COMPETITIVE BEACH CLUB
2022 / 04 / 12
The Maverick Volleyball Beach Club is back for another great season on the beach! This is a great opportunity for beach players who would like to enhance their abilities as well as indoor players to keep improving all their skills while learning about beach tactics. It is also an excellent summer activity that can improve your fitness level and refine your motor skills.
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The Program
The Maverick Beach Club Program aims to combine training and competing in the sport of beach volleyball. The program will run from May 30th until the first week of August (10 weeks). Athletes will practice two times a week in the afternoon (4-6pm), on Monday and Wednesday. All practices are led by experienced and high quality beach volleyball coaches.
On top of that, athletes are strongly encouraged to compete in OVA Beach Tour events as well as the Ontario Beach Championships (more information about competitions below).
Important! Players are required to sign up as a beach volleyball pair/team of two (same gender and ideally same age category). Beach volleyball is an athlete led sport. This means that there are no coaches on the court during games, and that it is up to the athletes to make decision about time-outs, strategy, etc. To encourage this autonomous behaviour, we require athletes to sign up with a partner.
Tournaments
We strongly encourage athletes to compete in 4 sanctioned events (either Ontario or Quebec) throughout the summer as well as in a provincial championship. You can find the full OVA Beach Tour schedule here. If you are interested in competing in Quebec instead of Ontario (or both), check out the Quebec Beach Circuit (French only) calendars.
Additionally, we encourage athletes to take part in the Ontario Beach Volleyball Championships. These are scheduled over 2 different weekends at Ashbridges Bay in Toronto:
July 30th – 31st 13U/15U/17U/18U
August 6th-7th 12UG/14U/16U/Youth Open
Teams are responsible for their own tournament registrations at nrs.volleyball.ca. A step by step guide is presented below, but do not hesitate to ask us if you need help.
OVA 2022 Age Divisions
Age Category Chronological Age Class
12 & Under Born 2010 or later
13 & Under Born 2009 or later
14 & Under Born 2008 or later
15 & Under Born 2007 or later
16 & Under Born 2006 or later
17 & Under Born 2005 or later
18 & Under Born 2004 or later
Youth Open Born 2002 or later
Adult No age restriction
Mandatory requirements
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Players must register themselves with the Ontario Volleyball Association in order to compete. (See NRS Registration Steps for more information).
Additional costs (if not an indoor member)
Beach recreational membership fee (if not participating in provincials) $12.91
Beach Competitive membership fee (if participating in provincials) $85.11
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Respect in Sports for Parents module must be completed by 1 parent or guardian for each athlete.
Equipment
All competitive players are provided with a practice shirt and an official beach volleyball.
Tryouts
There are no tryouts for the competitive beach club. Any athlete that is ready to commit themselves to train & compete in a high competitive setting will be accepted into the program. NOTE this is a training environment, for those who just want to play, we recommend joining our Beach House League or a city youth league.
Forms
Participation forms will be sent to participants once a start date is determined. These are to be filled out and submitted at first training session.
Resources
OVA Beach Players Handbook
What’s New for 2022
NRS Registration Steps
Fees
The fees for the Beach Club Program are $475
Fees cover equipment cost, administrative fees and coaching honorariums.
The full amount must be paid before the first session. Please note that a $25 admin fee included in this amount is non-refundable.
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Need More Info? Contact Jelle Kooijman at Jelle.w.kooijman@gmail.com
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