The Junior Beach Performance Camps exist to support the individual development of athletes and coaches who wish to improve their individual beach volleyball knowledge and skills. 

The Camps allow an open opportunity for new and experienced individuals to engage with specific performance-oriented beach volleyball content in line with Phoenix performance priorities.

The Performance Camps are suitable for Youth or Junior athletes (U13 through to U19) who have experience playing beach or indoor volleyball or play other sports competitively. 

Head coaches are appointed to manage multiple courts and will work with assistant coaches appointed to each court.

In 2020-2021 the Performance Camp series were used as a State Team development and selection activity, however, in 2021-2022 the series will transition to open development camps and no longer be a component of the State Team selection process. Moving forward the camps will provide local and regional development opportunities that otherwise wouldn’t have existed while supporting the growth of aspiring state team athletes in a graded performance environment. 

The Performance Camps are a series of five individual education-based training environments, progressing through different topics. Camp topics are delivered in alignment with Phoenix performance priorities, which include:

1. Movements & Skills

2. Offensive Systems

3. Serve & Side-out

4. Defensive Systems

5. Transition & Counterattack

 Each Camp itinerary will include a mixture of on-court, off court and online content in the following structure:

• Pre-Camp: Online education video

• 2:45-3:15PM: Check-in at the beach

• 3:15-3:30PM: Performance Camp Athlete Meeting

• 3:30-4:20PM: Off-court Activities

• 4:20-4:30PM: Break

• 4:30-5:45PM: On-court Activities Session 1

• 5:45-6:00PM: Break

• 6:00-7:15PM: On-court Activities Session 2

• 7:15-7:30PM: Camp Clean-up/Concluding Meeting

For on-court activities, courts will be grouped by ability within the age groups to promote the strongest possible training environments.

Each Camp will also be followed by a Sunday JBVT event* at the same location. Having both the camp and competition on the same weekend will offer an impactful Saturday of skill-based training immediately followed by a meaningful Sunday of team-based competition.

* Please carefully note that athlete registration for the Performance Camp is separate from entry into the JBVT. Additionally, athletes register as an individual for the Performance Camp and as a team for the JBVT.