Every week somebody asks me some version of "Mark, what's the catch with the $1 trial?" Fair question — the internet has trained us all to hunt for fine print. So here's the whole thing in plain English: exactly what a dollar gets you, what happens on day 7, and how to cancel in one click if it's not for you. Whether you call our sport beach volleyball or sand volleyball, this is the cheapest way on earth to find out what real coaching feels like.

What Do You Get in the $1 Better at Beach Trial?

One dollar unlocks the complete Better at Beach membership for 7 days — every skill and strategy course we've ever built, live Q&A sessions with our coaches, video analysis, and the member community. It's the full membership, not a stripped-down sample. After 7 days it continues at $49/month (or $497/year if you pick annual) unless you cancel first.

I built it this way on purpose. Nobody should buy coaching through a locked door. Spend a week inside, train with us, and then decide with real information instead of a sales page.

What's Actually Inside the Membership?

All of my complete skill courses live inside the membership — serving, passing, setting, attacking, and defense — plus strategy masterclasses, workout programs, and structured practice plans. We don't sell those courses one at a time from this blog, and that's deliberate: the fastest-improving players use the whole system together, and the $1 trial gets you all of it for 7 days.

The piece people underestimate is video analysis. Watching a pro do a skill is nice; a coach watching you do the skill is where the improvement actually happens. Here's what that looks like when we break down real player film:

Does the Trial Include Live Coaching?

Yes. Live Q&A sessions with our coaches run during your trial week just like they do for full members — bring your questions, your match film, or just listen in while we work through other players' games. It's the closest thing to in-person volleyball lessons or classes you can get from your living room. This is an actual live session, so you can see the format before you ever spend the dollar:

How Do You Cancel the $1 Trial?

Log in, open your account, click cancel. One click — no phone call, no retention chat, no guilt trip. And let me say the quiet part out loud: if you don't cancel, the trial rolls into the $49/month membership. That's how trials work, and I'd rather tell you plainly here than have you surprised on a bank statement. If you know it's not for you by day 3, cancel on day 3 — you still keep access for the full 7 days.

Is the $1 Trial Worth It for You?

If you're trying to improve at beach volleyball and you don't have a great coach five minutes away, yes — it's a dollar for a week of the same training system our members use year-round. Think of it as unlimited online volleyball lessons and classes for seven days. And if you already know you learn best in person, the membership is still the smartest first step: our members get the most out of our beach volleyball camps ($599 for 3 days, never more than 10 campers per coach) because they arrive with the technique language already installed — coaching before, during, and after camp beats a camp alone, every time.

The Bottom Line

The trial is $1, it's the entire membership for 7 days, and canceling takes one click. The only thing you can really lose is a week of guessing at your own technique. Start your $1 trial at betteratbeach.com/virtualtraining — and if it's not for you, cancel with zero hard feelings. At least you'll leave with better hands than you came with.