Cassandra Kellum
Sports Writer
The Mira Costa Girls Beach Volleyball team is excited to announce their new head coach, Nancy Reynolds Mason. Nancy has coached many AVP and FIVB top teams and players, including 2-time Olympic medalist April Ross and Olympian Nicole Branagh.
Before coaching, Nancy had a long and successful career on the AVP and FIVB Tours where she stacked up over 30 top four finishes and several international medals. Nancy and her partner Carrie Dodd were the alternates for the 2004 USA Olympic Team in Athens.
“The goal is to continue operating a successful program while developing young talent throughout this team,” Mason said.
According to players, her greatest strengths as a coach include keeping the team focused and helping girls improve on their technique with numerous volleyball activities.
“Coach Nancy has started teaching us team bonding activities and is really into the idea of making us closer to each other as a team”, sophomore Alexa Pearl said. “She partners younger girls with older ones or girls they do not know, so that the team will get comfortable and stronger with each other.”
Nancy has continued to meet her goal of helping each individual grow as a player one practice at a time. The team met their new coach during their first practice together on Monday, January 28th.
“She is really understanding and during practice, she helps me with techniques that I need to work on or change, so that I can overall play better,” Pearl said.
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