SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter

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Terese Cannon‘s extraordinary beach life is only just beginning Nov 10, 2021

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This episode of SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, features two-time USC National Champion and rising professional player Terese Cannon.

Cannon’s journey is a unique one, even in a sport replete with unique journeys. Raised in Rochester, New York, Cannon played minimally on the beach growing up. But a weird freshman season indoors at Georgetown led her to reaching out to Anna Collier, which resulted in a walk-on spot at USC, and, well, the rest is currently Cannon’s history in the making.

On this episode, we discuss:

Cannon finishing a volatile season, in which she lost in six straight country quotas, with a cherry on top: Main draw in the Itapema four-star
The life-changing experience that was the Cancun Bubble
How grateful she is for the life journey she’s on, traveling the world, playing volleyball
The ability to learn from losses

And, as always, much, much more.

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Raise Your Game, with high-performance coach Alan Stein Nov 03, 2021

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This episode of SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, features high-performance coach Alan Stein. If you're looking to improve at any area of your life -- beach volleyball, basketball, investing, parenting, ANYTHING -- this is a gold mine of information.

Stein, a former basketball teammate of Adam Roberts' at Elon University, is the author of the book, Raise Your Game, and its principles are invaluable. We discuss many of them on the podcast, along with:

- How working with Kobe Bryant, and his ability to "never get bored with the basics" changed Stein's life

- The value of doing work in "the unseen hours" that results in championships

- The tricky balance of focusing on recovery vs. getting extra reps

- Why confidence must be earned

And so, so much more.

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Finding Mastery, on and off the court, with Michael Gervais Oct 27, 2021

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This episode of SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, is an ABSOLUTE GOLD MINE, featuring sport and high performance psychologist Michael Gervais.

Gervais is one of the most respected sports psychologists in the world, and has worked alongside athletes such as Felix Baumgartner -- who jumped out of a balloon and through the stratosphere -- to Pete Carroll and the Seattle Seahawks to April Ross and Kerri Walsh Jennings. He is a master of his craft, and this episode is an absolute must-listen.

On this episode, we discuss:

- The importance of the mental aspect of sport, and how critical it is to make time for it

- How Gervais has always felt the swell of mental training coming, and now it's hitting

- Why Gervais' life mission is to help people live in the present more often, and how he's helping them accomplish that

- Why we need extreme athletes

And so, so, so much more.

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https://www.wilson.com/en-us/volleyball

Check out our book, Volleyball for Milkshakes, written by SANDCAST hosts Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter: https://www.amazon.com/Volleyball-Milkshakes-Travis-Mewhirter/dp/B089781SHB

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SANDCAST Mailbag: Who are the new beach volleyball partnerships for 2022? Oct 20, 2021

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This episode of SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, marks FOUR YEARS of the podcast! What began as an off-the-wall idea at a breakfast meeting at the Ocean Diner in Hermosa Beach has become my biggest storytelling passion, and, strangely, one of the points of Bourne’s beach volleyball career for which the Olympian and Manhattan Beach Open champ is now most well-known.

It's been an incredible ride, and we have you, the listeners, to thank for that. Seriously, we love you.

Above all, that has always been, and will continue to be, our main goal with SANDCAST: Give the beach volleyball fans the beach volleyball stories and content they want.

For our four-year anniversary, then, what better way to celebrate than by answering questions from the fans who keep this show moving?

On this episode, we answer:

- Who are the new beach volleyball partnerships heading into the 2022 season?

- How epic is the Myrtle Beach Open?

- What is up with Konstantin Semenov's body language?

- Will the new World Tour format pull more players from the AVP?

- What's one rule we would change in beach volleyball?

And many, many more!

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This episode, as always, is brought to you by Wilson Volleyball, makers of the absolute best balls in the game, hands down. You can get a 20-percent discount using our code, SANDCAST-20!

https://www.wilson.com/en-us/volleyball

Check out our book, Volleyball for Milkshakes, written by SANDCAST hosts Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter: https://www.amazon.com/Volleyball-Milkshakes-Travis-Mewhirter/dp/B089781SHB

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Riley McKibbin: The rise to one of beach volleyball‘s most important voices Oct 13, 2021

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This episode of SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, features, for the first time, Riley McKibbin on his own. You guys, of course, know Riley McKibbin: He's the elder of the Beard Bros and the editor of the viral and wildly popular McKibbin YouTube channel, which is providing so, so, so much good for the beach volleyball world.

On this episode, we discuss:

- The direction of the YouTube channel, and how it is more geared towards storytelling than tutorials

- A new four-man event being put on by the McKibbins and SharpeVision

- Riley's rise through the volleyball world, from benchwarmer to a setter on the U.S. National Team

And, as always, much, much more.

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This episode, as always, is brought to you by Wilson Volleyball, makers of the absolute best balls in the game, hands down. You can get a 20-percent discount using our code, SANDCAST-20!

https://www.wilson.com/en-us/volleyball

Check out our book, Volleyball for Milkshakes, written by SANDCAST hosts Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter: https://www.amazon.com/Volleyball-Milkshakes-Travis-Mewhirter/dp/B089781SHB

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Jake Gibb has one last tournament before becoming the full-time soccer dad Oct 06, 2021

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This episode of SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, is a re-run episode that we recorded back in August of 2018 with Jake Gibb. When we initially recorded this episode, Gibb was one day removed from the Manhattan Beach Open finals, where he and Taylor Crabb lost to Phil Dalhausser and Nick Lucena.

We figured now would be a great time to run it back, given that Gibb is in his final tournament of his storied career, competing at the World Tour Finals.

On this episode, Gibb discusses:

- How ignorance perhaps paved the way to him becoming one of the best American blockers of all-time

- The growth of his partnership with Taylor Crabb. This in particular is fun to look back upon, as Crabb was just beginning to come into his own in 2018 and is now one of the best defenders in the world.

- His growth curve as a professional beach volleyball player, and the importance of a growth mindset

- Two young Norwegian kids named Anders Mol and Christian Sorum

And, as always, much, much more:

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This episode, as always, is brought to you by Wilson Volleyball, makers of the absolute best balls in the game, hands down. You can get a 20-percent discount using our code, SANDCAST-20!

https://www.wilson.com/en-us/volleyball

Check out our book, Volleyball for Milkshakes, written by SANDCAST hosts Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter: https://www.amazon.com/Volleyball-Milkshakes-Travis-Mewhirter/dp/B089781SHB

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Rising Canadian defender Jake MacNeil‘s life on the road is only beginning Sep 29, 2021

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This episode of SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, features Mewhirter's good friend and standout Canadian defender Jake MacNeil. The two have been on the road together for nearly two months this season, and are currently filming a movie in Bulgaria.

Our chat is a wide-ranging one, discussing:

- MacNeil's experience as a training partner at the Tokyo Olympic Games

- A wild season in which he and Will Hoey were on the road non-stop since May

- The difference between teams a the one-star level and the five-star level

- What the next few years are looking like in the Canadian federation

And, as always, much more.

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This episode, as always, is brought to you by Wilson Volleyball, makers of the absolute best balls in the game, hands down. You can get a 20-percent discount using our code, SANDCAST-20!

https://www.wilson.com/en-us/volleyball

Check out our book, Volleyball for Milkshakes, written by SANDCAST hosts Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter: https://www.amazon.com/Volleyball-Milkshakes-Travis-Mewhirter/dp/B089781SHB

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Yariv Lerner is bringing beach volleyball back to the big screen Sep 22, 2021

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This episode of SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, is AWESOME. This episode features Yariv Lerner, the CEO of Nu Boyana Film Studios, one of the largest film studios in Europe.

Why are we having a CEO of a film studio on the podcast? Because Lerner is producing a movie, Qualifying, depicting the grinding journey of the qualifier beach volleyball player, shooting it at Sofia Beach in Sofia, Bulgaria. Now, for the first time since Sideout, beach volleyball will be back on the big screen, and for the first time ever, it's going to be done right.

On this episode, we discuss:

- How this movie came to be, and how a script written 20 years ago by Tom Black was revived to become a bona fide movie

- How Lerner became so passionate about beach volleyball, beginning on the coasts of South Africa to Santa Monica

- Lerner's legendary house in Santa Monica, which roofed players such as Billy Allen, Nick Lucena, John Mayer, Kevin Wong, and Adam Roberts, among others

- The cast, plot, and projected release date of Qualifying

And, as always, so much more.

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This episode, as always, is brought to you by Wilson Volleyball, makers of the absolute best balls in the game, hands down. You can get a 20-percent discount using our code, SANDCAST-20!

https://www.wilson.com/en-us/volleyball

Check out our book, Volleyball for Milkshakes, written by SANDCAST hosts Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter: https://www.amazon.com/Volleyball-Milkshakes-Travis-Mewhirter/dp/B089781SHB

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April Ross and Alix Klineman, and the micro changes that led to an Olympic gold medal Sep 15, 2021

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This episode of SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, features Tokyo Olympic GOLD MEDALISTS April Ross and Alix Klineman, as well as the lovable and wonderful and fantastic guest host, Chris Geeter McGee.

What an absolute treat this episode is. Over a few glasses of wine, Ross and Klineman discuss:

- How they didn't consider themselves favorites heading into Tokyo

- Their experience at the Olympic Games, and how Klineman felt oddly calm during the entire experience

- Ross' decision to go with Klineman, and how it was only Jen Kessy who agreed that Klineman was the best option

- Whether or not they intend to play Paris together

And so, so much more.

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This episode, as always, is brought to you by Wilson Volleyball, makers of the absolute best balls in the game, hands down. You can get a 20-percent discount using our code, SANDCAST-20!

https://www.wilson.com/en-us/volleyball

Check out our book, Volleyball for Milkshakes, written by SANDCAST hosts Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter: https://www.amazon.com/Volleyball-Milkshakes-Travis-Mewhirter/dp/B089781SHB

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At 24 years old, TJ DeFalco might be the young guy, but he‘s no rookie Sep 08, 2021

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Welcome back to SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter. On this episode, we brought in yet another Olympian – and a rookie who is not a real rookie on the beach, TJ DeFalco.

DeFalco competed in his first Olympics in Tokyo, making a name for himself with an absurd ability to hit the back row quick set, then got the coolest of calls: Nick Lucena wanted to play the Manhattan Beach Open with him. And so it was that DeFalco played his first AVP since 2016.

On this episode we discuss:

How it felt for TJ to get back on the beach after nearly five years off it
His first Olympic experience in Tokyo
How Reid Priddy forever altered the trajectory of his career
How eight words and a phone call from Matt Fuerbringer got him to partner with Nick Lucena

And, as always, much, much more.

ENJOY!

We now have SANDCAST MERCHANDISE!! Rock the gear of your favorite podcast today! https://www.sandcastvolleyball.com/merchandise/

This episode, as always, is brought to you by Wilson Volleyball, makers of the absolute best balls in the game, hands down. You can get a 20-percent discount using our code, SANDCAST-20!

https://www.wilson.com/en-us/volleyball

Check out our book, Volleyball for Milkshakes, written by SANDCAST hosts Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter: https://www.amazon.com/Volleyball-Milkshakes-Travis-Mewhirter/dp/B089781SHB

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