Beach volleyball and sand volleyball:
Beach volleyball, or sand volleyball, is an Olympic team sport played by two teams of two players on a sand court divided by a net.
As in indoor volleyball, the object of the game is to send the ball over the net in order to ground it on the opponent's court, and to prevent the same effort by the opponent. A team is allowed up to three touches to return the ball. The ball is put in play with a service—a hit by the server from behind the rear court boundary over the net to the opponents. The rally continues until the ball is grounded on the playing court, goes "out", or is not returned properly.[1]
The team winning a rally scores a point (Rally Point System), and serves to start the following rally. The four players serve in the same sequence throughout the match, changing server each time a rally is won by the receiving team.
Originating in the US states of California (Southern California) and Hawaii, beach volleyball has achieved worldwide popularity.
 A men's FIVB World Tour game in progress. |
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| Highest governing body | FIVB |
|---|---|
| First played | 1915 in Pacific Palisades, California, United States |
| Characteristics | |
| Contact | No contact |
| Team members | 2 |
| Mixed gender | Single and mixed |
| Categorization | Outdoor |
| Equipment | Beach volleyball |
| Olympic | 1996 |
History of volleyball :
See also: Volleyball: Origin of the game
In 1920, new jetties in Santa Monica, California created a large sandy area for public enjoyment, planting the seed for beach volleyball development in that region. The first permanent nets began to appear, and people soon began playing recreational games on public parts of the beach and in private beach clubs. Eleven such beach clubs appeared in the Santa Monica area, beginning in late 1922. The first inter-club competitions were staged in 1924.
Most of these early beach volleyball matches were played with teams of at least six players per side, much like indoor volleyball. The concept of the modern two-man beach volleyball game is credited to Paul "Pablo" Johnson, an indoor player of Santa Monica Athletic Club.[2] In the summer of 1930, while waiting for players to show up for a six-man game, Johnson decided to try playing with only the two people present. The game was forever changed. Though recreational games continue to be played with more players, the most widely played version of the game, and the only one contested at an elite level, has only two players per team.
Beach volleyball began to appear in Europe in the 1930s. By the 1940s, doubles tournaments were being played on the beaches of Santa Monica for trophies. In 1948 the first tournament to offer a prize was held in Los Angeles, California. It awarded the best teams with a case of Pepsi.[3] In the 1960s, an attempt to start a professional volleyball league was made in Santa Monica. It failed, but a professional tournament was held in France for 30,000 French francs.[4] The first Manhattan Beach Open was held in 1960, a tournament which grew in prestige to become, in the eyes of some, the "Wimbledon of Beach Volleyball".[5] In 1974 there was an indoor tournament: " The $1500.00 World Indoor Two-Man Volleyball Championship" played in front of 4,000 volleyball enthusiast at the San Diego Sports Arena. Fred Zuelich teamed with Dennis Hare to defeat Ron Von Hagen and Matt Gage in the championship match" Winston Cigarettes was the sponsor. Hare went on to write the first book on the subject: The Art of Beach Volleyball.
The first professional beach volleyball tournament was the Olympia World Championship of Beach Volleyball, staged on Labor Day weekend, 1976, at Will Rogers State Beach in Pacific Palisades, California. The event was organized by David Wilk of Volleyball Magazine, based in Santa Barbara. The winners, the first "world champions", were Greg Lee and Jim Menges. They split $2,500 out of a total prize purse of $5,000.
Volleyball Magazine staged the event the next year at the same location, this time sponsored by Schlitz Light Beer. In 1978 Wilk formed a sports promotion company named Event Concepts with Craig Masuoka and moved the World Championship of Beach Volleyball to Redondo Beach. Jose Cuervo tequila signed on as sponsor and the prize purse. The event was successful and Cuervo funded an expansion the next year to three events. The California Pro Beach Tour debuted with events in Laguna Beach, Santa Barbara and the World Championship in Redondo.
Rules and gameplay:
Rule differences between beach and indoor
Beach volleyball is fundamentally similar to indoor volleyball: a team scores points by grounding the ball on the opponents' court, or when the opposing team commits a fault (error or illegal action); consecutive contacts must be made by different players.
The major differences between beach and indoor volleyball are:
Playing surface
Team size
Scoring system
Overhand touches and tips
Block counts as a team touch
Coaching is not allowed
Playing area and ball:
For the ball used in this sport, see Volleyball (ball).
The playing court is a rectangle measuring 16 by 8 m (52 by 26 ft) (smaller than the 18 by 9 m (59 by 30 ft) indoor volleyball court), surrounded by a free zone a minimum of 3 m (9.8 ft) wide and with a space free from any obstruction up to a minimum height of 7 m (23 ft) from the playing surface. The terrain must be composed of leveled sand, as flat and uniform as possible, free of rocks, shells, and anything else, which can represent risks of cuts or injuries to the players. Two sidelines and two end lines mark the playing court. Both side and end lines are placed inside the dimensions of the playing court. There is no center-line.
The ball shall be spherical, made of a flexible material (leather, synthetic leather, or similar) which does not absorb humidity, i.e. more suitable to outdoor conditions since matches can be played when it is raining. The ball has a bladder inside made of rubber or a similar material. Approval of synthetic leather material is determined by FIVB regulations. The colors shall be bright (such as orange, yellow, pink, white, etc.), the circumference slightly bigger than for indoor (66 to 68 cm (26 to 27 in) for FIVB international competitions), the weight shall be the same (260 to 280 g (9.2 to 9.9 oz)) and the inside pressure shall be slightly lower (171 to 221 mbar)
The playing court is a rectangle measuring 16 by 8 m (52 by 26 ft) (smaller than the 18 by 9 m (59 by 30 ft) indoor volleyball court), surrounded by a free zone a minimum of 3 m (9.8 ft) wide and with a space free from any obstruction up to a minimum height of 7 m (23 ft) from the playing surface. The terrain must be composed of leveled sand, as flat and uniform as possible, free of rocks, shells, and anything else, which can represent risks of cuts or injuries to the players. Two sidelines and two end lines mark the playing court. Both side and end lines are placed inside the dimensions of the playing court. There is no center-line.
The ball shall be spherical, made of a flexible material (leather, synthetic leather, or similar) which does not absorb humidity, i.e. more suitable to outdoor conditions since matches can be played when it is raining. The ball has a bladder inside made of rubber or a similar material. Approval of synthetic leather material is determined by FIVB regulations. The colors shall be bright (such as orange, yellow, pink, white, etc.), the circumference slightly bigger than for indoor (66 to 68 cm (26 to 27 in) for FIVB international competitions), the weight shall be the same (260 to 280 g (9.2 to 9.9 oz)) and the inside pressure shall be slightly lower (171 to 221 mbar)
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