How to prepare for a beach volleyball infiltration
While beach volleyball was added to the Olympics in 1996, there is plenty of evidence to suggest the sport originated in Hawaii in the early 1900s. Like surfing, the activity was carried to the United States, becoming a fixture in California—where it was noticed by the rest of the world.
At whatever point you want to specify as ground zero for the sport’s meteoric rise, it achieved NCAA championship status in 2015, and that led to additional growth, resulting in a demand for courts in the USA not only at the collegiate level but at high school, junior, and recreational levels.
In fact, beach volleyball is known in many areas as sand volleyball because of desert climates, as well as landlocked areas like the Midwest. Even in coastal areas, some institutions are building courts on school property for the sake of convenience.
“I just spoke with a private high school in Calabasas that wants to have sand courts on campus to eliminate traveling to the beach,” says Dale Hendrickson of Simi Valley-based TD Sports West.
Since parks are getting numerous requests for courts, it behooves managers to learn more about the sport—and why it is so important that courts be built correctly.