“It has shock absorption so there won’t be as much physical punishment on the body,” Dean said. The project, which began three years ago, includes a 25,000-square-foot indoor facility with four courts featuring Taraflex, point elastic resilient floors now used in the Olympics. “Then we decided, ‘Let’s build the best facility in Southern California, if not the state.” “When we first started talking about it we were going to have one sand court,” Dean said. Photo by Bianca Kaplanekĭean and Olson knew it was time to expand, which they did with help from Doug and Lindsey Forsyth, their partners in the new facility. Celebrating the completion of a three-year expansion project at WAVE Volleyball are, from left, Doug and Lindsey Forsyth, Matt Olson, owner Brennan Dean and his wife, Kristen.

Still, because of limited overall space, about 75 percent of athletes seeking a spot on any of the club’s competitive teams were turned away. WAVE uses space at North Beach in Del Mar to accommodate beach players.

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