Digs (or passes) on the beach should have a higher arc than indoor digs because the partner of the player who makes the dig needs time to get under the ball for the set.
Here, 3-time beach Olympian Holly McPeak has one of the players in her training group, Skylar Caputo, demonstrate the difference between an indoor dig (or pass) that gets to the net quickly and a slower, loopier beach dig.