BEACH VOLLEYBALL

Beach Volleyball with Fresno Heat

We believe that beach volleyball is a great way to improve your skills, stay in shape, and enjoy the beautiful summer weather. It's a unique and exciting game that requires a different set of skills and tactics than indoor volleyball. It's also a high school spring sport, and we're excited to participate in the 1st official high school beach season this year.

Our coaching staff will be continuing to provide top-notch training sessions, including skill development, strategy, and team building. Additionally, we will have the opportunity to participate in several tournaments and events throughout the summer, offering an excellent opportunity for you to showcase your skills and compete against other players.

We look forward to seeing you on the sand again!

TRYOUTS:

PRACTICE SCHEDULE: Tuesdays and Thursdays

May 5th & 12 Cost $20

PRACTICE SCHEDULE: Tuesdays and Thursdays

5-6:30PM U13 and younger

6:30-8PM U14 and older

8-9:30 AM Games and open courts - coaches available for skills instruction

(Times may vary depending on group preferences and weather)

Heat Beach 1-Day Tournaments

PRACTICE SCHEDULE: Tuesdays and Thursdays

FULL SEASON HIGH SCHOOL June 1st - JULY 27TH

Cost $50/team - Medals for Winners

FULL SEASON HIGH SCHOOL June 1st - JULY 27TH

17practices sessions and Games in the morning

Cost $650 - includes Heat 1 day tournaments

(Local and travel tournaments also available)

FULL SEASON MIDDLE SCHOOL MAY 18TH-JULY 27TH

FULL SEASON HIGH SCHOOL June 1st - JULY 27TH

FULL SEASON MIDDLE SCHOOL MAY 18TH-JULY 27TH

21practices sessions and Games in the morning

Cost $750 - includes Heat 1 day tournaments

(Local and travel tournaments also available)

FULL SEASON HIGH SCHOOL June 1st - JULY 27TH

FULL SEASON MIDDLE SCHOOL MAY 18TH-JULY 27TH

Partial Season - 10 practice sessions at dates of your choosing

Cost $350

Limited availability, priority to full season players

WHY BEACH?

The game of volleyball has always had a presence on the beach. Lately that presence has found its way to the Olympics, and even more recently to college campuses all around the country. As organized beach competitions for our youth has evolved we at Fresno Heat have evolved with it and now have a competitive beach program.

Beach volleyball is an all inclusive game. With only 2 players per team, each player is required to perform ALL volleyball skills at a proficient level. Opponents regularly expose and accentuate flaws in certain aspects of an individuals game, thus requiring constant work on an athletes weakest assets. All of this leads to the overall improvement of the individual skills rapidly.

BEACH COACHES

MARTINA GREGUSOVA

Martina was born in Slovakia and came to the US at the age of 19, due to being recruited to play NCAA Division I Volleyball at Mississippi State. In her first year playing Division I Volleyball, she was named Player of the Week multiple times and made the TOP 8 Freshman honors by the end of the year. As a Sophomore, She transferred to Fresno Pacific University and in three seasons with the team, was named All-GSAC three times, First team NAIA All American twice and NAIA National Tournament MVP twice. She was also named GSAC player of the year while leading the Sunbirds to two NAIA national championships.

Volleyball

AWARDS & HONORS:

Women's Volleyball Champion, 2009- 2010 (MVP of 2 tournaments);

Most outstanding player of Golden State Athletic Conference, 2010:

All-American NAIA First Team, 2009,20210,2011;

FPU Captain’ Award 2011:

COACHING EXPERIENCE:

Eight grade boys, Clark Intermediate, Fresno, California, 2012-2013

(Results: League Champion 2013)

JV Clovis High School Girls, Clovis, California, 2012 (Results: Area Champions 2012)

Varsity assistant head coach Clovis High School, Clovis, California,2013-2014 (Results:2014 TRAC and Valley championship)

Varsity head coach Bullard High School, Fresno, California 2015-2017

Varsity head coach SJM, Fresno 2017-Present (Results 2019 DIV III Valley Champ)

CLUB VOLLEYBALL EXPERIENCE

Tsunami Club volleyball

18 ,14 & 12’s Girl Head Club Coach and club co-director , Clovis, California 2010-2014

Clovis volleyball boys club

14’s Boys Head Club Coach, Clovis, California 2012-2014

(Results: North region Champions 2012 qualified to Junior Olympics in Summer 2013,finished 5th)

Fresno volleyball club

Club director, Fresno, California 2015-2017

Fresno heat volleyball club

Club Director 2017-present

Beach volleyball played in Europe during her college years and played for Slovak national team.

GENE NELSON

MARTINA GREGUSOVA

Gene started his coaching/playing career in the mid 80’s and has been coaching/playing volleyball at various levels for the past thirty five years. Gene started his volleyball coaching career as a student assistant coach at Western Oregon State College. WOSC was a successful NAIA program in Monmouth Oregon and nationally ranked. He then traveled to Memphis State University and was hired as the assistant women’s head coach for the lady Tigers. This was an up in coming, Div I program. Gene was in charge of recruiting, conditioning and day to day practices. During his tenure at MSU the team was ranked in the top 25 nationally, they made the NCAA playoffs and lost in the 1993 NIT championship match.

After coaching at MSU he trained with the USA National B team for several years. After playing indoor volleyball Gene made the switch to beach volleyball. He competed in various beach tournaments throughout the nation. During his time playing beach volleyball, Gene also traveled and put on volleyball camps around the United States for indoor and beach volleyball.

He has recently been involved in coaching at the elementary, middle school and high school levels. Gene has coached both boys and girls volleyball during this time. He has been fortunate to have had great athletes who were able to win multiple Fresno Unified and CIF championships. I currently Gene is the head Junior Varsity coach at San Joaquin Memorial High School and the head coach for the U14 Gold Fresno Heat girls’ team.

BEACH VOLLEYBALL

Beach Volleyball with Fresno Heat

2023 beach tRYOUts

2023 HEAT beach 1-Day GIRLS tournaments

2023 HEAT beach 1-Day COED Youth tournaments

2023 HEAT beach 1-Day ADULT tournaments

TRYOUTS:

PRACTICE SCHEDULE: Tuesdays and Thursdays

PRACTICE SCHEDULE: Tuesdays and Thursdays

PRACTICE SCHEDULE: Tuesdays and Thursdays

PRACTICE SCHEDULE: Tuesdays and Thursdays

PRACTICE SCHEDULE: Tuesdays and Thursdays

Heat Beach 1-Day Tournaments

PRACTICE SCHEDULE: Tuesdays and Thursdays

FULL SEASON HIGH SCHOOL June 1st - JULY 27TH

FULL SEASON HIGH SCHOOL June 1st - JULY 27TH

FULL SEASON HIGH SCHOOL June 1st - JULY 27TH

FULL SEASON HIGH SCHOOL June 1st - JULY 27TH

FULL SEASON MIDDLE SCHOOL MAY 18TH-JULY 27TH

FULL SEASON HIGH SCHOOL June 1st - JULY 27TH

FULL SEASON MIDDLE SCHOOL MAY 18TH-JULY 27TH

FULL SEASON HIGH SCHOOL June 1st - JULY 27TH

FULL SEASON MIDDLE SCHOOL MAY 18TH-JULY 27TH

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WHY BEACH?

BEACH COACHES

MARTINA GREGUSOVA

MARTINA GREGUSOVA

MARTINA GREGUSOVA

Tsunami Club volleyball

Clovis volleyball boys club

Fresno volleyball club

GENE NELSON

MARTINA GREGUSOVA

MARTINA GREGUSOVA