Help Save Sand Volleyball as A Collegiate Sport
As you may or may not be aware, sand volleyball was approved to become a collegiate sport but now many Universities are trying to overthrow the ruling and are trying to ban sand volleyball from becoming newest sport for college females. Stanford is calling for an override of the sport, which means that it will be put back on the chopping block in front of the NCAA. Why? Because some of the Universities are afraid it might take away from the indoor game and let’s face it, more people would watch NCAA sand volleyball than indoor volleyball. Indoor volleyball is never going to catch on as an American sport. But beach volleyball is growing in popularity by leaps and bounds. The most watched sport in the Olympics was beach volleyball. More people would rather watch sand volleyball because it’s more entertaining than 6 on 6 indoor volleyball.
While it might not be great for all the indoor programs, the Universities that support sand volleyball will see an increase in funds as well. It will be one of the few sports in college that makes the school money instead of having to take money from the football profits. If you do a poll at any University you will see that most people would be more likely to go to a beach volleyball game than to a women’s basketball, softball or indoor volleyball game. So help save sand volleyball by taking a survey that is provided at AVP.com in the more in depth article written by Hans Stolfus regarding the future of sand volleyball as a collegiate sport seen HERE.
Most collegiate volleyball players would rather play beach volleyball but there aren’t any programs that exist to give them the training they need to help them pursue professional beach volleyball. By having a sand volleyball program through the NCAA, they will be able to work towards their goals and at the same time their indoor skills will improve. Why do you think California universities are consistently better at indoor volleyball? It’s because they play on the beach and learn the whole game. When BYU won the national championship most of the players practiced regularly all through the summer in the sand and it showed on the court. Casey Patterson was among them and after training at an apartment complex by playing beach volleyball at Carriage Cove in Provo, Utah he went on to win an AVP tournament with partner Ty Loomis in 2009.
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