About this episode

The episode discusses the NCAA Beach Volleyball season and the concept of 'correct technique' in sports with coaches John Mayer and Billy Allen.

Welcome back to SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, and welcome back to our fourth semi-annual edition of SANDCASTING Your Brains Out with John Mayer and Billy Allen, the hosts of Coach Your Brains Out. Mayer is the head coach of the LMU Beach Volleyball team, while Allen is the assistant -- and AVCA Assistant Coach of the Year! -- at Stanford. We're recapping the NCAA Beach Volleyball season, where Mayer's Lions won another WCC title, making it seven in a row(!!), Allen's Cardinal made their first NCAA finals, and Mewhirter's FSU Seminoles had their second-best regular season ever, won a Big 12 Conference title, and made the NCAA semifinals, losing to Allen's Cardinal. We're chatting: - Is there a "correct" way to do anything in beach volleyball, and sports? - How do you prep for the post-season in beach volleyball? - Injury prevention techniques - And a whole lot more SHOOTS!

People in this episode

Host: Travis Mewhirter

Guests: John Mayer, Billy Allen

Topics covered

• beach volleyball
• coaching
• NCAA
• injury prevention
• post-season preparation

Keywords

• beach volleyball
• coaching
• NCAA
• injury prevention
• post-season
• WCC
• Big 12 Conference

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: LMU Beach Volleyball, Stanford, FSU Seminoles, WCC, Big 12 Conference

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