Features:

New Champs crowned at Beach Nationals

Highlights from the weekend’s action

Where are We Now?

Inside look at how the leaders are turning it around at Volleyball Canada

CIS & CCAA Previews

Source takes a look at the top teams

Who’s the Boss?

Mark Heese writes about being a beach coach

It’s been a busy summer for the beach gang, which culminated with the crowning of new National Champions. We’ve got the scoop on all that.

Now the indoor season launches across the land – and in distant places like Italy and Japan, where our men’s and women’s National Teams are set to do battle. Catch

our World Championship preview inside. You can also read about our surprise silver at the NORCECA Juniors. And there’s CIS and CCAA previews thanks to Patrick Johnson and Meaghan Green.

We’ve profiled Sarah Pavan and lesser-known Sam Schachter, whom you’ll be hearing a lot more about down the road. Thanks to both for their help.

Of course, we’d be nothing without our battery of great contributors. Mark Heese talks about his debut as beach coach, while Jason Trepanier takes us inside the minds of indoor men- tors. Rich VanHuizen takes us on a European vacation, we go to Honduras with Trevor Grant and get the goods on the AVP’s demise from Evie Matthews.

Nicole Springle gives us the lowdown on Power Bars, Na- tascha Wesch lets us imagine and Ken Phu gets a foot up. The popular Steve Delaney returns with more “bad advice.” Not to forget National Team captain Tammy Mahon, who lets us look inside her carry-on bag as she heads to Japan and the World Championships.