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Nora Darrhar is a Moroccan professional beach volleyball player. She attended Montpelier University in France, playing volleyball there, then received her Masters of Business Administration at St. Andrews University in North Carolina. She was a Libero on the volleyball team at St. Andrews. Growing up in Morocco, Darrhar competed in track and field, gymnastics, badminton, and climbing in high schoo...

This is a celebration of a huge chapter in the life of Cartrecia "Chi" DiMaggio, told through the lens of four men who through the sport of volleyball, has affected our lives away from the sport (and in the sport) forever. (Patrick Dietz, Bern Norman, and Yullen Escoboza) Cartrecia "Chi" DiMaggio was an American Chemical Engineer and former long-time Indoor, Beach Volleyball and Wallyball Player a...

Travis Mewhirter is an American professional beach volleyball player, color commentator and sports journalist. A man of many hats, he has been the eyes and ears of the sport for the better part of the last decade. One of the most traveled American players, he has played with and against the highest level the sport has to offer. His ascension has been rapid in previous years and the expectations ar...

Sports Debate Tuesday episode 100 will be exclusively covering mixed martial arts. My guest, Timmy B,is a Canadian combat sports commentator and podcaster. He is a co-host for the ever-popular podcast "Fight in Sight." His breakdown on MMA, fight predictions, training, and all things combat sports is well-documented. 01:58 - How do we improve MMA stoppages? 15:28 - Should Aspinall be the real cham...

Episode 191 is a club coaches round table, consisting of different levels of three regions: California, Texas and NYC. Without getting into the length of the resumes of playing and coaching (waaay too long), Collin Henry is NYC juniors, Ashley Clarke represents Surfside (CA), Leon Blazer represents Houston Stars (TX), and I will be repping for Los Angeles Volleyball Club. 04:07 - The pitch for kid...

Sports Debate Tuesday episode 99 will be exclusively covering mixed martial arts. My guest, Timmy B,is a Canadian combat sports commentator and podcaster. He is a co-host for the ever-popular podcast "Fight in Sight." His breakdown on MMA, fight predictions, training, and all things combat sports is well-documented. 03:04 - Topic 1: Which main event of 2024 excites you the most? 11:19 - Topic 2: W...

John D Hamilton is an American professional beach volleyball player. Hitting almost every regional and Gold series the last eight years, it is safe to say the Alabama native gets around. A fantastic defender, and even better human being, he as hit big strides this season (highlighting Hermosa Beach) and we expect even bigger ones in the near future. 00:44 - Raising our children, respect, and conse...

Sports Debate Tuesday is BACK, with this episode exclusively covering mixed martial arts. My guest, Timmy B,is a Canadian combat sports commentator and podcaster. He is a co-host for the ever-popular podcast "Fight in Sight." His breakdown on MMA, fight predictions training, and all things combat sports is well-documented. 01:20 - Topic 1: What is the strongest division in the UFC today? 14:15 - T...

Jennifer Keddy is an American professional beach volleyball player, indoor pro standout and entrepreneur. Starting the sport at age 13, she stood out as one of the elite players in the sport, from conference player of the year at Cal Poly, to a highly competitive indoor career overseas, to the beach scene, eventually leading to the AVP crown in the last tournament in Central Florida. She is also t...

Ty Coutts is an American professional beach volleyball player and former indoor standout. Cutting his teeth on the Rocky mountain scene, he picked up the beach games with more ease than most. Enjoying the benefit of training in high altitude in Colorado, his gas tank is near-endless. He remains a top player on the beach scene, most recently taking first at the prestigious "Motherlode" Open in Aspe...

Nico Lagan is an influential entrepreneur, men’s coach, and host of the thought-provoking podcast, The Nico Lagan Show. Nico’s journey to success has been anything but ordinary. Growing up without a strong male figure in his life, he found himself idolizing the wrong role models and fell into a life of addiction and drug dealing. However, he eventually realized the need for a positive change in hi...

Theo Brunner is an American professional beach volleyball player and former indoor volleyball standout. A top-two blocker on the domestic scene - and among the best on the international stage - he continues to sustain performances where he remains in the title-capturing mix every single tournament, most recently, capturing the AVP Chicago crown. A Multiple-time winner with a diverse group of partn...

Timmy B is a Canadian combat sports commentator and podcaster. He is a co-host for the ever-popular podcast "Fight in Sight." His breakdown on MMA, fight predictions training, and all things combat sports is well-documented. 00:44 - Sean Strickland: wow, what were the odds? 12:15 - Show and win money vs being paid up front, and stalled fights against the cage 20:46 - What's next for Izzy (Izzy Ade...

Michael "Big Mike" Groselle is an American Professional Beach Volleyball Player, former DI college basketball standout and Civil Engineer. From climbing enthusiast to 3x American Ninja Warrior, this super athlete has his hooks locked into the sport of beach volleyball and is reeling in bigger prizes in his evolution and path to being a top player in the sport. Nate Yang is an American professional...

David Mimoun is an American volleyball and baseball referee, Juniors volleyball and football coach and entrepreneur. Absolutely fun to br around. 01:01 - Volleyball parents, and accepting the answers 07:56 - "But I never served...all year" 15:50 - Straight outta Brooklyn 21:51 - Adjusting to Hermosa Beach, living the dream(?) 22:37 - The Power of collective change, and the worker from Amazon, and...

Wendy Jones is an American author, entrepreneur, podcaster and the founder of "Be Better Media" - a movement dedicated to maximizing wellness, as well as enhancing one's quality of life. Her journals real like novels and her podcast "What I meant to say" is provocative. Most recently, she has a show called "Undivided," a politically-driven show on Binge Network. This is part 2 of 2 of the podcast....

Wendy Jones is an American author, entrepreneur, podcaster and the founder of "Be Better Media" - a movement dedicated to maximizing wellness, as well as enhancing one's quality of life. Her journals real like novels and her podcast "What I meant to say" is provocative. Most recently, she has a show called "Undivided," a politically-driven show on Binge Network. This is part 1 of 2 of the podcast....

Matt Levoe and Troy Gravett are American beach volleyball and indoor volleyball referees. Where in most instances, remembering referees names is a bad thing, these two have been sharp, fair, and may be setting a general standard in how games are called, as well as providing perspective on tough calls, mistakes and now to make sure the outcome is decided by the players with much at stake. Where man...

Torin Jeffreys is an American beach volleyball player, and wellness/spiritual practitioner. This one is long overdue. He enigmatic, hihgly-intelligent and absolutely fun to chat up. 02:36 - coaching methods, styles 05:45 - hopes for Paris 2024 on the men's scence 15:25 - not overthinking in competition 20:10 - we love Kristen Nuss 28:10 - things you can control on your side of the net, and other 3...

Todd Rogers, Mark Fishman, John Kessel & Joe Rich are American volleyball coaches whose pedigree extends to the highest level of juniors, NCAA, professional indoor and beach volleyball, and the Olympic games (with Rogers winning a gold medal as a player). They are also the founders (and current board members) of "Beach Nation" - dedicated to teaching beach volleyball in a inclusive environment usi...

Carlos Jimenez and Tyler Penberthy are American professional beach volleyball players. Carlos is the son on a collegiate coach and former player of the same name. Tyler, hailing from Buffalo, is a super-athlete that caught onto the beach scene later than most. The Floridian and New Yorker made a splash last season, making the AVP main draw multiple times and competing at the highest level, domesti...

Liz Ribble is an American artist, performer, singer and "karaoke queen." This disturbingly-talented singer has served as quite the "ringer" in singing competitions and until recently, where she has decided that she has bigger fish to fry, trying her hand in theatre performance. Set to move away to the Midwest where the troupe opportunities are endless, we both knew it would be podcast malpractice...

Frank Field is an American beach volleyball player and indoor standout. A former middle blocker at University of Rhode Island, he took to the beach scene almost immediately, and his skill set has allowed him to transition smoother than some qualifying for the AVP main draw four times. With a hard stop on how long we went, we covered so much, and with so much we left on the table, a future episode...

Ahmard Vital is an American Motivational consultant, international speaker and author and former sports analyst and football recruiting analyst. After nearly a decade of studying the performance habits of high achieving athletes (he is also a former level track athlete among other sports), he has developed programs of inspiration and motivation that are beneficial to individuals, professionals, co...

Wendy Jones is an American author, entrepreneur, podcaster and the founder of "Be Better Media" - a movement dedicated to maximizing wellness, as well as enhancing one's quality of life. Her journals real like novels and her podcast "What I meant to say" is provocative. Ashely Clark is an American business entrepreneur, volleyball coach and former player. She is currently with Wendy at Be Better M...