Umm, well.. about that "beach only" thing...

So remember a couple months ago when I decided to focus solely on beach volleyball? Yeah, it kinda took a turn.

I'm still playing a ton of beach volleyball. My family took me to training in CA over Thanksgiving break and during Christmas break my CA Beach Coach (Rick Reeve from Beach Elite in Huntington Beach) actually came to Utah for 10 days so my Mom set up some training sessions with him at some indoor beach facilities here. It was so much fun and I loved being able to introduce my Utah volleyball friends to my CA Beach Coach.

I've also started Women's Beach League now that SandBar is open. I play Monday nights in B division with a friend from Park City High School and Tuesdays in A division with a really nice college age player I recently met (she does not play college volleyball but played indoor all through high school).

But then there's this.......

Just a couple weeks ago the 16-1's coach at GSL invited me to practice with the team. I went and played with them on Thursday and Friday. I had so much fun and after lots of tears and confusion, I decided to go back to indoor for this season. I made the deal that I will still play at SandBar and if my beach tourneys interfere with my practice schedule at GSL then I will play the beach league for that day. However I am so excited to be back in the gym with my favorite people, but it's still going to take me some time to remember that I'm diving on a hard court rather than sand.

This year I want to work on my indoor defense, work on my beach game all around, and continue to talk to college coaches and plan my collegiate future.

My first indoor tournament will be the Utah Power League scheduled for Feb. 3. at the Utah Athletic Center.  (Don't look at our team rankings/standings as we did not play the first Power League tournament and we are listed s Club GSL 17Sue because we came into the league "late".  I'll keep our win/loss stats here on the blog.)

Utah Power League schedule can be found here: Utah Power League Schedule (but remember my team may not be playing in all the tourneys listed.)

My team is planning to play in:
- multiple Utah Power League tourneys
- Triple Crown Invitational U16:  Feb. 17-19
- Colorado Crossroads USAV Qualifier: March 16-18
- SCVA Red Rock Rave USAV Qualifier: April 21-23
as well as other AAU tourneys both here in Utah and out of state.

Until next time- Volley on!
Brie