Beach Dig's In The News

Three summers ago Stephanie Pellitteri started playing beach volleyball before she got involved with high school and club indoor volleyball. 

The Pompano Beach junior never dreamed she would have the chance to play both indoor and beach at college. 

If seeing a need and filling it is one of the requirements for business success, Cindy Phillips could be the poster girl.

Only thing is, in the beginning she was surprised as the next person that coaching young girls in the skills of sand volleyball could become a career!

Over 100 Junior Beach Vollebyall players
from as far south as Key Largo, and as far north as Jupiter
travelled to Pompano Beach over the Holidays to participate in the
Beach Dig Annual Holiday Camp and Tournament.

Meeting Karch Kiraly
by Lee Golden - 2007 Club Beach Dig Star

Karch Kiraly was born November 3rd, 1960.  That would make him…47!  He is the oldest player to reach the highest level of volleyball.  He is the only player in volleyball history to win Olympic gold medals is both indoor and beach volleyball.  He has played in over and won more tournaments than any player to ever play on the AVP tour.  He’s won over 148 tournaments and over 3 million dollars in game winnings! Karch IS THE MAN!

December 15th, 2008
Our Future Beach Volleyball Stars
Dig the Beach Magazine 2007 issue
By: Cindy Phillips

It appears that Beach Volleyball is here to stay! If the inaugural season of Club Beach Dig is any indication, the future of Beach Volleyball in Florida couldn’t be brighter! Club Beach Dig has been created to fill the ever-increasing demand of juniors wanting to learn and play the sport of Beach Volleyball. Over the past 2 years, I have watched my business of coaching beach volleyball to both children and adults grow beyond my wildest expectations. There was no place to go but up!!! With just two weeks of practice and one tournament under our belts, our enrollment is already more than double what we projected! We have new members joining weekly and the club has already grown to almost 100 members. Club Beach Dig hosts divisions in Miami, Deerfield Beach and Palm Beach with hopes to expand state wide next summer!

May 15th, 2007
Outdoor Gems: Deerfield Beach
Volleyball Magazine
By: John Radtke

Volleyball’s first in a series on beach hotspots features this Florida coastal city where you can always find a game. Cindy Phillips (second from right) runs beach volleyball camps in her hometown of Deerfield Beach, Florida. On Florida’s southeast coast, nestled between the more working class Pompano Beach and the upscale Boca Raton, lies Deerfield Beach. A city of 66,000-plus, Deerfield Beach is also one of the hottest spots in Florida for beach volleyball. The city maintains six sand courts on the beach, and it’s pretty easy to find a game virtually from sunrise to sunset.

May 30, 2007
Phillips starts a Sunshine movement
Beach ambassador making it as a coach
By Walter Villa / Special to AVP.com
Leave it to a Canadian from frigid London, Ontario, to lead a beach volleyball revolution in Florida. Cindy Phillips, 33, didn't start playing beach volleyball until she was 25.

She has since played a couple of AVP qualifiers, but her biggest impact may come as a coach. On May 1, she started Club Beach Dig, a volleyball program that is unique in Florida. "In California, there are beach volleyball programs on every corner," Phillips said. "But nobody else in Florida is coaching the beach game full-time." What Phillips has started is no doubt important to the AVP Tour, which has two stops in Florida — Miami to open the season and Tampa this week. Phillips already has three programs in South Florida: Indian Hammocks Park in Miami, Deerfield Beach (near Fort Lauderdale) and Singer Island in Palm Beach County. She also hopes to start more programs on the state's West Coast next year, including in Clearwater and Fort Myers. So far, the response has been great.