It should be refused downright that you go to the seaside just to get tanned or lie in the shade and relax. More and more bathhouses are gearing up to give their guests the opportunity to play many sports and spend time.
This section provides information on "Beach Games", that is to say all those sports that can be played on the beach. We hope that this will stimulate more and more people to start playing new sports to keep fit and healthy.

Foot Volley was invented on Brazilian beaches where this game became a professional sport a few years ago. In 1995 it was imported in Italy by B.V.C. SPORT (Sportur).

To play it, a beach volley court (16x8 m) and two teams of 2 players are necessary. The regulation is the same as beach volley's one except for the ball not to be hit with hands and arms. To service, you need to kick the ball.

For further details on this sport, please visit the F.I.Fo.V (fifov.com), Italian Foot Volley League.

This is a tennis version on the beach. It was mainly developed in the Adriatic Coast and has a specific regulation replacing the traditional one.

To play it, a 8x8 m - large court and two teams of 2 players are necessary. The regulation is similar to tennis except for rallies which have to be always volleys.

Each team cannot strike the ball more than once: the ball must be shot beyond the net on the volley.

For further information, please visit the web site beachtennis.com.

Beach Soccer was invented in Capocabana's beaches - a nice trademark for this sport.

Thanks to a beach sports boom it has caught on for a few years in Italy, too: more and more tournaments are now being arranged.

To play it, two teams of five players and five reserves and a 37 x 28 m - large pitch are necessary. A standard match lasts 30 minutes, but may vary according to tournaments. Of course you can play it with no shoes on, only.

Please visit beachsoccerlnd.com and beachsoccer.com (beach soccer worldwide).

Beach Volley requires to two teams of two players, a 16x8 m – large sandy court divided by a net. The ball can be hit with every part of your body.

The goal of this game is to strike the ball over the net and hit your opponents' court preventing it from falling in your field. The player in turn to serve sets the ball rolling. To serve, players must strike the ball with hands or arms and try to send it to their opponents' court over the net. Every team can hit the ball three times before sending it to their opponents.

For further information visit: federvolley.it (Fipav).

Kite Surf is a brand new exciting sport mixing kites as a means of transport and surfing. It literally boomed in Maui's beaches and it is now rampant all over the world, obviously on the Adriatic Coast, too.

It is a nice mix of kiting, water skiing, surfing, wakeboarding and windsurfing. To replace traditional sails, it benefits from the power produced by kites to be controlled with 2 or 4 cables. This sport has not only an incredible towing capacity, but it also offers a vertical pull so that athletes can now jump as high as ever before!

For further information, please visit the web site surfinguide.it.

Two teams of five players meet on a 78 m - long x 26 m – wide court with two 15-m long try areas at both ends. The aim is to pass the Frisbee to team members when they are in the opponents' try areas.

Spectacular launches, diving save and breathtaking runs make this sport extremely exciting and hard.

Every year at Easter Paganello WBUC, ultimate beach Frisbee world cup, takes place in Rimini.

For further information on Paganello, visit the web site: paganello.com.