Beach volleyball in played mostly throughtout the summer. It is popular for both men and women. In beach there are only allowed 2 players per team and there is NO coaching allowed throughout the games! when you are finished playing who ever loses has to stay and ref the next game. there are never real refs until you get to a really high level.
There are many different places you can go to get trained for beach volleyball. You can go to sideout volleyball in the spring, six pack and even athletes in action's beach program!
In beach it takes a lot of strength and power to be able to play in any weathers conditions. You could end up playing in a wind storm which you have to find a way to adapt to this. Playing in the sand isn't always easy running around in the sand and jumping is a hard work out for your legs.Beach volleyball rules for FIVB competition, the free zone surrounding the court should be a minimum of 5 meters to a maximum of 6 meters from the endlines and sidelines. There should be a minimum height of 12.5 meters (41 feet) of free space above the playing surface.The playing surface should be made up of leveled sand, as flat and uniform as possible. The sand should not contain anything that could cut or injure players such as rocks or shells. For FIVB competition, sand must be at least 40 cm deep and made up of fine, loosely compact grains.
In beach volleyball you are not allowerd to open hand tip the ball this means you can either pokey and fist it.
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