Team Ontario Beach

Team Ontario Beach is a Learn to Compete development program designed to identify and expose athletes to the beach high performance training environment. The objective is to create stepping stones towards future international and national team success. Identified athletes benefit from support in all areas of development that include services from partners such as Volleyball Canada and the Canadian Sport Institute Ontario

The Team Ontario Beach program offers two programs options.

• Team Ontario Camp Based - This program is suited to athletes who are committed training within their own daily training program and integrated support team (IST), while providing the opportunity to stay connected to Team Ontario Beach philosophies. Athletes will participate in a week-long camp as well as have the opportunity to access training with Team Ontario’s daily training group on Fridays throughout the summer. This program is designed to enhance the training that athletes are already receiving in their own daily training environment through sharing Team Ontario concepts & philosophies as well as sport science services. The Team Ontario Camp based program also allows identified athletes from across Ontario the opportunity to take part in the Team Ontario Beach training.

• Team Ontario Fulltime Training - This program is for athletes looking to take their daily training under the guidance Team Ontario Beach. Athletes within the Team Ontario daily training program will train on court multiple days a week while also being supported and monitored by Team Ontario’s integrated support team (IST) of nutritionists, mental performance coach, athletic therapist, strength & conditioning coach. Please note that athletes are expected to commit to a set partner throughout the season. Athletes can attend tryouts as a partnership, or can meet their season partner within the training group once they’ve been selected to the team. Athletes will choose their own partnerships with guidance and support of Team Ontario coaches.

SUMMER PROGRAM INFORMATION

Athletes interested in either of the two Team Ontario Beach programs below must register to be identified through the Athlete ID Process. Selected athletes will then be invited to a Selection Camp for the final team selection. Details around in-person selection camp will be provided in the invites.

SELECTION PROCESS

• Invites to in-person selection camp through Athlete ID process

• In- Person selection camp taking place May 31-June 2, 2024 at Ashbridges Bay

  • May 31 - Evening online registration

  • June 1 - On court ball testing with coaches

  • June 2 - Coach observation during OVA Beach Tour

    • Registration for the OVA’s Beach Tour event on June 2nd is the athletes’s responsibility and is separate. Athletes will need to register for the beach tour with a partner. The partner does not also need to be trying out for Team O Beach.

• In person selection camp cost: $95 plus HST

• Team Ontario Beach Selection - Guiding Principles

Team Ontario Camp Based Training

Player Eligibility

• Athletes born in 2006-2009 Athlete selection target is ~ 12 players per gender

Cost

• Cost: $2200 plus HST

Training Program

• Super Camp

  • Week-long camp that will address all areas of player development

    • Technical and tactical training

    • Physical training

    • Mental performance

    • Nutrition education

    • Team Ontario culture and team building

  • Location: University of Western Ontario, London, ON

  • Dates: July 2 - 7, 2024

• Access to Daily Training Group

  • Camp-based players will have access to ball training as well as yoga on Friday’s

  • Location: Ashbridges Bay

  • Dates: Fridays from June-August

• Strength & Conditioning

  • Self lead strength and conditioning program provided to athletes who aren’t on a program from their own support team.

COMPETITION SUPPORT

• See below for key competitions

• Minimum competition expectation is both provincials and nationals.

• Coaching support will be available to camp athletes at Ontario Championships and Nationals.

Team ontario beach KEY Competitions

• Registration for competitions are responsibility of the athlete

• OVA Grand Slam

  • June 22-23, 2024

• Both Ontario Championships

  • August 3 & 4, 2024

  • August 10 & 11, 2024

• National Championships

  • August 16 - 18, 2024

• Highly Recommended Competitions

  • U19 World Championship Trials (18U)

    • June 8-9, 2024 (registration here)

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

1. Commitment - With the mandate of the Team Ontario Beach program to support Ontario athletes on to a future Olympic podium, we recognize that participation in the Team Ontario Beach program requires a large commitment. Should athletes be unavailable to attend any of the above dates or activities, this program may not be suited to your schedule. The competition exceptions to any of the above dates would be any FIVB or NORCECA trials or event, or anything that has been planned with a Team Ontario coach in the teams’ season plan. See below for the integrated athlete.

2. Partnerships - Athletes identified to the daily training group are prioritized to those who have partnerships within the training group. With that said, athletes trying out as a team are not guaranteed to both make the team together. It would be good to have this discussion with your partner as to what you will do should only one of you make the team. Athletes trying out as a single will have opportunities to test out partnerships and potentially meet a partner within the group within the first few weeks of training. Coaches will support athletes in conversations to choose their own partners. While getting into beach for the first time, securing a partner with like objectives can be challenging, this program does not suit athletes who intend to have a different training environment than their partner. In the scenario where athletes are in their first year in the program, coaches have supported atheltes as a single. Athletes who are joining the program in their 2nd year or more are expected to prepare themselves for training in a partnership.

   * New * OHPSI Teams Funding Grant to support identified teams in single committed partnerships.

3. Camp Based Athletes - Camp based athletes are expected to have a regular weekly training environment that they are a part of outside of the Team Ontario environment. Due to this, camp based athletes are not expected to have a partner that is also a part of Team Ontario. It would be our understanding that all athletes taking part in Team Ontario have the intention train with their partner in environment where they can do so together.

4. Integrated Athlete - A beach and indoor integrated training plan may created to support targeted athletes meeting all of the following criteria:

   • Athlete meet the beach OHPSI mandate

   • Athlete is on a path to the Train to Compete development stage for beach volleyball

   • Athlete is targeted for the indoor OHPSI program (Team Ontario Black and/or Team Ontario Elite)

   Athletes who qualify for an integrated training plan will be supported by the OVA Sport Science Lead to make sure they meet the demands of both Team Ontario Beach and Indoor programs. 

Questions? Contact Angie Shen