Junior Beach Volleyball
Club Med Beach Volleyball Academy Director is Albert “Al-B” Hannemann is a U.S. Olympic Festival Gold Medalist and winner of the prestigious Hermosa Beach Open and U.S. Open Champions. Albert played Pro Beach Volleyball for 18 years, retiring in 2010 to start the National Volleyball league (NVL) which has become the premier domestic Pro Beach Volleyball League.
The Difference
What makes the Club Med program the best:
- Volleyball Director Albert Hannemann coaches all students that come to the program
- Coaching Team with professional tour playing experience, FIVB and domestic tour
- Roadmap (Training blocks)
- Individual attention, specific practices, work load, repetition and variation
- Volleyball specific Conditioning program
- Mental Performance Training
- Nutrition, proper fueling (5 star dinning buffet and a la carte restaurant included in the price)
- 2 training sessions a day, maximizing assimilation
- Daily goal and performance evaluation
- Our ratio is 8 players to 1 coach (8:1)
- 5 hours of training daily (4 hours of volleyball / 1 hour of fitness/mental coaching/etc.)
- Best facilities
- Live ball drills with emphasis on consistency and ball placement drills focus on technical development
- Daily emphasis on competitive play, strategy, tactics, and point management
- Video analysis for all students
- Volleyball courts (9 professional courts, 18 inches of sand)
- On-site laundry facilities and complimentary Wi-Fi connection in all rooms
- Supervised Teen Lounge with games, table tennis, foosball
- All-inclusive, on-site sports facilities; 18-hole golf course, 20 tennis courts (6 clay), basketball court, soccer field, beach volleyball courts, FIT Performance Center (free weight, Olympic rack, machines and cardio equipment), 3 swimming pools, table tennis, circus and trapeze.
Training Methodology
Our training philosophy is to teach our athletes how to move efficiently, develop the technique necessary to compete at all levels, and teach the strategies that can help them become better beach volleyball players and ultimately win more matches. Our coaches are the some of the best professionals that the sport has to offer, and have competed at the highest levels themselves. Every athlete will leave Club Med Academies a better, faster, stronger and wiser beach volleyball player.
Program Options
Our training schedule (depending on academic selections) includes two unique training sessions, one session in the morning and one in the afternoon to allow the student to assimilate the instruction effectively. The morning session includes two hours of skill training and technique development. The focus of the afternoon session is competitive games and match play. For those athletes only playing in the afternoon, training sessions are broken down using the same format – skill training and drills, then match play and or point situations. You can enroll at Club Med Academies on a full-time or weekly basis (356 days/year).
Facilities
With the completion of our New Beach Volleyball facilities Club Med Academies boast 8 professional grade outdoor beach volleyball courts, set in an optimal training landscape in South Florida. Additionally, to meet all the training needs of our athletes Club Med Academies has a complete fitness center with Keiser spin bikes, Life Fitness treadmills, full line of strength machines, free weights, Olympic platform, run paths contained within our onsite golf course, as well as mapped off-site courses, a turf soccer field for functional workouts, a 6 lane outdoor lap pool, a secluded open water swim course and meeting rooms for performance lectures and clinics, and a full service L'Occitane spa for all of your regeneration needs.
Sample Volleyball Schedule
Monday through Friday
7:00 – 7:30am |
Breakfast |
7:30 – 9:30am |
School |
9:30 – 10:30 am |
Fitness |
10:30 – 12:30am |
Volleyball – Drilling & General Development |
12:30 – 12:45pm |
Lunch Break |
12:45 – 2:30pm |
School |
3:00 – 3:30pm |
Performance Session |
3:30 – 5:30pm |
Volleyball – Competitive play, strategy & point Situation |
6:00 – 7:00pm |
Dinner |
7:00 – 9:00pm |
School |
9:30pm |
Curfew |
9:45pm |
Head Count |
10:00pm |
Lights out |
***Saturday afternoon and Sunday off. Scheduled and Supervised Activities
***Schedules may vary week to week
***Mental Sessions Weekly
Saturday
7:00 – 7:45am |
Breakfast |
8:00 – 10:00am |
volleyball – Competitive Play (Special Forces) |
10:00 – 12:00pm |
Volleyball competitive Play (Top Gun) |
12:00 – 1:00pm |
Lunch |
1:30pm |
Afternoon Activity |
4:00 – 6:00pm |
School (If behind) |
6:00 – 7:00pm |
Dinner |
7:00 – 9:00pm |
School (If behind) |
9:30pm |
Curfew |
9:45pm |
Head Count |
10:30pm |
Lights out |
***Saturday afternoon and Sunday off. Scheduled and Supervised Activities
***Schedules may vary week to week
Results
Club Med Academies in conjunction with the National Vollyball League have teamed up to create the first elite Volleyball Academy in the US. Our high performance academy has a team of experts with a track record of helping players reach their potential. With many players atop the rankings on the NVL/Rox Tour, USAV Tour, and CBVA tours to name a few. Club Med Academies is determined to accomplish its mission to develop champions in the sport of Beach Volleyball.