Beach Volleyball

Like other popular sports volleyball also has many variations and different games. The most popular volleyball variation, which has also become the part of Olympic games, is beach volleyball. Beach volleyball court is made by sand instead of hard courts. Beach volleyball court size is 18m x 9m. Beach volleyball is very popular fun game. Often you would see friends on the beach playing beach volleyball for the recreational purposes. Development of inland sand court has made it possible that beach volleyball can be played in the land-locked countries as well as in the countries having beaches.

Beach volleyball history is not very old. The game was evolved from the indoor volleyball in the early 20th century. In 1920 the game came into existence when in Santa Monica this game was started. About ten years after that the game was played in Europe also. Till 1960 the game had got enough popularity that first professional tournament of beach volleyball was held in this year. The game popularity got a huge break in 1980 and become so much renowned to the public.

Rules of the beach volleyball have been the variation of the indoor volleyball rules. There are variations in beach volleyball rules than the rules of indoor volleyball. Main variation is team of two players’ play the game of beach volleyball instead of six players and no substitution is allowed as in indoor volleyball. Complete rules for beach volleyball games can be downloaded and read from the official website of FIVB which is governing body of all the volleyball games all over the world.

Beach volleyball was inducted to the Olympic Games in year 1992. Brazil and America who have proved their dominance from the time the game came into being have also dominated Olympic beach volleyball competitions. 5 out of six Olympic gold medals are between these two. Only one gold medal is won by Australia back in 1996.

The introduction of professional beach volleyball has improved the standards of the beach volleyball to a great deal. Pro beach volleyball tournaments have been organized and played all over the world quite frequently. Fans from all around the world come to see these tournaments. Thousands of fans also watch these competitions on TV.

Beach volleyball ball is also a bit different from the original volleyball ball used for the indoor game. The beach volleyball ball is softer and also slightly bigger than the ball used for the game of indoor volleyball.

Some of the beach volleyball players are very famous. The list includes former Olympic champion team Emanuel Rego and Ricardo Santos who won the tournament back in 2004.Karch Kiraly is the most popular U.S player in the game of beach volleyball. He was also the part of the first Olympic gold medal winner team of beach volleyball.

Beach volleyball has also become a glamorous game due to beach volleyball babes. Pictures of girls playing volleyball on the beach prove the statement. Beach volleyball is more popular in women’s division than in the men’s division. Many fans come to see their favorite women beach volleyball players in action. Fans also download thousands of beach volleyball photos from Internet of their favorite beach volleyball players. Girl’s beach volleyball picture search is one of the most popular Internet volleyball searches.

Beach volleyball’s current popularity seems to indicate that one day the game would be more famous than the game it is actually evolved from. Although a bit tough, players always seem to enjoy the game more. For the picnic parties at beach the game is also very popular. Many beaches around the world have beach volleyball courts so that players can easily enjoy the game of beach volleyball.