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GRASSROOTSLet’s Play Volleyball festivals encourageyoung people to develop and participatein regional and national competitionsof the school curriculum. This helps toguide young people from sport in SchoolSport Partnerships (SSPs) to clubs.Wainwright says: “It’s our aim toensure that the links between schoolsand clubs are sustainable and of a highquality. If we want children to choose toplay volleyball we must ensure that theyreceive the most enjoyable and beneficialexperience initially. By increasing thestandard of teacher training in our sportthrough short courses in programmes,such as Volley Sport and Mini Volley,or by arranging for community sportscoaches to deliver sessions, we ensurethat children enjoy playing the sport inschool and are then more likely to wantto find and join their local VolleyballEngland-recommended club.”Pathways to successOnce part of a Volleyball Englandaccredited club, young people have theopportunity to progress and compete atlocal and national level via an array oftournaments organised by the NGB.Regional Let’s Play Volleyball festivals,national volleyball leagues and nationaljunior championships all encourage youngpeople to develop and participate in competitionsat regional and national level.Seventeen-year-old Jordan Darylmplefrom London is a great example of howvolleyball clubs can help to produce theEngland Volleyball has produced a document that givesofficial guidance on how to safely convert public areasinto sand courts in sustainable and cost-effective waysstars of the future. The South Londonstudent began playing volleyball atafter school sessions with his local coach;he then went on to compete for hisborough in Wandsworth before beingscouted to play for England and is nowa regular for the England Youth Team.Jordan is now one of the Lloyds TSB LocalSporting Heroes and a hopeful for 2016.Retaining playersAs well as attracting new players to thesport, retaining people through the autumnand winter months is also a keyobjective for Volleyball England.However, results of the recent SportsSatisfaction Survey in which volleyballranked as the ‘third least satisfied sport’,showed that the delivery of volleyball isrestricted by the standard dimensions ofsports halls. A key objective of VolleyballEngland’s facilities strategy was tocombat the issue of “small, dirty, badly-litsports halls”, which provided a barrier tonew players experiencing the sport.Wainwright explains: “The developmentof our technical guidance noteshighlights how small changes to thecurrent standard Sport England dimensionsfor indoor court spaces can increaseprovision and revenue generation forvolleyball and other indoor sports. Thenotes provide recommendations for thedesign of volleyball provision includingcourt dimensions and markings, flooring,lighting and equipment – giving leisureoperators guidelines for creating safe,user friendly and enjoyable provision.”In addition, the NGB has invested ininnovative equipment which can providefacilities with access to courts.Wainwright explains; “To provide aninexpensive, versatile and sustainablesolution to the provision of volleyball atleisure sites, we have dedicated fundingto providing 400 sites with crosssport slider net systems. This enables thesites to offer volleyball along with othersports, such as badminton, in their sportshalls while complying with our guidelines.These two methods are helping toboost the number of sites offering volleyball– giving players accessibility to thesport all year round.” HOW TO GET INVOLVEDFor advice on developing Go SpikeVolleyball sessions or beach courtsvisit: www.volleyballengland.orgTo find your nearest Go Spike sessionvisit: www.gospike.net46 Read Sports Management online sportsmanagement.co.uk/digitalIssue 2 2012 © cybertrek 2012
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