NCAA Approves Sand Volleyball

The NCAA approved sand volleyball as the newest sport in college. It will begin in 2010 and will be for women only.

It will be known as sand volleyball instead of beach volleyball because many of the colleges will not be near a beach.

Beach volleyball is the fastest growing sport in the United States.

Implementing sand volleyball at universities will quickly bring in more fans than many people might think. Beach volleyball was among one of the highest viewed sports of the Olympics.

One problem with this new sport is that many, if not all, athletic directors don't understand that indoor volleyball and sand volleyball are completely different sports and they should NOT have the same coach for each sport.

If this sport is going to be any fun to watch it needs coaches that are qualified for the job.

Many hope that the NCAA will add sand volleyball for men in the near future, especially after the number of fans for the sport is higher than that of indoor volleyball.

More on NCAA beach volleyball and collegiate beach volleyball

NCAA Sand Volleyball

The NCAA has announced that sand volleyball will be the newest collegiate sport. The sport will be called sand volleyball instead of beach volleyball because most of the schools will not be near beaches. The U.S. has made it known to the world that we are the dominating country for beach volleyball and having it as a collegiate sport will only produce more talented players. The question now is who will be coaching the sand volleyball teams at the colleges that will embrace this new sport? To say that the indoor volleyball coach or staff should be in charge of the team would be as smart as having a ping pong coach teach tennis. The concepts are the same in both sports but they are very different even though the names are similar. You wouldn't have a hip hop dancer teach a ballroom class even though they might be a great dancer in their own field. Universities are going to have to find coaches that specialize in sand volleyball to coach this new sport. The sport is only for women at this point but many hope that they will open it to men in the future. Beach volleyball is the fastest growing sport in the U.S. and this is a very smart move on the NCAA's part.

Collegiate Sand Volleyball

Collegiate sand volleyball is a new concept for most people but the NCAA hopes to make it an official sport in the not to distant future.