National Beach Volleyball Practice Centre in Ontario!
As of October 2009, national and provincial team athletes have been continuing their beach training on a daily basis under the guidance of National Team Head Coach Lennard Krapp and Beach Development Coach Angie Shen.
The National Beach Volleyball Practice Centre Ontario program has come to life as the result of a mission between the partnerships of the Ontario Volleyball Association (OVA), Canadian Sport Centre – Ontario (CSC-O), and Volleyball Canada (VC) to create a world-class beach volleyball program that will support Canadian athletes with all necessary resources to help them achieve international prominence.
Athletes based at the National Practice Centre full time are provided with year round daily practices, as well as full access to services provided by the CSC-O including sport psychology, nutrition guidance, strength & conditioning, athletic therapy, along with many other support services.
How you get involved
While the National Beach Volleyball Practice Centre is a high performance training centre, we invite any coaches, clubs, teachers, or schools that are interested in finding out more information on the centre, or on how to guide a promising athlete to contact us.
Beginning 2010, we will be offering open practices once a week run by a National Practice Centre coach at year round beach facility; Beach Blast, to any beach or indoor athletes that want to improve their beach game, or want to improve their indoor game by using the benefits of training in the sand. Athletes that are interested in being a part of this program or want to talk to us about their beach career options are welcome to do so. Please contact Beach Development Coach Angie Shen at ashen@ontariovolleyball.org.
National Team Head Coach m Lennard Krapp
Beach National team head coach Lennard Krapp joined Volleyball Canada in May 2009. Lennard served as the head coach of the highly regarded developmental beach volleyball program for the German Volleyball Federation from 1997-2009. With a Masters in Sport Science, Lennard created the structure behind the developmental beach program that now consists of three national practice centers that include boarding schools, and require several full-time professional beach coaches.
Athletes that trained under this program have won more than 30 medals at Junior World Championships, Junior European Championships, & World Tour events. Lennard’s coaching experience has also greatly contributed to the development of several Olympians as well as the current World Champions who trained for several years in his program.
Since joining Volleyball Canada, Lennard has already guided 2 Canadian teams to international medals. A women’s bronze, and a men’s gold at the 2009 Francophone Games in Lebanon.
Beach Development Coach Angie Shen
As the Beach Development Coach for the new National Beach Volleyball Practice Centre Ontario, Angie is responsible for recruiting and training provincial athletes located in Ontario as well as assist the head coach with National Team Athletes located at the centre.
Angie has a Bachelor of Education from Queen’s University, and is a Certified Exercise Physiologist with a degree in Kinesiology & Health Science from York University. While attending York Angie played on the varsity women’s volleyball team where she was an OUA All-Star and captain.
Angie’s coaching experience includes being an assistant coach at Queen’s University, a head coach of Ontario’s Beach Provincial Team, an assistant coach to the 2009 Beach National Team program, as well as coaching at the U19 & U21 Beach World Championships in Turkey and England.
Contact Information:
Angie Shen, Beach Development Coach, Ontario Volleyball Assocation ashen@ontariovolleyball.org
