About this episode

Theo Brunner discusses his transition from a successful beach volleyball player to a coach at UCLA.

Theo Brunner is an American beach volleyball coach at the collegiate and professional level. He is also a multiple-time winner at the FIVB and AVP domestic tour level. Regarded as one of the best blockers on the American scene for the last ten years, he hung up his board shorts for a clip board. He recently joined the coaching staff at UCLA where they have become the reigning, defending NCAA beach volleyball champions. Wherever he goes, success follows. This podcast is two parts: the player, and then the coach, as follows: 02:02 - AVP Denver, coming back to play and winning, the AVP league invitation to Belmar, adventures as a player in the wind and who functions well in it. 20:05 - This portion is exclusively about coaching, UCLA, preseason, process and technique, a small debate on what works on first hit, coaching from the neck up at the high level

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