S3 Volleyball
About
Why S3 Volleyball?
We are the longest standing volleyball club in the state of Georgia dedicated only to the beach game. S3 Volleyball was founded in 2014, and ever since then we have had one goal to grow the game of beach volleyball through player development, and to pass our love for this sport on to others.
Learning the game of beach volleyball differs significantly from learning indoor volleyball. It takes specialized instruction, and at S3, we specialize in the beach game. Our coaching staff never has to split their time between beach and indoor because we focus only on beach. There may be some other clubs that may offer beach training, but those clubs are primarily indoor focused. They are constantly having to share their time and resources between their indoor players and their beach players, but at S3 beach volleyball is our only focus. If you want solid beach specific training, S3 is the place to be.
Beach volleyball has been the fastest growing NCAA sport over the last 5 years. Opportunities for players to play beyond high school are being added every year. If you look back at 2014, when S3 was founded there were around 40 beach volleyball programs. If you jump ahead to 2022 that number grew to approximately 175 collegiate beach volleyball programs. That number still continues to grow.
History
Beach volleyball in Atlanta has been on a hot streak for several years. It began with a handful of players and a small, start-up sand volleyball program in NW Atlanta. The program grew quickly, and by year two, the first set of players participated under a year-round club concept, along with a summer program that included over 100 players wanting to learn sand volleyball. S3, under the direction of Bryan Jones, Dave Woolsteen and Kevin McClure, has continued to grow and produce amazing athletes with many of them now competing at the college level.
In 2014, when the club was founded, S3 operated solely out of Rally Volleyball, at the Lakepoint Sporting Community in Emerson, GA. However, in 2019 S3 expanded and built new courts at Badger Creek Park in Canton, GA. S3 now offers summer, fall and year-round programs out of both Rally & Badger Creek!