For countries who don' t have access to beaches, it presents a road block to the development of the sport. Here is one example of a beach soccer initiative in Bolivia, a landlocked developing country who despite having no sandy beaches, is building the first beach soccer arena in Latin America not on a coastline. Here are some pictures of their development.
What the final project will look like:
The arena in progress:
The construction site:
The arena is still in the building and development phases, where they are trying to fundraise and increase visibility about the project. This arena will make it possible for Bolivia the first time to have it's own national beach soccer team, and host local, national and internal games.
For more information, you can check out their website.
If you have any more questions, you can email the Director General para America Latina, Lic. Rodolfo Perecin Mareno at rpmareno@fondointeramericano.org
For more information about beach soccer initiatives in Canada check out Soccer World Central for Ontario Beach Soccer tournaments and leagues.
If you are free this weekend, be sure to come out to the Sand Blast Wasaga Beach sand soccer tournament. Taking place this August 24th at Wasaga Beach 1, from 10 am til 6pm for Men's Pro Am and Women's games.
2 comments:
I think that it is great that they are trying to implement this kind of sport in places that people don't have access to the suitable place to play it.32hr
I think is fabulous to give people the opportunity to be part of this extraordinary sport and to get access to it on easier way. beach soccer is great, but unfortunately it is not so much popular yet, but this kind of facts help it to grow up as foam.
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