Canberra Beach Program

The Canberra Beach Program is Beach Volleyball Training Program for all interested Athletes.

If you are a competitive adult player, potential state team junior, a beginner, or aspiring toward playing in some regional or AVBT events this program is for you.

Program Goals

• To bring Beach volleyball athletes together in a challenging, supportive and rewarding training environment.
• To provide athletes the opportunity to train and develop with ‘best practice’ coaches.
• To educate athletes in beach volleyball.

What is the Canberra Beach Program?

The Canberra Beach Program is an initiative of VACT started in 2021. The program provides a training environment with a focus a skill and technical development for individual athletes and pairs.

All interested Athletes can register for the program, athletes will be placed in training squads based on skill level (not age). The program is focused on improving technical and tactical attributes desired by national programs and improve the overall development of volleyball athletes.

While involvement in the CBP does not directly relate to selection with state programs, involvement in such a training environment will help prepare athletes for any opportunities that may come up.

Training times & Session group focus

Sundays 9am-11am: All Squads – Practise matches/match play

Monday & Wednesday’s 4pm-6pm

Focus groups - Men’s Junior A, Men’s A, Women’s Junior A, Women’s A Squads

Small sided games and technical development

Tuesday & Thursday 8pm – 9:30pm

Focus groups - Men’s AA & AAA, Women’s AA & AAA

Technical and Tactical skill development

Tuesday & Thursday 7AM – 8:30AM

Focus group s– Men’s AA & AAA, Women’s AA & AAA

Technical & Tactical skill development & conditioning

Cost

Block 1: 3^rd October – 15^th December (11 weeks) COST $180

Please note: Payment on a session by session or for a one-off training session is not an option for the Canberra Beach program.

What will the Canberra Beach program involve?

The Canberra Beach program focuses on developing volleyball holistically, and as such all athletes involved in the program will be exposed to skills, match play tactics, technical coaching, and physical preparation.

In addition to the weekly training sessions, athletes will be provided opportunities to attend health & development sessions, complete online training, fitness assessments, and utilise strength & conditioning programs.

Program Outline

As the squads are designed and structured to be based on skill, not age, and have been developed to reflect a high-performance program with focused training blocks.

• Include warm-up and exercises, drills and challenges that are designed specifically to the level and capabilities of the players. Gameplay and sand fitness will also be incorporated.
• Squad levels will be graded to ensure players will be at the correct skill and learning levels. The squad levels are from top being the highest squad level to B being the lowest squad level
• All squads have a maximum of 8 players to one coach.
  • Squads may have up to 3 coaches for a graded level
• Squads can be coed or separate
• The squad will only run if there has been a minimum of 4 people signing up.

ALL CBP athletes are encouraged to play in ACT Beach series events (and NSW events where possible) so that tactics and strategies can be implemented.

NOT SURE WHAT LEVEL YOU ARE?

We will invite you for a trial and the coaches will assign you to a squad

Please note: Squads for the Australian Youth Beach Volleyball Championship will be run separately to the Canberra Beach Program. Athletes can be in both programs; however, it should be noted participation in either one does not grant acceptance or selection to the other.

Expectations

Athletes will be expected to treat the Canberra Beach program as a high-performance training session. While it will still be intended that they enjoy the training, the emphasis will be on learning skills at a high level. Everyone at training will be expected to turn up with the desire to learn and improve their volleyball skills, as well as support others in the squad.

Player Expectations

1. Inform the Coach if for some reason you are going to miss a training session or organised match, as far in advance as possible
2. Compete in the ACT Open event and additional ACT Beach Series events
3. Be a team player; assist other players where possible
4. Have a positive attitude at all times
5. Stay focused, mindful, and display a strong work ethic at every practice and tournament.
6. Always show respect to all squad/ program members, teammates, parents, coaches, and officials
7. Do not provide, use, or condone the use of tobacco products, alcoholic beverages, or recreational drugs. The use of any illegal substance will not be tolerated and would result in dismissal from the program
8. Take care of our facilities and clean up after yourself at the training venue
9. Rake the courts after each training session
10. Players need to bring a water bottle to every practice so that they stay well hydrated and water breaks can be taken quickly
11. Come to practice mentally prepared; have personal goals set for yourself before each practice.
12. Find ways to improve and have a specific technical goal to work on during every drill.

Coaches

ACT is fortunate to have access to several long-term Beach coaches, state program, national coaches and ex-Olympians and Paralympians. Different coaches will run various sessions to utilise their knowledge and experience, with each skill level assigned a Head Coach.

Coach’s Responsibilities:

1. To teach proper technique and fundamentals to all players
2. To teach and apply proper strategies
3. To communicate clearly to each player
4. To balance hard work, fun, and discipline
5. To create a positive, growth-based, and trusting environment for athletes
6. To act as a positive role model for players both on and off the court
7. To prepare players for any and all situations that might occur when playing in a match.