Beach Volleyball Tips Beginners Face 3 Obstacles Playing In The Sand  

Beach Volleyball Tips beginners use when playing in the sand like is playing on an uneven surface, 2 players not 6 and overcoming position specialization

Beach Volleyball Tips Beginners Face When First Playing In The Sand. What're The Three Obstacles Indoor Players Face When First Learning How To Play Beach Volleyball? (Ralph Aversen)

Is beach volleyball hard? 

The sand volleyball game is tough enough for new beginner players first learning how to play beach volleyball. 

Three things are obstacles to overcome

• First, not only do you have to adjust to playing volleyball on an uneven playing surface

but

• players have to learn who takes what responsibilities on a volleyball court that now has to be evenly shared between two players, not six

and 

• during their indoor career many volleyball players become specialized in playing one position on the court, like playing middle blocker.

Beach Volleyball Tips Beginners Face 3 Obstacles Playing In The Sand. Let's look at the middle blocker position on the court. Many coaches only allow their middle blockers to specialize in playing the front row. (R. Aversen)

Let's look at the middle blocker position on the court. 

Unfortunately many volleyball coaches only allow their middle blockers to specialize in playing the front row.

So these players learn 

• how to block a volleyball well, and
• how to hit a ball in the middle of the net well. 

Some will

• have a tough serve and
• many will be very good at moving laterally along the volleyball net.

But, this front row specialization doesn't help them 

• become proficient in having an all-around game or
• allow them to be able to learn how to pass the volleyball or 
• play defense in the back row.

I was fortunate enough to have had a pretty dominating career playing indoor volleyball at the highest levels but when I decided to transition to the beach volleyball game I really had to learn to develop all of my volleyball skills especially the passing and defensive part of my game.

Even though I was a good indoor passer, I never fully appreciated the importance of learning how to pass the volleyball accurately until I went on to play on the sand.

Beach Volleyball Tips Beginners Face 3 Obstacles Playing In The Sand. In doubles, with so much area to cover on the court, it's crucial to establish which partner is going to pass the ball when its served to specific areas of the court.

Luckily, I started playing beach volleyball pretty early in my career.

In sand volleyball, with so much area to cover on the volleyball court, it's crucial to establish which partner will use the beach volleyball forearm pass when its served to specific areas of the court.

And this is especially important when the players of the opposing team serve the volleyball to the middle of your court.

Thanks for visiting. Be sure to check out more of my volleyball passing articles by clicking one of the links below! (April Chapple)

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I share alot of individual, partner and easy-to-do volleyball serving drills we do in class with my followers.

Many of these volleyball practice drills you can do at home by yourself or try at your next practice with your teammates.

If you're a B team or JV player trying to make varsity next year...your goal should be to complete 1000 reps a day of at least three of the basic skills on your own...volleyball passing, serving and setting should be at the top of the list. 

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