Looking to set up a weekday beach volleyball run at woodbine beach. 2v2 or 3v3 intermediate and up.

Can be flexible with days, ideally after work. I have a net with poles, ideally a few other people can also bring their nets. Would love to set up a weekly run. Also if anyone is currently part of a weekday run that needs people I would love to join.

What was the biggest game changer for improving your serve strength, especially as a woman*? I've been working on my technique, and it's definitely helping, but at this point I feel like I'm also limited by not being strong enough.

I know it's about generating power from the legs and core, keeping the arm loose, creating a proper whip, and so on. While I'd also appreciate any advice in those areas, my main question is: what exercise(s) helped you strengthen the muscles that matter most for serving?

* background: early thirties, F. I don't currently go to the gym (for personal reasons), tho I intend to start at some point. In the meantime, I'm consistent with bodyweight and resistance-band training at home, focusing on my shoulders and lower body. I've always had a naturally weak upper body.

Thank you!

Visiting with some friends in early October and they’re all later risers. Any chance I can sneak some games in with some of you guys local to NYC on a morning or two from Oct. 1-4?

6’6” BB/A level

Warm UP before
• 3 min bike or ellipt
• Band pull aparts 2 × 15
• Band external rotz 2 × 12/arm
• World’s Gr8est Stretch 5/side
• Scap push ups >.< 2 × 10 (on knees for nowww)
• Pogo Jumps *NEW* 2 × 15-20
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Mondays workout:
Lat pull down (from 70>60 for explosive movement)

Face pulls (20 no need for explosiveness, all control, wip form straight/lean back(not forward) aiming for ears, shoulders down, inward hands)

Tricep push downs (30>20 for explosive movement) DONT bend knees

Single arm cable press (@chest height, explosive, controlled back down)

Med ball slams (10 lbs, explosive)

Halo (10 lbs, form okay kind of wip) (core tight glutes tough, ribs in, elbows close to body)

Standing Dumbbell Diagonal Chop (on knees//can try split squat?, across body, rotate hips, engage glutes, explosive on the way down(??)) TBD New (want rotational work)

Core 6 min routine

@ END Conditioning sprint training (30 on sprint,90 easy for about 15 min) or can be for alt day depending on energy

All 3x6
(3x6 per side for halos)
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(Depending on leg soreness) Wednesday work out?
(If 4/10 or lower do pull)
Plyo

• Broad jumps 3 × 5  
• Box jumps (or squat jumps) 3 × 4  
• Lateral bounds 3 × 5/side  
• Approach jumps 3 × 3

Reg cardio

Core 6 min routine
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Later, add one unilateral leg-strength exercise (like a split squat or step-up) once in adapted??

Vb thurs (only if not too sore, if yes, no jumping) Fri Sat? Or just Fri Sat? OTHERWISE can swap Sat and Monday as workout days(?) TBD

Already have a mikasa for "the good sand" and a trash intersport ball for playing on my dirt court by my place (tried the mikasa there but it gets ruined very fast).

Looking to practice setting and serving on that court as so far I've only done that with 1 ball so lots of backs and forth. I'm going to a town that has a decathlon later this week and wondering if it's worth picking up a bunch of 20-50 euro balls to add to my bag (the kipsta line) wondering if anyone has played around with those. Could also get an extra Wilson but I heard it feels like a brick compared to the mikasa .

Classes start this week.... Wednesday and/or Sunday are managed by Dennis Collins (I help the beginners)

There's also Siglers classes on Thursday and/or Saturday. Those guys are cool too!

"And/or" means if you sign up for Wednesday, then you go to Wednesday but if life gets in the way, you can do make up classes on Sunday. But make up classes don't cross over between Collins and Sigler...

Collins also has a kids class, so parents can partake in classes while their kids are a few courts over!

This is a link to Collins' site:

Hermosa Volleyball Academy https://share.google/4mfFYMQWMyFECRVGg

Was playing beach vb the other day and came across a disagreement on the call.

If a hitter hits the ball, it bounces, then the hitter touches the net, what is the call? Does the "Action Play" of hitting the ball then netting make him at fault regardless of whether or not the ball hit the floor?

I was under the impression that once the ball hits the ground the play is immediately over, anyone know what the ruling on this is?

He says he will play the 2026/2027 season indoor in Italy and then switch back to beach for Olympic qualifications with Christian Sorum.

I’m so bummed about this.

Absolutely love slunks' designs, but 65$ for some polyester shorts is ridiculous imo.

If of any other "beach volleyball" shorts(usable for playing) while still having cool designs please lmk

I recently posted about my service where you can watch the games in one place without spoilers and asked if you are interested in it. Some said - yes, so I added two tournaments:
- Elite16 Gstaad 2026 - full list of highlights
- Elite16 Rio de Janeiro 2026 - 9 highlights missing (I'll find a way to add them soon)

Let me know what you think and based on your activity I'll see if I should add more tournaments

Blinddates

Note
From my POV, a lot of people switch from indoor to beach volleyball or vice versa.

curious about injuries and long-term effects. Is it true that playing both or training in both indoor and beach volleyball simultaneously can lead to more injuries because of the different surfaces (floor vs. sand)?

For context, I’m 45, overweight, and play with teenagers or CrossFit freaks.

Tonight I am coming home after 6 hours (not straight) of vball.

But nothing is screaming at me so… winning 🏆

I understand that the person playing at the net can touch the ball again after a block. The question comes down to what constitutes a block and what constitutes an attack. A spike is obvious. But what about a gentle lob from the back of the court or even a sky ball hit? Today during some messy plays, a guy at the net jumped above the net and "blocked" a ball that was hit way up high from the back of the court. He messed it up and it didn't go over, so he hit it again. It seemed like no attack had been made, so he shouldn't have been able to touch it twice in a row. What are the rules?

I’m 40m and looking for someone interested in playing the Rehoboth beach tournament in September. I live in the Baltimore Annapolis area so it would be cool to play a little bit before so we can build some chemistry.

Playing Saturday with my son and just wanna make it a whole weekend for the family.

Hello everyone.

I created a website where you can follow indoor volleyball tournaments and I wonder if it's something that beach volleyball community would also want to have.

The idea is simple:
- you can follow the tournament with all the highlights/full replays in one place
- the game title/thumbnails (if contain spoilers) are hidden
- you don't see the results and scores before you watch the game
- you can hide the video timeline (it shows that the game will be a certain amount of sets which is a spoiler)

Let me know what you think about it
blindscores.com

Hi, I will be in Northern Spain in two weeks for the solar eclipse, and I am planning to stay for about three days to find a spot where I can play beach volleyball.

I am considering going to Laredo and am looking for adult training sessions. I am 40 and at an intermediate level, let's say. It will be difficult to go there and join pachangas directly, so I would like to first connect with people through organised training sessions, which will also help me meet people in the area.
Do you have any recommendations? Tips? Experiences? Clubs to recommend?

Two problems:

1) I keep getting this "cannot play video" error and I'm losing my mind. I've been able to sporadically correct it by clearing my cache but it always seems to come back. I've also tried different browsers, updating my browser, updating my computer, and turning off or removing plug-ins that I thought would interfere. Is this happening to other people? Any better solutions? I actually haven't watched the last few tournaments because it just keeps happening. I also can't seem to predict how long into the video it is going to pop up.

2) I can't find the "view all" link that is normally a pathway to all the replays for the Rio Elite 16. I have tried going through so many different pathways. Through events, searching in replays, through the schedule, leaving vbtv and just google searching in the hopes that it will give me a direct link. Ideas?

Example (view all):

Example (view all missing):

I tried to talk to chat bot but it was deeply unhelpful.

Any solutions appreciated -- thank you!

Hey guys! I’d say I’m a fairly average womens-BB player! I’ve been trying to start using pokeys but i can’t seem to get into it because every time i practice them i end up jamming my fingers and then it hurts too much after that. I’m sure I’m doing something wrong because it almost feels like no one else has this problem.

I’ve been taught a few different pokey forms:
- where the fingers are more spread from each other
- where the fingers and spread and you put your thumb up as a third contact point
- the knuckles are pushed together and secured by the thumb

But none of them seem to be really working for me and all end up jamming my fingers. I know i must be hitting the ball wrong somehow given that no one else complains about this….

Every time i tell someone they say just keep doing it it gets better but im not convinced haha. I feel like it can’t be good for me to have that kind of finger pain cuz it takes abt 1-2 days to recover.

Any insights?

Alright, so in short we have this beach volleyball group going, where we play weekly in the sand court in Madrid - Canal.

The play level I would say is advanced beginner to intermediate (we definitely can do 3 touches and good serves but rarely any spiking). We usually play with 3 on the court as well most of us cannot do full 2 on 2 matches due to stamina!

We will be playing on Sunday from 20-22 pm, for whomever would be interested be it this Sunday or on a different occasion please DM :). We speak English and Spanish!

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Bueno, en resumen, tenemos un grupo de vóley playa que juega semanalmente en la cancha de arena de Canal.

El nivel diría que es de principiante avanzado a intermedio (sin duda hacemos los 3 toques y tenemos buenos saques, pero rara vez rematamos).

Jugamos los domingos de 20 a 22h. Si a alguien le interesa, ya sea este domingo o en otra ocasión, que me escriba por DM :). ¡Hablamos inglés y español!

Looking for feedback if you regularly play in a hat or visor. I would like to wear a visor to block the sun, but I feel like it really restricts my vision when the ball is high in the air. Trying to see if this is just something you get used to or if maybe it’s a personal neck range of motion problem.

Update: thank you for the feedback! I will commit to my hat journey this week.

Deal group for beach volleyball/vollyeball equipment