Beach Volleyball… well, technically there’s no beach—so we’ll call it Sand Volleyball!

This is not a league—there are no set teams, and this is NOT indoor volleyball played in the sand. Players register individually, and throughout the session everyone will play with and against different partners in a 2v2 round robin format.

Sand volleyball is its own sport. While it shares similarities with indoor volleyball, there are key differences. 2 vs 2 is played on a smaller court (8 meters x 16 meters) and emphasizes ball control, reading the play, communication, and conditioning.

Training in the sand promotes functional, full-body strength, focusing on explosive power, muscular endurance, and high-intensity movement especially in the legs, core, and shoulders. The unstable surface increases resistance, forcing constant engagement of stabilizer muscles, strengthening joints, and improving vertical jump ability more effectively than hard surfaces.

If you’re unable to attend a session, you may have a substitute player (within the same age division and not currently a register player) attend in your place to earn points for you. The same substitute may fill in for different players on different nights.

As a side note, there are college sand volleyball programs (WITH scholarships), and it’s also an Olympic sport.

Session 1 Details: May 5th – June 2nd

Divisions:

• Division BB: Ages 13–15
• Division A: Ages 15–18
• Division AA: Ages 18–21 Send an email if you are interested! Wednesday Nights!

Cost: $150
Length: 5 weeks (guaranteed 4; a 6th week will be added if weather cancels 2 sessions)

• 30 minutes: Sand volleyball skills & game education
• 60 minutes: Queen of the Beach style competition. Rotating Partners every 10-15 minutes (depending on players signed up). 

Location: Marshall Park – Lansing
Date: May 5th, May 12th, May 19th, May 26th, June 2nd

Time:
Division BB: Tuesday’s 5:00-6:30PM
Division A: Tuesday’s 6:30-8:00PM

Competition is Queen of the Beach style. Each team will score points when competing and stop when their time is up. Each Player keeps those points each round. At the end of the 5-week session, the player with the highest total points is crowned: Queen of the Beach
*Coach Kevin will keep the points tally from the score sheets and provide weekly updates!

Every player receives a T-shirt

• Session winners receive an (AVP Official) Wilson OPTX Beach Volleyball (~$100 value)
• Additional prizes may be added through sponsorships

Rules & Expectations

Because sand volleyball has unique rules, we will teach and enforce key contact rules, while gradually increasing expectations as players develop. Rules will be more relaxed in Division BB and progressively stricter toward Division AA.

Examples:

• No setting the ball over the net (intentional or accidental)
  
  • Beach volleyball requires extremely clean hand contact. While this is less strictly enforced when setting a hitter, it will be enforced if the ball is set over the net in all divisions.
• No open-hand tips