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What a freakin' blast! My team consists of 4 people I love and 1 person that drives me nuts. I could half tolerate the person that drives me nuts because it was such a good time.

Sand volleyball is awesome. Last month, I had to spend a week on campus after classes got out with 40 other kids training for a job, and we must've played volleyball at least five times. I'm far from great, but I'd say I've got a pretty good serve. The best part about all of this was that, on one particular night, some UT football players rolled up out of nowhere to challenge our mostly out of shape, short and uncoordinated "team." These guys are huge, ripped and athletic, so it only stands to reason that we lost every game, but it was a cool experience nonetheless. I was wearing some Cardinals gear that night, so I got the nickname "Cardinals" - I can think of worse names.

PP, are your opponents terrified of you because you live in the city? Is this a bikini league?

Oh, I dig sand volleyball! I used to play in North County....a rec place fairly close to Jamestown Mall. This place had a swimming pool and a tiki bar...so when we finished our game, we'd hop in the pool then hit the bar for frozen mudslides. Fun times! I also played in Minneapolis....it was either so cold that the sand was practically frozen and I had to wear a heavy coat, or it was humid and the mosquitoes descended upon us like helicopters. Not so fun in Minneapolis.

Regarding the person that you don't like so much, make sure you are positioned next to him/her, when you both go up to block a spike, sort of accidentally-on purpose elbow them in the face or knee them in the groin. Worked for me! The a-hole backed off after that....

Also played in some mud volleyball tourneys in Alton, IL...then we'd hit Fast Eddie's. Those were the days.....

Mizzou added 4 sand volleyball courts outside the rec center about a year and a half ago. It's all kinds of fun, especially for someone who enjoys diving all over the place like myself.