Category: Beach Pro Tour

  • Olympic Update at the Midpoint of Pool Play

    As we sit here, watching Brazil’s Barbara and Carol take on Lithuania’s Paulikiene and Raupelyte, we have officially reached the halfway point of pool play. 36 matches down, 36 matches to go before we start the Lucky Loser Round of 18 this coming Friday afternoon. What have we learned, what…

  • Olympic Mega Blog (Part #3)

    With three days left to go until the start of the 2024 Summer Olympics, its time to finally place our bets. We did our deep dive into the men’s odds two weeks ago in the Olympic Mega Blog Part 1. We followed that up with a comprehensive look at the…

  • Olympic Mega Blog (Part #1)

    Since the 2024 Olympic qualification window opened, Bet The Beach has been collecting data. Using our innovative new points tracking system, we assigned points totals for 9th place or higher results in Elite 16’s and select Challenge events. Is our point system arbitrary? Absolutely. Does professional beach volleyball already have…

  • Olympic Pool Breakdown

    This past Friday, the Olympic Beach Volleyball Pools were announced. We’re here today to break it all down! My immediate reaction looking at the women’s pools was that TKN got jobbed. The 2nd overall seed ends up in the POOL OF DEATH with the defending silver medalists, Australia’s Mariafe and…

  • Olympics, Pottstown, Wootown & a Parade

    Over the last 10 days, the five Olympic Continental Qualification tournaments were held across the world. On the men’s side, Chile (South America), France (Europe), Canada (North America), Australia (Asia), and Morocco (Africa) secured Olympic berths for their federations. On the women’s side, Paraguay, Czechia, Canada, Japan, and Egypt were…

  • Working on The Gambling Formula from Vacation

    I write this blog to you, my faithful readers, from the shores of Moosehead Lake in Greenville, Maine. Lindsay, Mia, and I are taking a few days to rest and relax as the beach volleyball calendar takes a brief pause. If you’ve been watching Bet The Beach Live (Wednesdays 9p…

  • Trevor & Theo’s last stand…

    Last week on Bet The Beach Live, we talked about the USA Men’s race for that 2nd Olympic Qualification spot. Hours earlier, Trevor and Theo saw an opportunity lost in a straight set, (21-18, 21-13) loss to Norway’s Mol/Berntsen in the preliminary round of the Espinho Elite 16 qualifier. Meanwhile,…