Alex Haapamäki

Indoor volleyball and beach volleyball have some obvious differences. But then there are also less obvious, and very nuanced differences - details of the beach game that players and coaches who originally come from an indoor background often still don't understand even after years and decades of beach volleyball experience.

Whether you want to coach or play beach volleyball better, this course is designed to (in about an hour!) help you understand these differences. Basically you will learn what world class beach volleyball players do differently compared to all levels of indoor players, as well as lower level beach volleyball players.

One of the worst types of frustrations is working hard year after year but still not getting the results you want (whether for yourself or your players), simply because the foundational assumptions on how to train for the sport you had were flawed. Grab the chance to bypass years of confusion and frustration by grabbing this course, you could be finished with it and experimenting with the concepts in it already later today!

By the end of this course you will:

-Understand how sand vs floor changes the optimal way to do your footwork, and how that then turn leads to differences in the whole serve receive technique between indoor vs beach volleyball.

-Understand the seemingly subtle differences between beach and indoor setting that make beach setting a "completely" different skill. (Often not even understood by advanced beach players, but basically always mastered by world class players.)

-Understand several types of wind, and have a foundational plan on how to approach mastering playing in them.

-Have an understanding of the "basic strategy" of beach volleyball from a deep fundamental perspective, so that you have a better understanding on how/when to diviate from it.

-Be aware of high level wind setting techniques.

-Understand how most beach players approach and jump in the sand for attacking, and a very useful attacking technique/strategy for intermediate players looking to level up quickly.

-Have a better overview of how complex of a sport beach volleyball is, and why one can keep on learning deeper nuances forever.

-Have the chance to ask more questions, and influence what future additional parts should be included in this course. (Limited time only!)

-Understand Alex' best tool he has for becoming a better coach.