Former Czech Volleyball international Jiri Popelka to open fifth webinar series

The fifth series of School Project webinars run by the CEV Technical and Development Department will get underway this coming Thursday, May 6, with former Czech international Volleyball player Jiri Popelka hosting the opening session.

Popelka is a former elite player who performed as an Outside Hitter for as many as 13 clubs across Europe throughout his long career. Jiri, who retired from competitive sport at the end of the 2012/2013 season, is currently a coach for the South Bohemian Volleyball Association, the President of the Škola volejbalu Volleyball club in his native Czech Republic, and founder of the VolleyCountry online platform for coaches, players, and fans. He helped organise the inaugural World Volleyball Coaches Show with more than 200 participants in Ostrava in 2019, and plans to do it again in the future. Popelka also has experience organising mini volleyball tournaments in the South Bohemia region with participation of more than 500 kids in what has now become the ‘pre-COVID era’.

During the webinar, Jiri’s focus will be on what children need to develop a passion and love for the game, while showing what mini Volleyball and school volleyball leagues in Czech Republic look like. Moreover, Popelka will discuss what key elements make a great Volleyball training for kids as well as the socialisation aspect of the sport and why it is so important to keep the children involved.

If you have not already done so, make sure you sign up here https://schoolprojectwebinarseries2021.cev.eu/ and you will receive the link to the relevant Zoom call!