About us
We are dedicated to coaching and assisting athletes to learn improved technique and develop ways to solve problems. We are the Melbourne Volleyball Academy that you should join becuase everyone gets a chance to train, play and improve.
We also work as a coaching group to evolve each coaches development through what we call ‘awareness’. No other Academy offers this to develop their coaches.
Our Director has over 40 years of coaching experience, is an Elite Level qualified coach with International Level 2 certification.
He is the only coach to have coached both Australian Youth and Junior Men’s and Womens teams and has a vast network of coaches and administrators around the world to gain information from and to collaborate with. He has run many camps in Australia and overseas including China.
Our next cycle
We are open to taking on more junior athletes in 2024.
To register players should be 8 - 18 years of age, be keen to learn and ready to have fun.
We train on Monday evenings in Croydon from 5:30pm - 7:00pm for our Junior Academy and 7:00pm - 8:30pm for our Advanced/Elite Academy. No previous experience required, just come along for some fun.
We also train in Camberwell 5:30pm - 7:00pm. No previous experience required.
To register contact danhigginsau@hotmail.com
Our Director has over 40 years of coaching experience at domestic and international level having coached around the world. He is an Elite Level qualified coach with International Level 2 certification. He is the only coach to have coached both Australian Youth and Junior Men’s and Womens teams and has a vast network of coaches and administrators around the world to gain information from and to collaborate with. He has run many camps in Australia and overseas including China.
TESTIMONIALS
I’ve known Dan for close to a decade. We first met at an international coaching course. From this point and even before then it was apparent that Dan was at the forefront using modified play to teach athletes how to best learn in an environment where they know they might make mistakes but that by being allowed to make mistakes they can learn within a non-judgemental environment.
This differentiates Dan from other coaches because he does not intervene at every step, instead he leads athletes and lets them control their own learning, often asking them questions so they get to solve problems rather than being told what to do. Dan has developed a calm approach ensuring athletes trust his experiences as a former State and National coach will enable them to progress fast.
Dan was instrumental in assisting in the development of the Rising Stars Programs for volleyball and is passionate about ensuring athletes have fun and are encouraged to learn and develop and to become multi-sport athletes.
He has achieved the Volleyball Australia – Distinguished Service Award and loves working with all manner of people and particularly loves seeing their improvement.
I look forward to coaching with Dan in the future and also look forward to the next group of athletes he is finding and developing.
Martin Collins
Volleyball Australia –Women's Head Coach and Coach of the Australian Volleyball Academy