Terri Del Conte is an American beach volleyball coach and former volleyball player/standout. With a reputation for building programs and making college beach teams a better version of themselves at an accelerated level, she is currently coaching privately and doing more of the same. She is also a personal trainer and nutritionist. 02:10 - Private lesson, and working toward a position where the opportunities come to you, plus, coaching junior's vs coaching adults: the compare and contrast, things you change vs things you keep the same 15:31 - Being in the college atmosphere and seizing opportunities and being the better version of yourself, things we teach in practice that makes the players one percent better, the theatre performer who "asked for the sugar and not for the laugh" 27:30 - When and how did she come out of her shell? The journey of a single parent upbringing, the marriage and divorce, being with someone you can evolve with, how the "other" comes into play with coaching and playing 49:43 - What did she learn about leadership working with Dain Blanton, why we love Dain Blanton 1:03:02 - Emotional intelligence, harnessing aggression and emotion in a way that helps, setting players up to win in the game and in life, providing an atmosphere that is safe, more process and preparation, "Rocky Balboa" moment 1:22:44 - developing an inaugural NCAA beach team at Missouri State, what give you more fulfillment: winning or growth? 1:35:29 - Moving on to UAB, and then FIU, plus, 2019: the year of the hostile takeover for the next generation of great female players 1:41:30 - The enigma known as Ella Gray, fun questions, wrap up

Owen Karlenzig is an American beach volleyball professional and coach. A former player at UC/Santa Barbara, he took his talents to the sand and has hit the ground running, more recently winning the AVP Next in Santa Monica. A true baller. 03:00 - top 3 hip hop GOATS, Matt Olsen is still good, "Moonlighting," longevity players like Phil and Lotman, surf spots and surf boards 19:01 - Coming up with a great generation of players, his first main draw, process and preparation for tournaments in 2022 vs today, plus, props to Nik Shaw, loving the old schoolers 35:01 - Translating the block from indoor to the beach, and having a relationship with your defender on how you approach matches 44:44 - Coaching juniors, and giving information in a way they can retain it, plus, we know the game is mental, but do we teach it? Why we love Bill Kolinske 57:48 - Many great coaches are not interested in glamour positions, why some junior's players leave hating the sport, the "Evolution" story. 1:10:45 - What got better the last 6 months, skill-wise and mentally, the importance of having an escapism that allows you to do your job better, one thing he wants to get better the next 6 months, wrap up

Allison McColloch is an American volleyball Coach, admin and former indoor and pro beach standout. Playing with and against the best of the world and domestic scene, she is a household name. She threw her name in the NCAA hat, serving as the head coach of UC Davis. She is now deeply involved with LOVB, a professional indoor volleyball league that also developed a club system to enhance more playing opportunities for juniors. 03:50 - What is LOVB? The idea, the plan the evolution, plus, who did she aspire to be growing up? 20:20 - Don't remove social media - enhance the good things, are we attracted to the right kind of drama, and what exactly is that? 31:22 - What we love about the old school scene, and where they failed at passing the baton, why LOVB is headed the better direction 37:31 - Be yourself, but if it is manufactured, the audience sees that, too, plus, so many great tournaments, but who is there to tell the story? 1:02:08 - LOVB rewind video, showcasing what they are doing, the clear indications of the work being put in. The idea of the Jason Olive's Hawaiian Festival 1:18:00 - Personalizing your work, the pros and cons 1:37:55 - being in a position to affect change, pouring through the list of coaches for LOVB, inspiring reads or sports movies

Andrew Dentler is an American professional beach and grass volleyball player. And George Mason University NCAA standout, he took his talents to the outdoor scene, enjoying a heightened level of prosperity. Multiple appearance in the Main Draw, international experience, regional dominance, and most recently, a finals appearance at the Pottstown Rumble - a tournament where he is a three-time champion. 03:09 - The Pottstown Rumble, the spectacle, the scene, the process and preparation, and "cracking the code" to the quarterfinal and semifinal 15:49 - How did he get started with the sport, the indoor college run, the transition to the outdoor scene 34:09 - Coaching, paying it forward, the challenges, things he brought to coaching immediately, setters with "staggered feet,' ways to communicate that stays with the players, staying emotionally even-keeled, fundamentals that are easy to teach 57:00 - Contrall-ables, player responsibility to themselves 1:03:24 - His playing career domestically and internationally, remembering Eric Zaun, the long list of players he played with, who was the most professional, who was the most fun.

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

This is a celebration of an urban legend, affectionately known as "The Queen." From the hard top and sand courts in central park, to winning a USAV championship, to dominating the regional and national indoor and outdoor scene, he was not shy at playing with anyone at any level at any time. He existed in the true dichotomy of "love him or hate him," with the former being the sentiment of all in his last days. 02:23 - Bernard Norman 07:34 - George and Rose Cassius 12:14 - Shadow Holden 16:23 - Eugene Escoboza 20:23 - Jorge Palomares and Steve (Hubby) 31:22 - Zacarias Ripoll-Cid 43:02 - Ken Bassarath 53:31 - Vanessa 1:01:45 - Andrew Balodis 1:09:26 - Xavier 1:20:59 - Janette Luna 1:29:37 - Rony Gilot jr 1:40:53 - Phil Gallagher 1:41:28 - Mike Salak 1:52:33 - Tony Bonilla 1:57:32 - Corey Mayes 2:08:32 - More fun Ren Stories

Nik Shaw is an American digital creator, volleyball player and enthusiast. He is the founder/pioneer for "Highline" volleyball - a new tournament series on the beach in the South Bay Area. His ideas on where this is- and where it is going - is indeed, a journey worthy of following. 01:37 - "Highline Volleyball," the idea, the pioneering, and the mission, plus, open level players and open level ideas, and finding a way to bring them together 10:55 - Transcendent players, who are they or who can they be? Plus, the camera loves Troy Field 20:00 - Obstacles on what is in the way of the success of volleyball, the tournaments, the league, the sport 31:23 - finding player back stories, the excitement of watching Savvy Simo (Cory) the last month, what's next for Highline, thoughts on the league, what sport should volleyball emulate to take a next step 46:33 - The power of regional support - it is amazing, plus, why are they laughing when they lose? 1:00:12 - top 5 defenders, the best player in the world, plus, who is the GOAT? The movie and cult classic "Side Out," the inciting incident that saved the UFC 1:31:44 - the conflicting forces of endgame vs residual success vs evolution, Toni Rodriguez and her bionic woman story 1:45:44 - Calling people in on the live set

Moises Jimenez is a Dominican-American volleyball player and college standout. Born in the Dominican Republic, he moved to the Bronx, NY at the age of 7. He picked up volleyball through Legacy - an elite club based in the area - and his interest in the sport skyrocketed from there. Loved by his peers on a local and regional level, his journey to where he is today is an interesting one. 02:15 - The culture shock of moving to the Bronx from the Dominican Republic, his path to discovering volleyball, the people who inspired him to get better 14:21 - The journey continued, legacy volleyball, and coach Joel Sanchez being his inspiration, the controversy of switching clubs, the academic demands going into college, the injuries that sidelined his college career, the ups and downs being "God's plan" 38:29 - moving to Miami, competing at the high level, then back to NY, measuring his talent against the best programs like Hawaii 53:11 - Central Park volleyball, shout out to 86 Street, the Dominican culture of the heightened emphasis of taking care of first hit 1:00:04 - Elvis hits hard, and so does Guillermo, love to Bameso, flowers to Ulises Noboa, Tony Bonilla 1:06:54 - What was the hardest fundamental for you to learn, what came the easiest, favorite quotes, one sentence you would say to a kid who wanted a piece of advice

Health/lifestyle consultant, 14-year carnivore and drummer Phil Escott got chronically ill as a vegetarian, and his body revolted with psoriatic arthritis and other autoimmune conditions in 2010, leaving him unable to move without severe pain, let alone drum or exercise, and he had to throw out all his existing “expertise” and start from scratch. Phil’s eventual combination of a carnivore diet with EMF and artificial light avoidance, cold thermogenesis and a range of other health enhancing practices reversed the “incurable” diseases that he suffered from. His book “Arthritis, The Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me” gained a foreword by Dr. Jack Kruse and has become an Amazon Kindle bestseller and is now available in print. Phil talks from personal experience about contemporary lifestyle and diet choices, disconnects from our ancestral heritage, emotional balancing and the simple but often misunderstood nature of spiritual awakening. He now consults with clients worldwide helping them to reverse their metabolic and autoimmune issues and runs The Big Fat Challenge with Ben Hunt as his main project. His latest book, the "Red Pill Revolution" is awesome. Melissa Lim is a Canadian American Pharmacist and volleyball player/enthusiast. She was inspired by a previous episode with "meat militia" member Phil Escott and leader Dr Bart Kay. Her journey on completely overhauling her diet has had life changing results, from getting rid of Acne she has had since age 9, to an energy level and clarity that is shooting through the roof. The chronological path of paying it forward continues. 02:39 - Melissa's journey to carnivorism, the ailments the journey, the right path, Phils tells his journey of the same that led to his first book 26:23 - Why carnivorism is now a growing culture, not a diet but a species appropriate way of life, how to maintain sources of vitamin C, discussing the notion that athletes "need" carbohydrates or not, the glycemic chart and how to use it 39:33 - Having the difficult discussion with loved ones on the benefits or health changes, perhaps best to lead by example and show the results, first-hand, understanding that the opposition is not monolithic, the division between the stubborn, the willfully ignorant, and how the sales pitch can help people or turn them off 50:01 - Getting rid of foods that are addictive and diminishing your quality of life, who needs this more than most and how to help 1:12:33 - The silly notion of this being a "grift" (the censorship, the loss of reputation, the amount of work being done for free), the perfect "stool" lol, the attack by General Mills on our breakfast index, and why none of it was scientific 1:23:42 - Meds that help and meds that kick the can down the road, the leaky gut, inflammation, HDL and LDL and how people misinterpret it, what you are being told to do, vs the one who has to live with the results (you), plus, what feeds the gut Biome? 1:37:39 - HDL and LDL and how people misinterpret it, seed oils, and throwing away the meat for the sins of the bun, plus, new events, retreats, seminars and getaways

This episode is about the AVP Huntington Beach, with a concentration on the qualifiers. With only 4 spots available per gender, who's it going to be? 00:27 - Kudos to everyone representing the best in their volleyball region 02:10 - Prediction picks for the men's side 12:21 - Prediction picks for the women's side 22:11 - The main draw, comment section, final thoughts