Volleyball Coaching Wizards - Wizard Women

Six master volleyball coaching women with experience covering different levels, across multiple countries, and with varied backgrounds share their stories on the road to success.

This book continues the Volleyball Coaching Wizards project of interviewing top coaches and sharing their insights and experiences with you, but with a new angle. Wizard Women is about women coaches, for women in coaching. While it features discussion of similar general coaching themes as the original series, it adds in discussion of the additional challenges women face in the coaching profession.

Erin Appleman - A US college coach at Yale, where she lead her program to the first ever Ivy League team win in the NCAA tournament.

Audrey Cooper - A Scot who lead Team GB in the 2012 Olympics and has coached both professional and non-professional adult club teams.

Denise Corlett - A career US assistant coach at Stanford, where she contributed to multiple national championships.

Ann Schilling - A US high school and juniors coach with an incredible record of success.

Saskia Van Hintum - A Dutch coach who's worked across the levels from juniors to pro and national team indoors, and at the national team level on the beach.

Shannon Winzer - A Canadian who started at the adult club level and progressed to national team coaching.

What is Volleyball Coaching Wizards?

The Volleyball Coaching Wizards project is about identifying great coaches from all categories of volleyball and making their experience, insights, and expertise available to people all over the world. We interview coaches from across the globe, all age groups, both genders, all competitive levels, indoor and beach. They share with us their philosophies, their thought processes, and their methodologies. We then share that with you.

About the Authors

Lauren Bertolacci is currently the head coach for the Swiss professional women's team Viteos NUC Volleyball, as well as being the head coach for the Swiss Women's National Team. At NUC her teams have won three straight league championships and three straight Cup titles, and have competed in CEV competition as well. Before NUC, she was the head coach for the Volley Luzern men's team. Prior to taking charge of Switzerland she assisted with the national teams of both Canada and her native Australia. Lauren's coaching career follows a professional playing career, as well as national team experience.

John Forman is the author of the well-respected Coaching Volleyball blog (CoachingVB.com) and the co-developer of Volleyball Coaching Wizards with his partner Mark Lebedew. His coaching experience includes time in all three NCAA Divisions, as well as at the 2-year college level. He also coached in England at both the university (BUCS) and National League (NVL) Division I levels, and had a stint as head coach in Sweden's top women's league. Additionally, John was a Juniors club director and coach in the New England area for several years. He's also had the good fortune of being a visiting at youth, collegiate, professional, and national teams in a number of different countries.