Returning from Mexico

This beach would be a great area to start an Elite Beach Academy.

Our family just returned from Mexico and this was a beach that we had a chance to see.

Think about how many courts we could put on this beach...
https://photos.app.goo.gl/m87NUQEJ8orN6yBz7
This was the same beach that they filmed the movie TROY on.

If I suddenly disappear when the weather in Saskatoon get below -25 degrees, look first on this beach.

Art of Coaching

After attending the Volleyball Coaching Clinic in Vegas in June 2019 I was inspired and completed a series of online coaching courses.

The Beach Volleyball Tournament

This past weekend we hosted the first ever Canadian Elite Academy Beach Volleyball tournament on July 6-7 2019.  The boy's tournament ran on Saturday and the girl's tournament was on Sunday.  Both days were perfect beach weather.  The girls worked at the boy's tournament and the boys worked at the girl's tournament.  Overall it was highly successful and congrats to Michele our coach and all the players who wore the Elite academy beach uniforms and represented the academy well.

The boy's tournament started with a round-robin.

And ended with a double knockout after the teams were seeded.

All day long the parents ran a concession and fun was had by all.

Then Sunday two age classes of girls played a round robin.

Then two double knockouts.

Congrats to all involved athletes, coaches, and parents.

Are you ready for tryouts?

"There is an old saying that goes, "You never have a second chance to make a first impression." Nowhere is this truer than at a volleyball tryout. Serious volleyball players participate in several tryouts each season and can include club tryouts, school team tryouts, and High Performance or National Team tryouts. Doing your best at the tryout can be the difference between being on the team or being on your way home." Kelly C. Bourne
 

Improve Your indoor game on the Beach

Free Beach every Tuesday and Thursday 2 - 4 pm

Starting June 2, 2019

Sand volleyball has many advantages. More and more indoor players are improving their game by learning how to play on the beach. We believe anyone that trains at sand will improve your indoor game, jump, and strength at a minimum.

The problem solving, skill development, balance, movement, strength, reading, anticipation, and judgment needed to play sand doubles are amazing benefits for any athlete (especially indoor players and those dedicated to playing sand volleyball).
All genders, age and skill level welcome. 

Taken from a website called VolleyMasters training System

Before coming to the first time register on the website.

Congrats to the Elite Academy Beach Volleyball doubles teams

Welcome to Michele McKeown our beach volleyball coach for another year.  We are very excited to welcome the following doubles team to the Canadian Elite Academy Beach Volleyball doubles team training.  It occurs every Tuesday and Thursday from 4:00 - 6:00 pm and 6:00 - 8:00 pm for June and July.  Look for these players with their Elite Academy beach uniforms and the Elite Academy approach to the beach volleyball game.

Beach Doubles Competition Training
Girls
Azra Hadzihasanovic	Jaryn Janzen
Katie Young	Emjay Koller
Jamie Waskowic	Liv Stianson
Ayaka Imamura	Brynn Lewis
Ali Orvold	Paige Friesen
Rylie Regier	Abebayehu Pahl
Boys
Will Pahl	Colton Ginther
Adam Webster	Daxtin Cannell
Jacob Tratch	Owen Sumner
Austin Regier	Austin Peters
Jaden Suderman	Josh Graham

Balancing the Beach Volleyball Sessions

The following message was sent out to all our beach doubles teams.  We were challenged to try to balance out the two session times.

We are attempting to balance the session times for all our beach doubles athletes. We have two different session times and they are from 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm and 6:00 - 8:00 pm on Tuesdays and Thursday nights. You need to reply to us with one of the following responses…

1) Either session works for my team
2) Only the 4:00 - 6:00 pm session works for my team ( state why)
3) Only the 6:00 - 8:00 pm session works for my team (state why)

We need people to be as flexible as possible as it has become difficult to balance out the two sessions. Both Michele and myself are very excited about the way our athletes played in the first tourney of the year and are looking forward to the growth as you train to be an elite beach player.

Please respond as soon as possible so we can finalize the sessions and let you know before this Tuesday when the first sessions begin.