SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter

Welcome back to SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, where we have, at the Florida State Beach Volleyball courts, second-year professional Maddie Anderson. We've been trying to get Maddie on the pod for some time, and Travis even coached her and Brook Bauer briefly at the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Hamburg Elite a year ago, but finally, we made it work, and we chat about:

How Maddie made the transition from NCAA to professional beach volleyball so well

Her new partnership with Alaina Chacon

Why living in California to become a professional volleyball player is no longer a necessity, and why she's doing it in Florida

How she almost lost her spark and love for volleyball, but reclaimed it and is now all in

And much more! Fun one with Mads.

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This episode of SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, features Dr. Nate Zinsser, or Doc Z, the author of The Confident Mind, which Travis considers the most powerful sports book of all time. Why? It changed his career – and the careers of everyone he has coached – forever. This one is an absolute powerhouse of an episode, in which the two chat about:

Exercises you can do to increase your confidence in all aspects of life

How you can make your biggest stage, whether it’s the Olympics or a huge presentation, feel totally normal

How to flip nerves into an incredible performance enhancer

The power of journaling, and specifically, journaling about effort, success, and progress

And so, so, so much more. Absolute slammer of an episode.

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Welcome back to SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, where Travis takes on fan questions for our February Mailbag episode. He answers:

Can you give us an NCAA Beach Volleyball preview?

What is this new Beach Pro Tour format we're hearing about?

Will we ever see a KOC or QOC again?

What are your optimum Olympic beach volleyball partnerships?

And a whole lot more!

Thanks as always for writing in!

Chapters

00:00 Welcome Back to Sandcast

01:53 Mixing and Matching Players

07:07 Recruiting Indoor Players for Beach Volleyball

12:22 AVP League Model and Future

16:06 King of the Beach Format

18:58 NCAA Beach Volleyball Preview

27:56 Olympic Qualification and Partnerships

31:59 Feedback on World Championships

38:06 New Beach World Tour Overview

Takeaways

The Confident Mind is a must-read for athletes.

Mixing players from different countries can create exciting partnerships.

USA Volleyball focuses on indoor talent due to financial reasons.

The AVP is committed to its league model despite challenges.

King of the Beach format could make a comeback.

NCAA beach volleyball is thriving with new talent.

End of the year is crucial for forming new partnerships.

Players enjoyed the World Championships in Adelaide.

The new Beach World Tour is still being finalized.

Simplification of tournament formats is essential for fan understanding.

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In this episode of SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, Bourne and good friend Savvy Cory -- the former Savvy Simo! – chat about all of the huge changes in the beach volleyball landscape, and especially Savvy’s own. She discusses:

Changing her own name to Savvy Cory after getting married to Evan Cory

How her and Devon Newberry became partners

Why she defected from USA Volleyball’s training group

Why she’s enjoying getting away from the beach volleyball ecosystem a bit this season

And so much more!
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This episode of SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, features the hottest new team in the USA Volleyball landscape: Taylor Crabb and Andy Benesh. They chat about all things partnership, including:

How the two wound up together

Why Benesh sought a switch in partners, and why he’s so excited about playing with Taylor Crabb

USA Volleyball’s new centralized system on the beach

Why winning an Olympic medal, not just qualifying, is the ultimate goal.

And much, much more.
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