The overhead pass in beach volleyball is one of the most difficult technical elements…

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Attacking effectively, accurately receiving a good serve, setting up a scoring block are also not easy tasks ... But the situation is still different with the transfer from above “ more fun- just think, beach volleyball professionals who train several times a day and compete in the World Series, not all pass from above! And these " Not all"- this is 50 percent of the entire" beach volleyball» Elites of the world!

Why? It so happened historically in this sport that judges closely monitor the quality of this element, and if they see the slightest flaw, a whistle immediately sounds ... And the criteria for these whistles are constantly changing! Previously, about ten years ago, between the transfer in classic volleyball and beach volleyball, it was just abyss…Quick Contact « hall» volleyball - and on the other hand, a huge long catch of the ball in beach volleyball! Where did this difference come from?

Everything is quite simple here - in classic volleyball there are three blocks, and the main task of the passer is to get rid of at least one blocker with a good reception ... In beach volleyball, no matter how you pass - one block ( although if you pass 3 meters from the grid, then most likely there will be no block at all, but still you shouldn’t do that). The passer's task here is not to break the block, but to give the best possible transfer. Due to the longer contact of the hands with the ball, the transfer is much more balanced ( the ball moves slower). The striker has more time, it is easier to reach the ball with his feet, there is time to assess the situation on the opposite site. And thus attack becomes more effective.

Recently, the rules have changed somewhat. In the past, referees have looked critically at the quick contact of the hands on the ball when making a pass and any spin on the ball. If the ball made at least one revolution in the air after the pass, it was a mistake. They tried to change the rules of beach volleyball in order to make this sport more like classic volleyball. So, for several seasons, the rules allowed touching the net, but not the upper cable ( just imagine all these disputes - “well, I touched the grid not here, but there!"). But after several years of experiment, the touch of the grid was removed ( often at the beginning of the World Series season, the organizers and referees held meetings with the players, and there was a lot of indignation on the part of the girls about the too low safety of this rule - the players flew into the net and could simply collide).

Now grab the ball with your hands ( make the movement of the hands with the ball first down and then up) forbidden. Yes, and small rotations of the ball after the transfer were also allowed. The overhead pass in beach volleyball is closer than ever to the classic. But still, I’ll immediately note that in the beach transfer, the contact of the hands with the ball is much longer, and the legs work differently here.

So why don't all pros pass from above? One of the reasons is that often the host country provides the majority of judges, and in all countries the judges judge the program slightly differently ( you come to China for competitions, and then a series of surprises begins). Also for experienced players high level allow some flaws, and new players from the qualification whistle any flaw ... So many sacrifice quality ( because the transmission from above is much more convenient than from below) and pass from below ...

Those players of the World Series who pass from above constantly devote a lot of time to this element ( I remember when we first came to the training camp in Brazil, looked at the top players with surprise - they passed and received every day during all morning training). When teams fly in for competitions and go out for tryouts, what do you think they spend their time on in particular? Right, pass a lot!

It is necessary to pay at least 10 - 20 minutes this element at every workout. Muscle memory in this case remembers the correct movements for a very long time, and, unfortunately, forgets everything at once!

You watched the video - I will summarize everything we have said above:

The main work on the transfer is done by the legs! ( And 80 percent, but we'll talk about this in our next video)

The hands and fingers simply wrap around the ball and try to work in sync enough to prevent unnecessary rotation of the ball.

We pass due to the extension of the legs, shoulders and elbows

There should not be any gripping and lowering of hands down with the ball ( if not us, then the judge will definitely take care of it)

Hand movements should be as smooth as possible, we should see off the ball for as long as possible and fully extend our arms after the ball!

P.S. The pass from above in beach volleyball is very important - the quality of the removal is increased, and the amount of energy consumed is reduced! So start making the right moves and you'll be fine! And - we will show you everything, we will tell you much more and teach you!

Bronze medalists of the European Youth Championship beach volleyball Victoria Secretova and Victoria Shalaevskaya will move to adult sports from the new season. In an interview with SPORT.TUT.BY, the future tourism specialist and programmer spoke about dangerous sparring with men on the Minsk Sea and grueling workouts with the Brazilians, sunstroke during the match and the exclusion of beach volleyball from the program of the European Games in Minsk.

“In the quarterfinals of the World Youth Championship, I received sunstroke. I was shaking after the game."

In the best Belarusian pair of beach girls, the girls are namesakes. Victoria Secretova plays the role of a blocker, Victoria Shalaevskaya is a defender. Secretova is 20 years old, she is from Minsk. Shalaevskaya from Molodechno, she is 19.

One name for two does not interfere with girls in everyday life and in training. They understand which of them the mentor Sergei Danilov is addressing, as soon as he raises his voice.

After all, it is always connected with a mistake or a successful action of the one of us who touched the ball last, - the defender explains. - But we turn around at the shout of the coach all the same together. Sergey Viktorovich considers Vika secretive, therefore he sometimes commands: “Vika, declassify, in the end!” And he teases me, remembering how hard it was for the announcer to read my name at the European Youth Championship in 2014: “Shalalaevska!” I prefer to be called "Shalvi".

The duet of the girls was formed just in 2014. In 2015, they became fourth at the European Championships under 20, and a year later they won bronze medals at a similar start. These were the first medals for Belarus in the history of women's beach sports. It received development in the country only in 2011, although it was presented in the competition program at the 1996 Atlanta Games.

In 2016, Secretova and Shalaevskaya attended the tournament of the series " Grand Slam” in Moscow, where they played in the same quartet with the participants of the Games in Rio de Janeiro from Canada, Switzerland and Brazil. By the way, the last team included the reigning world champions and future Rio 2016 silver medalists Agata Bednarchuk and Barbara Seixas.

Agata and Barbara after the meeting said to our coach: “Sergy, congratulations! Your young girls are good." He heard the same from his Brazilian colleagues, who invited him to train together after the match with the Canadians. In it, we fought for the right to leave the group. We won one set against the Canadians, and in the third decisive one we lost the victory due to inexperience. We were upset, but we still had a lesson with the Brazilians ahead of us. They saw their benefit in it: they collected a dossier on us. Frankly, we were already exhausted after the warm-up, that is, 10-15 minutes of running in a circle with different tasks, - says Shalaevskaya.

In 2017, Vika and Vika competed at the U21 World Championship, where they retired at the quarter-final stage, finishing fifth in the protocol. The executive committee of the volleyball federation put "bad" for such a performance. The girls were surprised.

Them " youth world” was remembered, first of all, by difficult weather conditions. The fact is that matches in beach volleyball are canceled in rare cases. Heavy rain without lightning will not be the basis for interrupting the fight. Like the sizzling heat. Belarusians faced such weather conditions in Nanjing, China, where the planetary championship was held.

You make one acceleration, and the feeling is that you can no longer play, you are suffocating, - Shalaevskaya recalls the sensations. - In conditions of high humidity and high temperatures, the sand on the site was watered during each time-out, it was so hot. In a meeting with the Czechs in the 1/8 finals, which lasted more than an hour, I received a sunstroke. When I got to the toilet after the game, I threw up. I left for a very long time after the match, I was shaking all over.

Photo from the personal archive of Victoria Shalaevskaya

The main thing for the Belarusian couple is the rivalry with the Russians Nadezhda Makroguzova and Svetlana Kholomina. They stopped the Belarusians at the European and World Youth Championships in 2015 and 2017 in the semi-finals and quarter-finals, respectively. The last time the Belarusians managed to win one set against sworn friends for the first time, and with a big advantage - 21:15.

Against the backdrop of anger, they managed to do this, - Shalaevskaya believes. - There was a lot of negativity, but not in relation to the opponents who are preparing in good conditions- Rio de Janeiro, Sochi and Tenerife, but to the environment in which we are. It would seem that we have everything to grow into serious players: physical data, talent, motivation and a competent coach. The only question is how to manage the opportunity to reach the top level and gain a foothold in the elite of the world beach volleyball. A couple of years ago, this was out of the question. We were kids when we got into this sport.

“I plan to play beach volleyball, but I can write in programming languages”

Secretova and Shalaevskaya call each other sisters - they are so close, and they remember with a smile how they competed in classic volleyball in their teenage years.

We often met in the finals of the republican competitions, - says Victoria Shalaevskaya. - Both were leaders of their teams, participated in the awards ceremony as best players commands. They did not experience antipathy, but, on the contrary, admired each other. Vika was well physically developed and had a high gaming intelligence. It was nice to compete with her. At that moment, I could not imagine that together we would play for the national team, and even in beach volleyball. Now Vika is the only person I can fully rely on. After all, if we do not hold on to each other, we are unlikely to fulfill our dreams. They are associated with the adult world championship and the Olympics.

Coach Sergey Viktorovich just found us at one of the youth championships, - adds blocking Vika. - We were at the stage when it was necessary to decide on the future in sports. Personally, I had no desire to engage in “classics”, but I responded to the offer to try myself in beach volleyball. Since then, we have experienced many happy moments.

After a long pause, in 2017, the girls again played against each other, however, at the level of university competitions. Secretova, a gold medalist on the results of secondary education, represented BSEU, and Shalaevskaya represented BSUIR. She is preparing to become an economist in the field of programming.

I plan to play beach volleyball, Shalaevskaya clarifies. - Nevertheless, as a second-year student at BSUIR, I can write in C#, Java programming languages. I pass all the tests and exams myself. It's in my interest to learn something new and not follow the easy path.

Representing their universities, the girls competed on group stage of the interuniversity championship - Shalaevskaya and her partner won here, and in the final - the victory went to the Secret team.

There was no one to give us worthy resistance, - Secrets admits. - We understood that we would play each other in the final. In it, our amateur partners have already found out among themselves who is stronger, since with our actions we practically could not influence the course of the fight. After winning the Universiade, I took the Cup to the Vice-Rector of the Belarusian State Economic University and asked for help with passing the exam, which I missed.

Body shapes like physical form, do not make girls complex when they go to the court in a tank top and slips. For example, Shalaevskaya performs a leg press with a weight of 220 kg. On Instagram, she congratulated men on Defender of the Fatherland Day with the help of a video in which she lifts two men of 95 kg each with a weight on the simulator.

Strong hips allow you to jump higher, - explains the defender. - My position also implies the need to run a lot, and running on the ground and on the sand are not the same thing. Legs should be well pumped. Vika must strengthen the muscles in such a way that they remain elastic. She serves and runs under the net - on the block ... It turns out that in the gym I train like a weightlifter, and she like an athlete.

Beach volleyball is associated with the naked bodies of girls, bizarre signs behind their backs and the overall atmosphere of a party, Shalaevskaya admits. - In Belarus, unfortunately, there are few sports bases for holding tournaments: they are in Molodechno, Minsk and Mozyr. Stadiums are usually empty, but not because Belarusian men are not attracted to swimsuit girls. They just don't know where and when beach volleyball competitions take place. But this is a question for the federation. As well as why beach volleyball was excluded from the program of the second European Games, which will be held in Minsk in 2019 ... Only after the performance at the World Youth Championships did we learn that it would not be at our home mini-Olympics. Although ours was in the first published list of approved sports. Survived the shock! How so? Building four courts on the basis of the Olympiysky SOK would not require large expenditures. Judge for yourself, beach soccer and beach volleyball competitions all over the world are held on the same venues, and since there will be football at the European Games, why was volleyball excluded?

“We sparred with amateur men on the Minsk Sea. I broke two fingers

In the season that ended, Victoria Secretova and Victoria Shalaevskaya won medals in an adult tournament for the first time, even if we are talking only about the satellite category. In the world ranking (FIVB World Ranking) they are on the 115th line, which is called a “rollback” from the previously won positions. In 2015, they overcame the bar of 1000 points. In 2017, the number of training camps abroad (they were replaced by training in Minsk and Raubichi) and trips to competitions decreased along with a decrease in sponsorship.

This was reflected in the preparation in a direct way, - Shalaevskaya believes. - If last year we had ten tournaments, now we spent seven months in Belarus before going to youth championship peace. They ran up the stairs and trained in the gym, not on the sand. Between the last exit to the start and the championship, they had almost a month's pause in performances and then finished fifth in the "world". Agree, doesn't it deserve attention? In the meantime, our rivals spend three months at the training camp, some in Egypt, some in the USA, some in Brazil.

Our fourth and fifth tournaments of the season were separated by almost two months! During this period, they practiced mainly on the Minsk Sea, sparred with amateur men. And in these matches, everything is different. The speeds are higher, and we have to adapt to what we may face in games with girls. Sometimes the body suffers. So they broke two fingers of my hand when I tried to repel a blow performed by a man. The ball flew in the face ... Yes, tennis players often spar with men, but there is a simulation of the game to solve certain problems. Our amateurs are not coaches in order to calculate the impact force, adjust to the capabilities of the weaker sex.

Analyzing the recent successes of the girls, the Ministry of Sports and the Volleyball Federation are simultaneously developing a training plan for the next year. In the off-season, Lithuanians, Poles and Czechs want to play with Belarusians. Everyone is calling for training camps in their countries. The coach of Secret and Shalaevskaya Sergey Danilov is happy with this situation and is looking for resources to finance trips from private individuals.

Next season you need to play as many tournaments as possible in order to have good starting positions during the selection for the 2020 Olympic Games, which will be held a year earlier. A high rating will allow you to go to top competitions and win points, but in another way you won’t be able to win a ticket to Tokyo 2020, says Shalaevskaya.

Most of all, the girls are worried because of the threat of a transition from the practicing Danilov, who made a downed team out of children, to another coach. Vika and Vika are ready to put their careers in sports on the line, if only the mentor would stay with them.

14/01/2011 10:30

Krasilnikov: classic "beach" or beach "classic"

Text: Viktor Nikolaev. Photo: FIVB

Vyacheslav Krasilnikov joined the Energetik (Krasnodar) volleyball team in the middle of last season, immediately becoming one of the leaders of the reigning Kuban champion. However, this should not be surprising, because he spent the first half of the year in the camp of the Krasnodar GUVD-Dynamo (now just Dynamo), at that time the Premier League club A. Today, as you know, Dynamo play in the Super League. In addition, 19-year-old Krasilnikov is quite successful in beach volleyball. But, according to the athlete himself, he prefers the classic version of the game.

- I ended up in Energetik after two years spent at GUVD-Dynamo. Above offer from new team didn't think for a long time. There is a good team here, I have known all the guys very well for a long time, so I joined without any problems. I'm comfortable here, Krasilnikov talked about how he became a "power engineer".

– By the way, about the training at the GUVD-Dynamo. How did you work under the guidance of Yuri Marichev?

“At times it was difficult, but interesting. Probably, it could not have been otherwise - after all, a professional level. To train under the guidance of such a specialist as Yuri Nikolayevich is great experience For young player. And the whole team has noticeably improved in the course of the championship. Now my training is not so intense, but Energetik is playing in a championship of a different caliber. Although I am not averse to work in the rhythm of professionals.

- Beat all opponents. We are, perhaps, despite our age, the most experienced and well-played team. This is what we take. But to be honest, there is still much to add. The quality of the game can be improved. The only thing left is to train, train and train again.

– What, in your opinion, is the level of the regional championship?

– It is difficult to judge objectively. All opponents are well known, they played with everyone and defeated everyone. Most of the teams are objectively inferior to us in class, but among them there are a couple of worthy ones. Although we have to beat them. The main thing is to show your volleyball, and not to rest on the site. To be honest, I would like to play in the First League of the Russian Championship. There the level is higher and the competition is much stronger.

–Vyacheslav, you are doing pretty well, judging by the results, you can play beach volleyball ...

- From what you can bring to your asset on the "beach" - this is participation in the Junior World Championships in 2009 in Turkish Alania. The tournament was very serious, both in terms of the level of organization and the composition of the participants. The strongest couples from all over the world came to Turkey. At the group stage, we performed well, in one of the matches we beat the future finalists of the championship, also a couple from Russia, 2:1 Andrey Bolgov / Ruslan Bykanov. We stopped at the semi-final stage, where we lost to the future champions - the Ukrainian duo Sergey Popov / Valery Samoday. It's a shame that they stopped a step away from the fight for medals. On the outskirts of the podium, they stumbled at the European Championship among students, which was held this summer in Kazan. Although our couple was considered one of the favorites, but, as in Antalya, we were content with only fifth place.

- In the domestic arena, the results are probably higher?

- For juniors - yes. I rarely go below the second meta. According to the results of the main championship of the country, do not believe it, he also became the fifth. IN decisive match again lost 2:1. I was especially upset that I was a little short not only to medals, but also to fulfill the standard of a master of sports. To get the title of master, it was necessary to get into the top four. By the way, they would have gone to the semi-finals, there they would have met with a duet Dmitry Barsuk.

– Have you ever competed with the legend of Russian beach volleyball before?

– Yes, against Badger this season. True, he did not perform with his usual partner. Igor Kolodinsky, and with Latvian Alexander Samoilov. It was hard, to be honest, it was. The first minutes we fought on equal terms, and then the opponent's experience took its toll. But such defeats are also useful.

- With whom will you play in pairs in the new season?

My partners are constantly changing. Performed with a young guy Artem Kucherenko, then with Viktor Kharchenko. We played well with him and began to show results in adult competitions. This year I want to try Max Purin from Energy. I think we will play a couple of stages, and if things go well, then we will start at full program train.

– While preparing for the interview, I found out that at the beach volleyball competitions you represented sport Club"Volei Grad" (Anapa) ...

- This club has the best infrastructure. It is located in Vityazevo on the basis of the modern center of the All-Russian Volleyball Federation. All training conditions have been created there, and the coaching staff is in order. So I took advantage of the invitation to play for this club with pleasure.

- Where do you like to perform more: in the hall or on the sand?

– To be honest, I prefer the “classics”. But my results are better in the "beach". Yes, and the coaches tell me that I'm doing well on the sand. There is an opinion that those who did not succeed in the classic go to beach volleyball. Maybe this one is true, but I still like regular volleyball even more, so I'm not going to leave it anywhere. Well, I always have time for the "beach"!

Dreams of playing on the famous Copacabana Beach will come true the day after tomorrow for the 127 men's and women's teams from 36 countries who have signed up for the Rio Grand Slam, the first Grand Slam of the 2015-2016 WorldTour season.

For 15 men's couples in 5 months, another dream will come true - to play on Olympic Games 2016. In order to get into the tournament, which takes place every four years, they need to get into the "List of 15". The qualification process is carried out with the help of the FIVB World Tour, which started in January 2015 and will end in mid-June with the Grand Slam in Hamburg.

Selection for the Olympics

Beginning in April 2015, the Rio Grand Slam will be the 20th of 30 FIVB World Tour qualifying tournaments for men's teams and the 19th of 28 for women's. minus brazilian teams, the top 15 international couples will qualify for the Olympic Games, which will be held at the same venue as next week's tournament. Since the start of the selection process for the Olympics, teams from 58 countries have taken part in the FIVB World Tour.

In order to qualify for the Olympic qualification, a team must have competed in at least 12 World Tour events and/or Continental Championships from January 2015 to June 13, 2016 with no lineup changes. No more than two teams from each country will be able to take part in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil).

Five men's and five women's couples will be selected for the Olympics with the help of continental cups - each confederation donates one ticket to the Summer Olympics 2016. The last qualifying tournament will be held July 6-10 in Russia: the last Continental Cup will pass in Sochi. The top two couples in each bracket will receive the last two tickets to the 24-team Olympic bracket.

Brazil is the host country

Two men and women's teams Brazil has already qualified for the Olympics. Alison Cerutti/Bruno Oscar Schmidt and Agata Bednarczuk/Barbara Seixas became the winners of the Beach Volleyball World Championship 2015, held last July in Holland. Two more teams - Evandro Gonçalves / Pedro Solberg and Talita Antunes / Larisa Franca received their places in Olympic team Brazil as representatives of the host country.

In addition to all of the above, the following is short review all major candidates for their place in the "List of 15" World Tour of the countries. As mentioned earlier, Brazil has already received all four possible tickets (for two women's and two men's teams) to the Rio 2016 Olympics, so representatives of this country do not participate in the qualification. Accordingly, Brazilian couples are not considered in the list.

Austria
Clemens Doppler/Alexander Horst already participated in the 2016 London Olympics, having qualified through the continental qualification system. Now they occupy the 8th line of the rating (4220 points) with 10 played tournaments. By participating in the Grand Slam Rio, they will receive at least 160 more points to their ranking, and they will have one more tournament to play to meet the requirements for participation.

Venezuela
Jackson Hendrickes and Jesus Villafan take 19th place (3296 points) and meet the qualification requirements. They need to finish 17th and above at the Rio Grand Slam.

Germany
After seven completions of the Opens among the top nine teams, the Germans Markus Markus Böckermann and Lars Vlügen ranked 10th in the preliminary list (4150 points). Otherwise, they already meet the qualification requirements. Boeckerman and Fluegen need to finish 17th or higher at the Rio Grand Slam to improve their position. Jonathan Erdmann and Kai Matysik placed ninth in Olympic tournament in London in 2012. Now he is 18th on the list (3300 points, 9 tournaments). At the Rio Grand Slam, they will receive at least 160 points from above. In order to meet the qualification requirements, Erdmann and Matysik need to take part in at least two more tournaments.

Holland
Teams Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meuvsen(5,340 points) and Rinder Nummerdor/Christian Warenhost(4,920) occupy the first and second positions in the preliminary list. Brouwer and Meuvsen are the 2013 FIVB World Champions. At the Rio Grand Slam, they need to finish 17th or higher to move up the list. Nummerdor and Warenhost took second place at the 2015 World Championships in The Hague (Netherlands). After the Rio Grand Slam they will qualify. In this tournament, they will earn at least 160 points. Nummerdor has already placed fifth at the 2008 Olympic Games (Beijing) and fourth in 2012 (London) paired with Richard Schuyl.

Spain
Adriana Gavira and Pablo Herrera ranked fifth on the preliminary list (4,360 points). The Spaniards need to finish fifth or higher at the Rio Grand Slam to change their position. Gavira and Herrera finished ninth in the Summer Olympics in London in 2012. Games in London became the third Olympic performance for Herrera, who had already won silver in Athens in 2004 and placed ninth in Beijing in 2008 with Raul Meza.

Italy
Couples Alex Rangieri/Adrian Carambula(4130 points) and Daniel Lupo/Paolo Nicolai(3960) are 12th and 14th in the preliminary Olympic list. Rangieri and Karambula already meet the qualification requirements. At the Rio Grand Slam they will receive at least 80 points minus the worst result at the Grand Slam in Norway. Lupo and Nicolai, who finished fifth at the London Olympics, will qualify after participating in the Rio Grand Slam and will also add at least 160 points to their rankings.

Canada
Chame Shock and Ben Saxton have already played 12 tournaments, so they can participate in the qualification. In the preliminary list, they occupy the sixth line (4320 points). Shock and Saxton will receive at least 40 points after participating in the Grand Slam Rio. Thus, they will block their worst result on the Open in Switzerland. Canadians John Binstock and Sam Schachter on this moment occupy a place below the 15th, but may well enter the "List of 15". Now they are in 16th place with 3480 points and 11 played tournaments. After the Rio Grand Slam, they will meet the qualifying conditions and receive a minimum of 160 points.

Latvia
Aleksandrs Samoilovs and Janis Smedins ranked third in the preliminary list (4660 points). At the Rio Grand Slam, they will receive at least 160 more. They already meet the qualification requirements. Janis Smedins finished third at the 2012 London Olympics with Martins Plavins. Aleksandrs Samoilovs took ninth place at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing (partner - Martins Plavins) and 2012 - in London (partner - Ruslans Sorokins). Samoilovs and Smedins are reigning champions European Continental Cup.

Mexico
Juan Virgen and Lombardo Ontiveros, who meet the qualification requirements, take 15th place in the preliminary ranking (3930 points). The Mexicans need to move past ninth at the Rio Grand Slam to improve their position.

Poland
Teams Grzegorz Fialek/Mariusz Prudel(4160 points) and Piotr Kantor/Bartos Losyak(4,060) are ninth and 13th in the preliminary selection list. Kantor and Losyak need to advance to the main draw of the Rio Grand Slam. The couple needs to finish ninth or higher in next week's tournament. Fialek and Prudel, who finished fifth at the 2012 London Olympics, will qualify for qualification after the Rio competition, where they will receive a minimum of 160 points towards their ranking.

Russia
Konstantin Semyonov and Vyacheslav Krasilnikov occupy the 11th line in the preliminary list (4150 points) and already qualify for the qualification. The Russians need to take 17th place or higher at the Rio Grand Slam. As well as the Austrian pair, Konstantin Semyonov qualified for the 2012 Olympics through the Continental Cup paired with Sergei Prokopiev. On Summer Games 2012 they finished in ninth place.

USA
Couples Jake Gibb/Casey Patterson(4620 points) and Tri Bourne/John Hayden(4240) are fourth and seventh in the preliminary ranking. Gibb has already placed fifth at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics with Sean Rosenthal. Together with Casey Patterson, they already meet the qualification requirements. The Rio Grand Slam will add 160 points to their ranking. Bourne and Hayden should be 17th or better at the Rio Grand Slam. Phil Dahlhauser and Nick Lucena not far behind the Bourne / Hayden pair, having 4100 points and 8 played tournaments. Rio Grand Slam will bring this couple a minimum of 160 points. To meet the Olympic qualification requirements, they need to play three more tournaments.

Türkiye
Murat Giginoglu and Volkan Ogtepe are currently ranked 20th in the preliminary rating (3180 points) and already meet the requirements Olympic selection. They need to finish 17th and above at the Rio Grand Slam.

France
Yusuf Kru and Eduard Rowlanson occupy the 21st line in the list (3170 points, 11 tournaments). Rio Grand Slam will bring them at least 40 points. The French need to qualify for the main draw and are currently seeded #1 in the preliminary round. Crewe and Rowlandson will fully meet the qualifying requirements after hitting the Copacabana sand on Tuesday.

Chile
Cousins Esteban and Marco Grimalt ranked 17th in the preliminary list (3370 points, 12 tournaments). They need to take a place above 17th at the Rio Grand Slam to correct their position. Grimalts have an advantage after winning the Championship South America 2015.