How Youth Volleyball can Move Forward

About this episode

The episode discusses the future of youth volleyball and the challenges faced by former athletes turned coaches in parenting.

Season 2, Episode 4 of the Beyond the Court podcast with host Courtney Thompson brings in big volleyball names to chat about volleyball over time, the hopes for youth volleyball moving forward, and navigating parenthood as a former athlete turned coach. In this episode: ➡️Troy Tanner (Former Olympian & Tstreet Club Director) speaks on what youth athletes overlook in training, a little history on men’s Olympic volleyball, and parenting in the NIL era ➡️Erik Sullivan’s (Head Coach of USAV Women’s Volleyball & LOVB Austin) thoughts on being the first men’s national team libero, navigating being a coach and a parent, and hopes for the state of junior volleyball ➡️Mike (NFL Veteran) and Lindsay Rosenthal (LOVB Foundation) talk about being a volleyball parent as a former elite athlete and on how the LOVB Foundation is impacting junior volleyball and youth lives 🔔 Subscribe for more conversations like this →Follow LOVB for more content!!!← IG: @lovb @lovbclubs @lovbcoaches TT: @lovb @lovbclubs One League. For Youth. For Pro. For Life. 🏐 Join us as we build the LOVB community as we grow the sport of volleyball. #LOVB #LOVBYouth #LOVBClubs #LOVBCoaches

People in this episode

Host: Courtney Thompson

Guests: Troy Tanner, Erik Sullivan, Mike Rosenthal, Lindsay Rosenthal

Topics covered

• youth volleyball
• coaching
• parenthood
• athlete training
• NIL era
• junior volleyball

Keywords

• youth volleyball
• coaching
• parenting
• Olympic volleyball
• NIL
• junior volleyball
• athlete training

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: LOVB Foundation, USAV Women’s Volleyball, Tstreet Club

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