March 05, 2025: The selection process is underway today (Mar. 05) for the Men’s Indoor Next Gen Team.

Volleyball Canada’s Next Gen program will be hosted this summer at the men’s National Training Centre in Gatineau, QC. The program will provide identified athletes with a full-time training environment that focuses on technical and tactical development in preparation for 2025 competitions. Athletes will have access to a full coaching staff and an integrated support team (IST) to guide development and growth as a high-performance athlete.

The purpose of the Next Gen Program is to identify and select a group of high-performance athletes who will potentially have the opportunity to represent Canada at the 2025 Pan Am Cup in Mexico from August 24 to 31. Note that a few athletes may be asked to join the Senior A team at some point during the summer.

This program is open to athletes who are Canadian citizens and have a valid Canadian passport at least to December 31 2025 or later. Interested athletes must register on the GMTM website ($60 USD).

Volleyball Canada will select and invite 28 to 32 athletes to Gatineau for a selection camp from May 2 to 8. Athletes invited to the selection camp must make their own arrangements to travel to Gatineau.

Timeline:
March 5 – GMTM website open for video submissions.
March 16 – End of video submission process
March 17-21 - Athlete selection
Week of March 24 – Invitations sent out
March 28 – Deadline for invitation acceptance
May 2 to 8 – Selection camp in Gatineau
May 9 to August 22 – Training in Gatineau
August 23 to 31 – Senior Pan Am Cup, Mexico

For more information on costs and other details see: https://volleyball.ca/en/sr-b-men-indoor-program-info or contact Cassandra Nicol: Program Lead, Men's National Team cnicol@volleyball.ca