Home Training Program Series

Bridge the gap between training and competition

It is not enough to work on the Physical Elements of Performance and the Fundamental Skills of Volleyball in practice! Home training bridges the gap between training and competition by providing an ideal non-competetive, yet challenging, atmosphere within a safe and supportive environment. Your daily work at home affords players the oppurtunity to advance at a quicker rate.

The Home Training Program Series™ (HTPS™) was created by The Art of Coaching Volleyball and BYOP® Founder Ruth N. Nelson, who has amassed over 40 years of volleyball experience and expertise at all levels. Ruth is a former USA Team player, teacher and coach at the collegiate, national, and professional levels. For the past 18 years, Ruth has focused on and created the most innovative program for ages 10 and under that engages parents alongside their children in training (Bring Your Own Parent Program – BYOP®).

Ruth has created this unique Home Training Program Series™ for elementary students, youth players, parents, teachers and coaches that may be practiced not only at home with a parent, sibling or friend, but also before or after your regular team practice.

This program addresses two major areas: the first is the Physical Elements of Performance, which includes jump rope routines, hand-eye coordination using tennis balls, ace player card exercises, and the basic enhanced movement patterns used in volleyball. The second is the Fundamental Skills of Volleyball, which includes the Ace Player Card exercises, self and partner tossing for passing and setting, tossing for serving and footwork and arm swing for attacking.

Home Training Program Series™ at a glance:

Two Levels of training with over 102 exercises: Level 1 (7 and under) & Level 2 (8 and up)
Four Sections: Physical Elements of Performance (Level 1 & 2) & Fundamental Skills of Volleyball (Level 1 & 2)
HTPS™ Worksheets to work players through three specific exercises and skill work for 7 days a week for 8 weeks
Ace Player Card downloads to improve consistency and accuracy with fun exercises
34 quizzes with 102 questions geared toward elementary students and youth
Certificate of Completion for successfully completing the program

All this ... while challenging players, engaging parents and having fun!

In order to become the best one can be, a player has to be challenged and supported on a consistent basis at home and outside the arena of competition. It is competition that serves to provide feedback on what the player has learned and how the player is progressing.

ENGAGING OTHERS It is fun and meaningful to involve friends, family, and even neighbors with a purpose!

There are individual or partner exercises based on the number of people that are engaged.
They work side-by-side in order to more effectively learn the skills and improve their fitness performance.
Each gains the respect of the other because of the challenge of the skills, the physical demands of the exercises, the commitment of time, and the teamwork needed to continue this ongoing program.

ACCOMPLISHMENT & REWARDS This is a positive and challenging program!

Being exposed to this home training program at a young age may be a player's and/or parent's first sport activity.
Making this program an enjoyable learning experience inspires and empowers everyone to be actively involved in the process and have fun because of their success.
Providing players and their parents quality time, while also being challenge, allows them to develop positive, life-long relationships with each other.

PHYSICAL ELEMENTS OF PERFORMANCE - Level 1

Unit 1 - Jump Rope Routines
Unit 2 - Hand-Eye Coordination: Tennis Balls Only
Unit 3 - Hand-Eye Coordination: Tennis Balls
Unit 4 - Hand-Eye Coordination: Tennis Ball Passing
Unit 5 - Hand-Eye Coordination: Tennis Ball Setting
Unit 6 - Hand-Eye Coordination: Tennis Ball Attacking
Unit 7 - Basic Movement Patterns: Juggling
Unit 8 - Basic Movement Patterns: Agility and Footwork
Unit 9 - Basic Movement Patterns: Strength and Coordination
Unit 10 - Basic Movement Patterns: Elastic Jumping
Unit 11 - Basic Movement Patterns: Endurance, Strength, and Coordination

FUNDAMENTAL SKILLS OF VOLLEYBALL - Level 1

Unit 1 - Passing: Self Toss and Catch Underhand
Unit 2 - Passing: Self Pass and Partner Progression
Unit 3 - Setting: Wall Catch and Set Tennis Ball
Unit 4 - Serving: Japanesse Floater
Unit 5 - Attacking: Foot Position & Hand Contact

PHYSICAL ELEMENTS OF PERFORMANCE - Level 2

Unit 1 - Jump Rope Routines
Unit 2 - Hand-Eye Coordination: Tennis Balls Only
Unit 3 - Hand-Eye Coordination: Tennis Balls
Unit 4 - Hand-Eye Coordination: Tennis Ball Passing
Unit 5 - Hand-Eye Coordination: Tennis Ball Setting
Unit 6 - Hand-Eye Coordination: Tennis Ball Attacking
Unit 7 - Basic Movement Patterns: Juggling
Unit 8 - Basic Movement Patterns: Agility and Footwork
Unit 9 - Basic Movement Patterns: Strength and Coordination
Unit 10 - Basic Movement Patterns: Elastic Jumping
Unit 11 - Basic Movement Patterns: Endurance, Strength, and Coordination

FUNDAMENTAL SKILLS OF VOLLEYBALL - Level 2

Unit 1 - Passing: Self Toss and Catch Underhand
Unit 2 - Passing: Wall Pass and Partner Progression
Unit 3 - Setting: Self Toss & Catch on Forehead & Self Set
Unit 4 - Setting: Wall Catch & Set with Tennis Ball
Unit 5 - Serving: Overhead Floater
Unit 6 - Attacking: Foot, Toss & Arm Position
Unit 7 - Attacking: Footwork with Approach

Innovator, teacher, motivator, sports marketer, fundraiser and visionary who put athlete opportunities first, Ruth N. Nelson has gained over 40 years of experience that encompasses successful coaching (16 years at the collegiate level including University of Iowa, Louisiana State University, University of Houston and George Williams College) with a total of over 500 wins.

She also had 3 University of Houston Players (Flo Hyman, Rita Crockett and Rose Magers) start on the 1984 Olympic Team and was the pioneer in the recruitment of minority athletes in the 70s. 5-time Olympian Danielle Scott was part of her first junior club program in Baton Rouge, Louisiana (Baton Rouge Volleyball Club).

Nelson was a USA National Team Player as a setter, USA National Team Assistant Coach, USA National Team Technical Advisor, USA Junior National Team Head Coach, USA World University Games Head Coach, Dallas Belles Major League Volleyball Professional Team Head Coach and, most recently, Head Coach of USA Volleyball Senior A2 Team (now the A2 Collegiate Team).

Since Nelson's Master's thesis on the Statistical Analysis of Passing and Serving, Ruth has gathered data for ages 4-10, which included:

Jumping by utilizing the VERT technology
Testing different volleyballs (sizes, colors, and weights for the new line of approved BYOP® balls)

Among her honors, Nelson has also received various prestigious awards from USA Volleyball:

In 2014 she was inducted into the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Hall of Fame.
In 2013 Nelson was inducted into the University of Northern Colorado Hall of Fame as a 5-sport athlete.
In 2011 she received the USA Volleyball All-time Great Coach Award – Pioneer Division.
In 1996 she received the USA Volleyball George J. Fisher Volleyball Award for significant service rendered to the sport of volleyball for at least 20 years.

Nelson has also conducted over 600 presentations at AVCA Conventions, Art of Coaching Clinics and various conferences, college camps, high school team banquets, seminars, and workshops, worldwide. Topics have included:

Motivational speaking
Successfully training youth in volleyball
Becoming knowledgeable in the college-selection process
Marketing the student-athlete
Developing fundraising programs for nonprofit organizations, telecommunications companies, corporate cause-marketing programs and national sports governing bodies.

Feature articles on BYOP® (Bring Your Own Parent) include AVCA’s Volleyball Coaching 2.0, Sports Imports Blogs, and Junior Volleyball Association (JVCA) Blog as well as being featured as one of 8 in the first Coaching Wizard book released in December of 2016.

Q: Who should take this Home Training Program Series™ and why is it important?

The HTPS™ is for any player who wants to continue improving their jump-rope routines, hand-eye coordination, and basic enhanced movement patterns as well as provide additional practice on those elements that improve the basic fundamental skills of volleyball.
The HTPS™ is also for parents, who want to assist in supporting their children in developing their overall Physical Elements of Performance that directly relate to their continued skill development. It also helps to educate parents on what aspects are needed outside of their regular practice for continued improvement.
For teachers, the HTPS™ provides a tool for use with elementary school physical education classes. Homework assignments can also be made for the child to utilize the Series at home with their parents.
For coaches, the HTPS™ allows players the extra individualized training at home in an organized and progressive approach that they need in order to improve at a faster rate.

Q: How long will it take me to complete the Home Training Program Series™? The Home Training Program Series™ has been developed for an 8-week time period. The goal is for the course to be utilized in an ongoing way throughout the season. However, if the HTPS™ is done with new exercises introduced on weekly basis, it can be completed sooner.

Q: Will I have lifetime access to the content? If you purchase the Home Training Program Series™, you will be able to review the video clips at any time; they will not expire.

Q: Can I view the video clips in any order? With the Home Training Program Series™, you have full access to move from video to video in whichever order you wish. If you begin at Level 1 and find it too easy, you can easily jump to Level 2 and vice-versa.

Q: How can I access the HTPS™ once I purchase it? Once you purchase the course, you can always access it by logging into your Art of Coaching Volleyball account, hovering over My Account in the top right corner of the websie, and clicking My Courses.

The series that answers the question "What do we do at home?"

Key Features

The Full Program

Topics Covered

Full Package - 34 Videos!

Pricing

$29.98

$14.99

About Your Instructor: Ruth N. Nelson

Frequently Asked Questions

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