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It was time to celebrate beach volleyball in Dubai. With its vast beaches and beautiful weather 7-8 months a year it’s a great place not only for the local community to enjoy the sport but also for the professional teams to train and acclimatise especially before playing the World Tour in the neighbour countries like Qatar (Doha) and Iran (Kish island).

In February and March 2016 we hosted professional teams from Austria and Great Britain. Ranked in top ten in the world the Austrian National team Huber/Seidl and the British national team Sheaf/Gregory trained in Dubai twice and participated in the Beach Volleyball Festival during their pre-tournament trainings.

The festival was a great success and enjoyed by all local amateur players along with their friends and families. Where else you would have a chance to partner up with a top pro player or its coach and play a tournament. 16 amateur men and women from Dubai had a lucky chance to pick from a hat a name of one of the 8 pro players and their coaches and compete in a men and a mix tournaments. The battle was fun, exciting and challenging. How different a game can be for an amateur player while setting from a perfect reception or attacking a perfect set!? You want a cut short or a roll short or a hard attack? Anything at your choice and at your best performance from a perfect set. No more complaints about your partners mistakes – no bad passes, no bad sets, no bad communication. The game was to enjoy and to learn!

The Festival was in its full motion not only with the men and mix tournaments. There was a unique opportunity to listen to the GB’s team psychologist on the mental strength of the game. There was a chance for a Q&A session with the pro teams and of course there was a free open to all training session by the coaches of the professional teams and a session for the kids!

Beach Volleyball Festival Dubai 2016

The Festival ended up with a show game Austria vs GB. The beach volleyball fans and the community in Dubai witnessed the best of beach volleyball at its home beaches.

Beach Volleyball Festival Dubai 2016

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You can see more photos of this event here.