MY Best Year EVER As A Sports Fan
I’ve been an athlete and sports fan my whole life. I can remember the excitement of getting to watch the Olympics and watch people break...
From the Mountains to the Beach
I’ve been an athlete and sports fan my whole life. I can remember the excitement of getting to watch the Olympics and watch people break...
Becoming an Olympian and getting to represent your country is the dream of every athlete. It is the pinnacle of sport to be able to...
When the 2021 NCAA Beach Volleyball National Championship Selection Show came on yesterday I waited in total excitement for my former...
In looking at the title for this post, you might be thinking, come on man, you’re a coach, let’s not get into medical stuff here. Well,...
As many of you who have read my blog know, I am both a high school teacher and a beach volleyball coach. I am currently both coaching and...
My philosophy on the approach to practice vs the approach to competition has changed over the years as I have grown as a coach. I’m sure...
Watching the names scroll on the video RPM Sand posted today was so nostalgic. Since there was no practice tonight, I had some time to do...
I need to take a moment to ask for some grace. Not just for me, but for all of us. None of us have ever gone through anything in our...
From the title, you're probably wondering what one word could possibly change your path. You are probably skeptical that any single word...
This is a question that I am sure club directors and coaches all over the world are asking themselves. With the dead period for...
To me as well as, i'm sure, every other youth coach out there, nothing is more important than player safety. I am sure that many of them,...
Over the last 8 years, myself and Ryan Mariano at RPM Sand, along with so many others in Arizona, have tried really hard to help the...
It is interesting how many people just assume that volleyball is volleyball and that beach and indoor aren't that different. Let's just...
I find it interesting how much things change as we go through life. We grow, we evolve, we have incredible hardships we never think we...
If you read that quote above and thought to yourself, "No I'm not, I am my own self, unique in every way." I would have to agree with...
Our Zoom calls with college players and pros this week have brought up some incredibly interesting and well thought out questions. One of...
If you have not already read my blog post titled, The Pot Of Gold At The End, go read it first as it will give you a little bit of...
For anyone who plays beach volleyball, you know that the month of July is the time of the year that you train the entire year for. All...
On April 20th, 2019 I got a call from Ryan Mariano. He asked me if I wanted to, again, be his assistant. He was taking a job working with...
In just 5 years, RPM Sand athletes won 1,000 medals! From 2013-2018, our athletes finished either 1st, 2nd, or 3rd in tournaments in 17...