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Originally Posted by VERVE
One sport they should consider removing from the Olympic events is Beach Volleyball. I am sure there will be alot of people disagreeing but beach volleyball is really focus on women as icandy for the Olympics. In the last Olympics, they had dancing girls inbetween sets? Hey don't get me wrong, I like eye-candy as much as Clinton, Kennedys and or Joe Sixpack. However, I prefer 6 on 6 hardcourt volleyball where the action is non stop and players get brusied up while digging for loose balls. The sweat from players is a result of hardwork and not from the sun and heat and when players brush their legs, they are checking for scrapes and not wiping away sand. I play beach volleyball in a semi-competitive league and anyway you look at it, it is still very leisure-esque even at the top levels. I hear the next Olympic demonstration sport is Pole dancing on sand...or should I say Pole gymnastic.
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I'm sorry but this is really ridiculous. I'm sure because you play in a semi competitive beach league that your fitness level is that of an olympians and therefore you can equate your experience with theirs. Beach volleyball at the top level is incredibly physically demanding and requires A LOT of athleticism. Is getting "bruised" the criteria for being an olympic athlete? I don't see too many swimmers with bruises.
So what if they have dancing girls in between sets, the olympics are supposed to be fun, and sure if its cheesy but who cares, does that diminish the "spirit of the games" somehow? Does everything have to be somber and serious? Did you watch how many dancers performed in the opening ceremonies, does that touch a chord with you too?
In fact the beach volleyball has been one of the hottest tickets around this Olympics, I think Paul McCartney attended some beach volleyball as well.
Why pick a bone with beach volleyball? Why not archery, or ping pong, or shooting or speed walking? All of those seem to require a lot less athleticism than beach volleyball in my opinion.
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Originally Posted by Fire
I agree. Beach volleyball are for players that can't cut it in real volleyball.
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In fact it's quite the opposite as most indoor volleyball players would have a tough time cutting it in beach. I could play an entire set of indoor volleyball and touch the ball maybe three times. Middles get subbed out when they're back row and a pass specialist called a 'libero' comes in and plays their position back court. What i'm leading to is that indoor there are position players, setter, power, middle, libero, and a middle would be a terrible setter and vice versa. However in beach volleyball you have to be everything, a good passer, setter, hitter, blocker, and have great D. Indoor you can hit the ball as hard as you can but in beach you need to have precise shot placement, where a well placed roll shot is more effective than slamming the ball as hard as you can, and is harder to do. Also a lot of beach volleyball players come from national indoor programs.