Beach volleyball for junior girls is exploding in popularity due to its popularity in the Olympics and due to the new scholarships being offered at top universities across the US. In its third year as an NCAA emerging sport, it will have 50 schools participation in 2015 and will become an official NCAA sport in 2016. In 2020, the number of schools participating could be beyond 100. Go to www.avca.org to get the complete list of colleges currently competing.
Since the announcement of it as an emerging sport, everyone involved on the indoor side of volleyball has their eyes on what is going to happen next. Several junior indoor programs are very pro-active in developing the beach side of volleyball and others are watching and waiting to make a decision. Many new players each year are starting to play beach volleyball. Some players are looking to improve their indoor game; some are looking to strengthen their volleyball resume by playing both sports, while others are making the complete switch to the beach to take advantage of all the new emerging opportunities.
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