OUR METHODS
692 provides training with our Fall, Spring, and Summer Programs. Our Spring season starts in January/February and ends in early May. The summer season starts in May and finishes by mid August. Our Fall season begins in late August and spans through November.
Our team practices two to three times a week during the summer season at South Mission Beach. Our practices are on Mondays, Wednesdays, & Fridays, or Tuesdays & Thursdays. All practices and all tournaments are completely optional, so if you have vacation you need to work around, no problem. Our most successful teams will be at most practices and play in most tournaments, but some of our teams will only play in a few tournaments. Your commitment level is entirely up to you.
OUR PLAYERS
Our players are driven to succeed both on and off the court. With 50+ recruited to play at the collegiate level, we know our methods help to prepare them for the next steps in their careers.
Even if your daughter doesn’t play in college, 692 will give her confidence, discipline, and an appreciation for the importance of exercise and nutrition. Plus, the sport of beach volleyball is a blast to play and watch!
OUR ORIGINS
JEFF SMITH
Jeff Smith’s career reflects his two great passions in life: children’s education and beach volleyball.
Jeff started playing beach volleyball in high school in Texas at any facility that resembled a beach court.
He went on to play indoor club volleyball at Stephen F. Austin State University. In 1997 he packed up his car and moved to San Diego to pursue his dreams of playing on the AVP against the best players in the world.
Jeff became AAA CBVA rated and competed in over 50 AVP events. On his journey to support his dreams, he went into education and finished his M Ed. in 2003. Jeff’s indoor resume has led him to assistant coaching positions at University of Chicago, Christian Heritage College, and the varsity head coach at Serra High School and Point Loma High School. During these years, Jeff established a coaching practice spanning all levels – from middle school to high school to university and fellow beach volleyball professionals.
In 2008, Jeff decided to take the two passions that he knows best, education and beach volleyball and established 692 Beach Volleyball Club in San Diego. His vision was to develop a wholistic educational approach to the sport where girls could truly “own the game” as they matured and developed combining mental and physical discipline with an awareness of fitness and self-accountability. Under his direction, 692 is helping girls reach their dreams by earning sand scholarships in college. He credits 15 years of competition on the beach, a background in education and coaching at all levels to his formula of success.
In 2013, Jeff founded Beach Volleyball Clubs of America (BVCA) and was created in order to form a community and a support system for Beach Volleyball Clubs across America. BVCA is dedicated to grow the game and establish a culture that promotes and protect athletes, improves programs and clubs work together as a group to overcome obstacles and reach common goals. In July 2013, BVCA held the first National Club Championship in Huntington Beach with over 20 beach clubs from across the nation and 130 teams.
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