The National Team Development Program is accepting coach applications in an effort to formalize a greater NTDP coaches pool. Coach involvement and participation is paramount in our efforts to provide incredible development opportunities for athletes.
Submitting a coaching application does not guarantee participation in future National Team Development programming; it only guarantees your consideration. Roles will be selected by our NTDP and National Team staffs.
Available staff and coaching roles for which to apply include head coach, assistant coach, tech and evaluator. These roles must also be filled across various disciplines and age groups which include, indoor boys, beach boys, indoor girls, beach girls, sitting and beach ParaVolley.
Coaching Opportunities
One of the key principles in athlete development and the National Team Development Program is having the best athletes train with and against the best. The NTDP National Training Series will support that concept with zonal and national programs four times each year. Zonal programs will occur in the fall and spring, with national programs in the summer and winter.
Having an opportunity to be a part of the NTDP Training Series is one of the highest achievements an athlete can reach in 2021, and the coaches involved at these programs must rise to meet a similar standard.
Age Groups
- U15 and up for girls
- U16 and up for boys
NTDP Accelerators will provide opportunities for clubs and regional high performance programs to nominate promising players to receive an invitation to local best vs best training sessions.
These sessions will be organized by USA Volleyball and run in a manner similar to competitive sessions within the NTDP Training Series.
The purpose of Accelerators is to provide opportunities for “next level” athletes to play with and be challenged against the best athletes in a more localized setting. These will likely be held monthly in ways that do not interfere with athletes’ club or school programs.
Age Groups
- U15 and up for girls
- U16 and up for boys
USAVplay is designed to provide younger and newer players with opportunities to develop skills and confidence in high energy, position agnostic, and developmentally appropriate camps and clinics.
USAVplay consists of both multi-day camps and single-session pop-ups. These events will adopt the principles of small-sided games proven to help accelerate development by increasing the number of opportunities athletes have to perform key skills during training and competition. Furthermore, these are not tryouts, and there is no expectation of being “seen” or recruited. These are purely about development and fun.
Indoor USAVplay camps are five-day events allowing girls and boys ages U10-U15 (born between 2007-12) the opportunity to develop skills and confidence in a high energy environment. Camps will adopt the principles of small-sided games proven to help accelerate well-rounded development by increasing the number of opportunities athletes have to perform key skills during training and competition. Furthermore, these are not tryouts, and there is no expectation of being “seen” or recruited. These are purely about development and fun.