AVCA and U.S. Silica collaborate to develop women’s sand volleyball guidelines
U.S. Silica has recently made the announcement that it will be working in collaboration with the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) in order to chalk out the guidelines for Division I and II women’s sand volleyball.
An added feature of the partnership allows the plant to manufacture Beach White Volleyball sand for the sand volleyball courts in all of America.
Women’s sand volleyball is the latest sport to be added to the National Collegiate Athletic Association and its first varsity season begins next year in spring, it is important that work on the guidelines begins soon.
In statistics provided by the Sporting Goods Manufacturing Association, more than 300,000 girls who are 18 years of age and younger have taken up sand volleyball in the past two years. Also, the percentage increase that has been seen in the participation
of the sport is 25%.
Executive Director of the AVCA, Kathy DeBoer, stated that U.S, Silica has been selected for partnership because it is one of the major sand providers in the country which has enabled it to have a huge amount of resources and the necessary know-how related
to sand that is required for the development of the guidelines.
“The company’s sand experts spent a significant amount of time researching man-made sand courts in different parts of the country to formulate a sand mix that is functional for both training and competition, affordable for institutions and weather-proof
enough to allow for many years of use under different conditions,” she said.
NCAA has set several regulations that the universities and schools should cater to if they plan to construct a sand volleyball court. The sand that would be used for such purposes should be circular in shape and of medium size. In case the court constructed
is an outdoor facility, care should be taken that the quality of sand allows for drainage if rain occurs. In order to give an idea of the drainage, NCAA has given a general time limit of 30 minutes within which the moisture should leave the sand.
Along with the development of outdoor sand volleyball courts, U.S. Silica will also provide guidelines for indoor sand volleyball courts.
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