Beach Volleyball

Beach Volleyball trains at Playa del Rey beach courts and plays matches at the Annenberg Community Beach House courts.

Tryouts:

This is a "no cut" program, so all who would like to have fun, learn about the sport, and compete are welcome!

Contact:

If you are interested in participating, please email Head Coach Helen Reale or Athletic Director Aileen Nasypany.

Coaches

Helen Reale

Coach Helen has been the director of Beach Volleyball at Notre Dame Academy since 2014. The NDA Beach Volleyball team won the Westside Division in 2021 and went on to finish 4^th in the IBVL Playoffs under her direction. Two of NDA’s Varsity teams won Gold & Silver in the 2021 IBVL Pairs Championships.

In addition, Coach Helen has coached the Frosh/Soph Indoor Volleyball Team since 2014. Her passion is teaching fundamentals and strategy to developing players.

Coach Helen brings more than 18 years of coaching experience with clubs including Club Troy, Oaks Volleyball Club, and Culver City Volleyball Club. As an assistant coach, she helped lead the Culver City Volleyball Club 16s to the finals of the SCVA Soiree in 2010.

In addition to serving as head coach of the varsity volleyball teams at St. Martin of Tours School in Brentwood from 2003 - 2011, Coach Helen has run beach volleyball clinics and given private lessons for various age groups for over 20 years. Along with Oaks Volleyball Club Director Carrie Wright, she has run a summer beach volleyball skills camp for girls and boys ages 8 - 16 for 10 years. Coach Helen has been on the Crescent Volleyball Club’s Beach Coaching Staff under Sinjin Smith and Tom Slaughterbeck for several years.

Coach Helen's indoor volleyball playing experience began at Columbia University where she was captain of the Varsity Volleyball team. Her adult club volleyball team, Paine Webber Volleyball Club, took 5th at Nationals.

Coach Helen’s beach volleyball career has spanned over 20 years. She was a top ten finisher on the AVP, top five finisher on the WPVA, and a participant in the top 12 team tournament in Las Vegas. She was the winner of the Jose Cuervo Tournaments in Honolulu and in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, and the winner of the California State Championship Cal Cup in Manhattan Beach two years in a row. She won a televised EVP tour stop in Hermosa Beach. Coach Helen’s Masters Team has won the Manhattan Beach Surf Festival Six-Man Tournament 4 out of the past 5 years. She still competes in CBVA tournaments when able.

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