OVA News

Cobourg continues to be a popular stop each summer for the Ontario Volleyball Association’s Beach Tour.
Victoria Beach was host of a pair of two-day events in June as well as a third two weekends ago as part of the Beach Tour schedule, which is organized by the OVA. Also, on Sunday, the local Northumberland Breakers [...]

To many people volleyball is the ultimate team sport. Success depends on you and your teammate(s) working together for a common goal. Any team would enjoy having an athlete like Alex Mingay on their roster. She is a great example of an “everyday superstar,” someone who shows up every day with consistent effort and skill. [...]

Growing up in Comox, British Columbia has many advantages, the town is approximately 12,000 people on the eastern coast of Vancouver Island with beautiful summers and mild winters. Comox is also the home town of NHL Legend Cam Neely, and actresses Kim Cattrall, and Pamela Anderson. Some may wonder why someone would ever leave. For [...]

From a distance it’s easy to say success if usually gained from persistence and luck. For those fortunate enough to be around Aleks Poldma for his volleyball career they know there is way more to his success. Aleks is a great person to be around and as result is surrounded by a lot of great [...]

Waterloo and RIM Park are bracing themselves for an exciting first of three consecutive weekends of the Ontario Provincial Championships. Boys and Girls in the 13-14U categories will face off starting Friday April 16 through Sunday April 18.
In addition to a full three days of championship youth action, there will be the first ever Coaches [...]

Through the support of Quest for Gold and the Coaches Association of Ontario the OVA is happy to announce the first ever Coaches Speaker Series during the 2010 Ontario Championships. The 2010 Speaker Series will take place every Saturday of the Ontario Championships at RIM Park in Waterloo. Coaches, athletes and parents are invited to [...]

When people look back at Eric Simon’s impact on volleyball during the 2009-2010 season there will be some obvious accomplishments that pop out. Eric was a huge part of The University of Western Ontario Mustang’s success. He was recognized for his individual success when he was named a CIS Academic All-Canadian, this season’s OUA Player [...]

The 2010 Beach Coaching Conference presented by Quest for Gold, will take place on Saturday April 10, 2010 in Toronto. Coaches of all skill levels are invited to listen to some of the best coaches in Canada. Coaches will be presenting on: The National Team Training Centre, Trends in beach volleyball, the Olympic experience, Youth [...]

In volleyball, there are many of paths you can take to achieve success. That’s what makes being involved with volleyball so much fun, there is no magic formula that says if you follow these five steps you will experience success. However there is one path that works more often than not, surrounding yourself with good [...]

Beach Volleyball is a rather unique sport whereby coaches cannot coach or be directly involved in the competitions. Therefore coaches need to prepare their athletes even more to be independent, mentally tough and possess the ability to problem solve themselves during matches. As a result, coaches sometimes do not receive or even expect recognition for [...]