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Volleyball - California Beach, Sand & Court Volleyball

Beach Volleyball - AVP Association of Volleyball Professional competition
 

 

 

         
Beach Volleyball is available for play at California beaches with many concessions renting volleyballs. In California especially, sand volleyball is a top sport with nets available on beaches throughout the state. California beach volleyball began in Santa Monica in the 1920's and grew up there with the genesis of tournament play. Becoming an official competition in the 1996 Olympics has helped catapult this sport with larger sponsors and dollars. San Diego, San Clemente, Newport Beach, Laguna Beach, Huntington Beach, Long Beach, Redondo Beach, Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach, Venice, Santa Monica, Ventura, Oxnard, Santa Barbara and Santa Cruz are but a few of the beaches with nets available for play. One of the top touring special events in sand volleyball  is the Association of Volleyball Professionals on the beach AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tournament. It features Olympic greats and professionals such as Karch Kiraly, Misty May and more.  It's quite exciting to watch. 

 

There was a ruckus for a time over the girl's portion of the competition. To stir excitement in females competing, the ladies were given bikinis to wear with almost a g-string pant bottom that many objected to. Several years have past and the women are no longer required to wear skimpy swim suits when they play (note: a recent ad campaign to reinvigorate that sex appeal was launched). The do wear swim wear in bright colors but when you watch their muscular bodies, you hardly notice the outfits they are wearing. They are in such excellent physical condition and are such superb players that you are mesmerized by their game. For beginners, intermediate or pros, just drop by a local beach concessionaire to rent a ball if you don't have one. You can enjoy the feel of sand volleyball. It's a game where the sand flies and the fall is a bit softer than the hard gym floor. Below, however, we've listed a variety of volleyball tours, competitions and courts in California.

 

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City Type of Volleyball web / contact
Anaheim Southern California Volleyball Association scvavolleyball.org
Anaheim USA Men's National Volleyball Team usavolleyball.org
Corona del Mar Public play - half a dozen nets  
Coronado Island Central or City Beach - public play coronado.ca.us
Capistrano Beach 7 Sand Courts for public play www.ocparks.com
Dana Point - Doheny Beach California Beach Volleyball Association www.cbva.com
El Segundo - Beach Several (4 maybe) Courts for public  
Hermosa Beach AVP pro beach volleyball www.avp.com
Hermosa Beach California Beach Volleyball Association www.cbva.com
Huntington Beach AVP pro beach volleyball www.avp.com
Huntington Beach California Beach Volleyball Association www.cbva.com
Huntington Beach State & City Beaches, public sand
courts
,  ball rental concessions
beachfoodfun.com
Irvine Southern California Volleyball Association scvavolleyball.org
Long Beach Long Beach sand volleyball courts
E. Ocean Blvd. at Prospect
ci.long-beach.ca.us
Los Angeles -
Dockweiler Beach
California Beach Volleyball Association www.cbva.com
Laguna Beach Main Beach sand courts & 1,000 Steps Beach www.lblg.org
Las Vegas, NV AVP pro beach volleyball www.avp.com
Manhattan Beach AVP pro beach volleyball www.avp.com
Marina del Rey Mother's Beach or Marina Beach nets beaches.co.la.ca.us
Mission Beach Sand courts for public play, CBVA www.cbva.com
Newport Beach California Beach Volleyball Association www.cbva.com
Ocean Beach Beach sand courts, CBVA www.cbva.com
Oceanside Oceanside City Beach public play nets ci.oceanside.ca.us
Oxnard Oxnard Beach sand courts public play ci.oxnard.ca.us
Pismo Beach Sand courts / CBVA www.cbva.com
Playa del Rey California Beach Volleyball Association www.cbva.com
Sacramento Northern California Volleyball Association ww.ncva.com
San Diego Silver Strand State Beach public play www.parks.ca.gov
San Diego Mission Beach
Southern California Volleyball Association
scvavolleyball.org
Santa Barbara AVP pro beach volleyball www.avp.com
Santa Barbara EVP Tour Volleyball Camps volleyballpros.com
Santa Barbara California Beach Volleyball Association www.cbva.com
Santa Clara City Beach Santa Clara usavolleyball.org
Santa Cruz Sand courts for public play  CBVA www.cbva.com
Sunset Beach Sunset Beach Sand Volleyball Courts www.ocparks.com
Santa Monica Santa Monica beach volleyball:
California Beach Volleyball Association
www.cbva.com
Torrance Beach Sand volleyball courts and nets beaches.co.la.ca.us
Walnut Creek Heather Farm Park, Larkey Park  sand courts ci.walnut-creek.ca.us
Will Rogers State Beach
(Santa Monica)
Sand Courts, public play www.parks.ca.gov
beaches.co.la.ca.us

 

 

 

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