At SD BEACH we know exactly what and how we teach the game. Our staff has spent years developing a recipe for sucess on the court. Read on to learn more about the Genuine Difference and why we will keep improving every year.

"Its about teaching good volleyball as best we can while remaining aware that what we are doing is more significant than Volleyball"

Biomechanics is how we adress mastering contacting the ball. This is broken down by skill ex. Passing, Setting, Hitting, Digging, Serving and . We have a competency system that starts from young and incentivises athletes to master each skill of our system and once they do they are recognised for their achievements.

Systems is how we learn to work with our teamates with the ball together. Our athletes are taught systems for Passing, Hitting, Serving, Digging and Blocking. We work at practices to learn these Genuine Systems together to master our unity and control of the game.

Strategies bring it all together and culminates in a game plan for an opponent.  Our opponent has strengths and weaknesses; we train our athletes to identify them and exploit them. Our athletes are not only taught to develop game plans for known opponents, but also to instinctively adapt in game situations.  Strategies are decisions made as a team to beat an opponent.

The ultimate goal of our system is to develop athletes who have mastered both the physical and mental aspects of the game. This allows the “Genuine” athlete to develop a game plan for an opponent but, more importantly, to be fully immersed in the moment when the ball is in play, adapting to that opponent as the match progresses. 

To develop a “whole” athlete, we must teach not only the volleyball skills but also embrace the life lessons that come from playing team sports. Our philosophy encompasses both the volleyball and human development that naturally come from team sports.