Who better to teach beach volleyball than Olympic beach volleyball medalists?
On July 11 to 13 at Victoria Beach in Cobourg, Olympic teammates John Child and Mark Heese joined almost 100 Northumberland Breakers players of all ages who took part in the medalists’ beach volleyball camp.
“We always enjoy coming to Cobourg,” said Heese, who with Child [...]
A $6-million boost from the federal government is aimed at changing Canada’s history of poor performances in team sports at the Summer Olympics.
Basketball, volleyball, field hockey, water polo and recent Games addition rugby sevens will benefit from the new funding, part of a five-year commitment confirmed Tuesday by Minister of State Gary Lunn during the [...]
It’s been over 30 years since the Western Mustangs have been crowned Ontario University Athletics (OUA) champions in men’s volleyball. But incoming freshman Garrett May has his sights set even higher.
“I want to eventually win a CIS championship,” said the 18-year-old, who was recruited heavily by several Canadian universities.
And why not? The Toronto native knows a [...]
John Child and Mark Heese, Canada’s only Olympic volleyball medalists, are teaming up again to create the inaugural Child Heese Beach Camp, to be held at Toronto’s Ashbridge’s Bay from July 5-9.
The day camp, which will be designed for youth ages 13-18, will fittingly take place at the same beach that Child and Heese have [...]
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 [...]
Read More..>>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 [...]
Read More..>>It might be fair to say that if you asked the top men and women players in Canada who their favourite players were growing up, the answer would be John Child and Mark Heese. Their team alone raised the profile and popularity of Beach Volleyball in Canada with their bronze at the Atlanta Olympic Games [...]
Read More..>>Over 280 teams from eight provinces and one territory competed on 85 courts at the Beach Nationals at Ashbridges Bay from August 28-30. The OVA would like to thank all the athletes and families that attended the three day event.
A very special thank you to Mark Heese and Canuck Stuff for organizing and hosting the [...]
Former Canadian international star and Olympic bronze medalist Mark Heese was in Yellowknife on July 11 and 12 to run a series of clinics for those interested in sharpening up their beach volleyball skills. Heese’s attendance was made possible through the joint efforts of Yk Beach Volleyball, the NWT Volleyball Association and Sport North. Heese [...]
Read More..>>Christian Redmann and Richard VanHuizen entered “unchartered territory” for their partnership on the SWATCH FIVB World Tour as the 22nd-seeded Canadians reached the men’s quarter-finals at the US$600,000 Grand Slam Moscow 2009 by winning their opening elimination match Saturday morning.
With their 21-17, 19-21 and 15-13 win in 54 minutes over 10th-seeded Yury Bogatov and Serguei [...]
