Month: July 2013

What makes a beach volleyball team great?

Posted on by tristo

The World Tour is full of surprises this season, with a lot of teams winning medals for the first time, probably most notably the Dutch guys winning the World Champs from a previous best result in a Grand Slam of 9th. Right now, every tournament is up for grabs. There are a lot of good…

Why don’t beach volleyball referees check ball marks?

Posted on by tristo

I have just returned from the Gstaad Grand Slam in Switzerland. Apart from seeing some pretty amazing Beach Volleyball, particularly from the Dutch guys, Brouwer-Meeuwsen, my strongest memory of the event was the number of really bad refereeing decisions that I saw. Don’t get me wrong. I am not a guy who goes around sledging…