guidelines in their coaching practice. Therefore, the objectives of this study were to describe the amount of time devoted to the various skills trained by four volleyball coaches of different levels and to compare these training skills with the long-term athlete development guidelines. The results of this multiple case study (n=4) indicated that based on long-term athlete development guidelines, (a) college and university coaches over-trained technical skills; (b) high school coaches and university coaches undertrained individual tactical skills; and (c) high school coaches over-trained team tactical skills. Corrective measures that might help coaches apply the long-term athlete development guidelines are changes in the access to training facilities, competition schedules, and coach education programs.

加拿大排球协会和魁北克排球协会制定了长期运动员发展模式，以指导关注运动员发展的排球教练。这些模式提出了有关技能发展的指导方针。然而，教练在其执教实践中是否应用长期运动员发展指导方针仍有待确定。因此，本研究的目的是描述四位不同级别排球教练用于训练各种技能的时间量，并将这些训练技能与长期运动员发展指导方针进行比较。这项多案例研究（n = 4）的结果表明，根据长期运动员发展指导方针，（a）学院和大学教练对技术技能训练过度；（b）高中教练和大学教练对个人战术技能训练不足；（c）高中教练对团队战术技能训练过度。可能有助于教练应用长期运动员发展指导方针的纠正措施包括训练设施的使用、比赛日程安排和教练教育项目的改变。