WHY PLAY BEACH?

BEACH IMPROVES INDOOR

Do you want to become a more complete volleyball player? Do you want to:

• Become a better passer?
• Develop better ball control?
• Improve your defense?
• Become a more effective and dynamic attacker?
• Return to the gym moving faster, jumping higher, and playing with greater agility?

If so, beach volleyball is the answer. Top coaches agree: beach volleyball is one of the best training methods for improving your indoor performance, and it’s healthy and fun too.

Karch Kiraly – Olympic Gold Medalist and USA Women's National Team Coach:

"Beach volleyball forces you to have all the skills. It’s easier to take your outdoor skills into the gym than to bring indoor skills outside. Playing on soft sand will increase quickness and jumping ability."

John Kessel – USA Volleyball Director of Education:

"The beach game is great for improving indoor skills. You touch the ball in every rally, and with only two people covering the court, you learn to read and anticipate better. Player height matters less, while ball control and skill are more important."

Beach volleyball makes you touch the ball on every play and deal with challenging conditions like sun, sand, and wind. This builds ball control and adaptability.

Rick McLaughlin – Head Coach, UCSB Men’s Volleyball:

"Playing at the beach works your ball control skills. The sand improves speed and agility, expanding your digging range and making you quicker indoors."

Now that sand volleyball is an official NCAA sport, college coaches are increasingly using it to train their indoor players. Many collegiate sand volleyball players also compete on their indoor teams because the benefits are undeniable. John Cook, Head Coach at Nebraska, says:

"We built an indoor sand court at Nebraska because training on the sand offers many advantages."

If you play indoor volleyball and want to improve your game, train in beach volleyball. It’s effective, healthy, and fun.