Coaches

A team of experienced coaching staff will transfer its rich knowledge to young volleyball players at Tine Urnaut’s Volleyball Camp. Many of them played an important role in teaching and developing of Tine’s volleyball skills and have great personal success in their careers as athletes and coaches of clubs and national teams.

Tine Urnaut

The captain of the Slovenian National Volleyball team and a member of Azimut Modena, an Italian  Volleyball Club, has volleyball literally written in his genes. His parents and both older brothers were also volleyball players.

He first practiced swimming and skiing, during primary school years he played soccer, basketball and handball beside volleyball, in secondary school he mainly devoted himself to the sport that became his life. His first team was Volleyball Club Fužinar based in Ravne, Carinthia.

During his youth, during summer periods he used to play beach volley. In 2005 he won the World champion title (under 19) together with his teammate Nejc Zemljak, and a bronze medal at the European Youth Championships.

His first international achievements in indoor volleyball took place in 2007. In march he won CEV Top Teams competition with ACH Autocommerrce, Bled. In July 2007 he played with the National youth team at the World Championship in Morocco (under 21).

He has debuted in the senior National team in 2005, when he was only 16, and achieved his greatest success by winning the silver medal at the European Championships in 2015. Tine also received individual prices, as an award for the Best Outside spiker.

In the past 13 years he has played over 150 matches in official competitions for the Slovenian National team. He participated in 6 European championships , and since 2009 he is the captain of the National team. This year, the National team of Slovenia will take part for the first time at World championships.

In his club career he played for various clubs in Greece, Italy, Turkey and Poland. He won a silver medal in the European Champions League with the Trentino volley in the 2015/2016 season and bronze medal at the Club World Championships in October 2016. This year he is playing for Azimut Modena Volley, a famous Italian Club.

He always tried to match sports with studies, and in 2015 he has successfully completed his student’s career at the Faculty of Sport of the University of Ljubljana, becoming a professor of sports education.