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As beach volleyball gears up for their upcoming season — which begins with the Cactus Classic in Tucson on Feb. 24 — the team is practicing extensively, and head coach Steve Walker is hard at work determining which players will be paired together for the season.
The very first thing that Walker considers when creating the pairings is what position each player is.
“We have blockers who will cover most of the front court; we have full-time defenders, and those players will play primarily in the back court; and we have what’s called either a split-blocker or a hybrid player, and those tend to be your well-rounded players,” Walker said.