DEVELOPMENT OF BEACH VOLLEYBALL
While the rules of beach volleyball remained mostly consistent with the indoor version of the sport throughout the 1920s, the players at the Santa Monica Athletic Club started experimenting with just two players on either side of the court, which later became the format that was adopted for professional beach volleyball.
The players realized that with fewer players on the court, a taller player's height advantage could be neutralized by a shorter player's speed and ball control. …
