Beach

Powerwest is hosting beach volleyball practices this summer, at Kits beach every week from May 29th to September 1st.

Powerwest’s coaches have world class beach volleyball skills and they are excited to get on the beach with Powerwest’s athletes.

World Class Coaches

Devon May

Devon is leading our beach program this summer. Devon is a full time training professional beach volleyball player, as well as a co-founder and coach at @thebeach.co, Vancouver’s premier beach volleyball program.

Devon spent her younger years playing for Thunder Beach and Sideout before playing indoor varsity volleyball at SFU. She followed that up with a victory lap at the University of Alabama in Birmingham where she competed on the NCAA 1 pairs beach team. Devon then returned to UAB as an assistant coach before pursuing her dream of making Team Canada beach volleyball.

Adam Thompson

Adam is an experienced beach and indoor volleyball player and coach. Adam became a member of Volleyball Canada’s beach national team in 2018 and has trained and competed in many countries around the world. He also earned a Bachelor of Human Kinetics while playing varsity indoor volleyball at the University of Windsor for 5 years. Adam’s coaching experience includes lead assistant coach for the University of Manitoba men’s team, Resident Professional at the Indoor Beach Volleyball Centre in Winnipeg, as well as coaching at multiple provincial and national competitions.

Sessions

This summer we have the following sessions planned:

U14 and U15

Session	Day and Dates	Cost	Reg Link
Session 1	June: Evening: Tuesdays 6pm to 730pm May 30 to June 27 Kits Beach	$150	Waitlist HERE no fee for waitlist 18 Max
Session 2	July Daytime: Fridays 10am to 1130am July 7 to Aug 4 Kits Beach	$150	Reg here 18 Max
Session 3	August Daytime: Friday 10am to 1130am Aug 11 to Sept 1 Kits Beach	$120	Reg here 18 Max

U16 and U17

Session	Day and Dates	Cost	Reg Link
Session 1	June: Evening: Thursday 6pm to 730pm June 1 to June 29 Kits Beach	$150	Reg here 18 Max
Session 2	July Daytime: Wednesday 10am to 1130am July 5 to Aug 2 Kits Beach	$150	Reg here 18 Max
Session 3	August Daytime: Wednesday 10am to 1130am Aug 9 to Aug 30 Kits Beach	$120	Reg here 18 Max

If there is sufficient demand for more beach programing (ie multi days per week, or evenings) please let us know at powerwestvball@gmail.com.

Why beach volleyball?

Beach volleyball is considered to be the best form of cross training for indoor volleyball as athletes get endless touches, in all different situations, on a forgiving base that is much healthier for the body. The conditioning in the sand is phenomenal for vertical jump, strength, and explosiveness, as well as the overall health and wellbeing of our bodies and minds.

One season on the beach and we promise you will feel your indoor skills have improved. We really encourage everyone to give it a try as we have seen such immense improvements in skill come school season.

What we will offer:

Complete breakdown of all the beach skills, so athletes can start from advanced or from zero and catch up quickly.
Ball control, then game play at the end of the practice for skill implementation and competition.
Devon will offer guidance on partnerships, weekend local tournaments that you can play, how to help your indoor game while on the sand in the summer, and of course information on how to get into higher level beach training as well if you are interested.

We plan to always have a minimum of two courts set up to split development levels, ensuring everyone will feel comfortable working on their skills with the group, but also allowing for continued improvement and mixing the courts when we see fit.

Partners

You do not need to sign up with a partner for this, it is all individual – but if you do sign up with a partner and have plans for tournaments we are happy to keep you together for the practices.

Devon also offers tournament coaching on the weekend for an additional fee, please contact her directly for this.

Sign Up

Follow the registration link above to sign up for the program.