And that's usually how the national championships are decided because of the level of play that it's at . So our matches in Hawaii this year will be played on the beach . Um , and then all of our fall tournaments were played on an actual beach .
So it was definitely hard but worth it to get where I'm at right now . Junior beach volleyball is more , you pick your partner and you can choose whatever tournament you want . And it's kind of just , you know , you're playing everyone and the junior beach volleyball is starting to adopt some tournaments that are like the college format .
My biggest advice is honestly , first to start , you could choose to start out watching it and just seeing how crazy fun it is . I recommend watching a VP Pro beach volleyball . Um It's the association of volleyball professionals and just the aura that that company has created with beach volleyball is going to make it grow so much and they actually do have a junior circuit .
So our matches in Hawaii this year will be played on the beach . Um , and then all of our fall tournaments were played on an actual beach . So we played in Manhattan Beach , Huntington Beach , um Santa Monica Beach , and then we played a few in Hermosa Beach and we practice there also sometimes which is super cool to get the elements like the wind that you don't really have to think about at a home facility because we are in the middle of a city , but the wind definitely adds a different element to the game .
And then I , now I'm here playing at US C and it just , it's like a dream come true . So the beach volleyball community , when I was going through my recruiting process was still pretty small . There was not as many teams as there is now and US C has been and always will be the best .
