General Information

IMPACT (Increased Mastery and Professional Application of Coaching Theory)

• It is now required that all coaches for every USAV junior's team attend an IMPACT training course and become IMPACT Certified (junior age asst. coaches included). This requirement helps cover liability issues for the Regions, Junior Clubs, Junior Teams and Junior Coaches.
• Preferably coaches and assistant coaches should be certified before their first practices.
• DEADLINE - for certification is February 15th or 6 weeks after registering.
• High School coaching certifications will NOT be accepted to fulfill this requirement.
• If you have attended a clinic in past years, this will meet the requirement.

Iowa Region IMPACT Webinars

The Region will be setting up free classroom IMPACT clinics for the 2011/12 season as the high school season winds down. Please check this page regularly for updates. The region classes will be around four hours in length. 

Iowa Region Webinars will time the computer use, questions and polls will be asked during the clinic to ensure that all attendees are really at their computers. We will not give certification if there is any doubt on attendance stats issued by the webinar computer service.

USAV does offers Webinar IMPACT classes for ~$50. The webinar classes are often scheduled for two hours on two dates.

USAV Web Site - Online Webinar

Set Up an IMPACT Clinic

To set up an IMPACT Clinic you will need a site (room/ classroom/ cafeteria/ church hall) and several dates that might work.

Eastern Iowa Contact

Cedar Rapids (Michelle Goodall)
michelle@iavbreg.org (515-229-6114)

Iowa City (Kurt Trout)
kurtis-trout@uiowa.edu (319-621-5772)

Central/ North Central Iowa Contact

Lynne Updegraff
office.mail@iavbreg.org (515-727-1860)

Norm Hawkins
nhawkins@iastate.edu (515-291-1523)

All other Areas

Lynne Updegraff
office.mail@iavbreg.org (515-727-1860)

IMPACT Clinic Dates

• No clinics scheduled at this time. 2012-13 Season clinics will be posted at a later date. If clubs have coaches drop and need IMPACTed coaches before next season contact the Iowa Region Office.

Participants will need internet connectivity (wired is suggested), the audio-speakers, microphone to talk- or you can type questions.  

To preregister, please email Michelle at michelle@iavbreg.org and provide the following information:   name, club and team, and contact information.   

To all events, please have access to your IMPACT manual (distributed 1 per team early in the season to Club Directors)