Coach Your Brains Out
Coach Your Brains Out is founded by professional beach volleyball players and college coaches John Mayer and Billy Allen. The primary goal is practical, useful education that will help you become a better coach. Our podcasts are released every Thursday, so set your notifications accordingly!
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 34 minutes
- Episodes
- 386
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2025
THE LEADERSHIP GREENHOUSE with Travis Wyckoff (1 of 2)
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Coach Your Brains Out: The Art and Science of Coaching Volleyball
The Inner Knight: Train and Compete Like a Champion
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CHAMPION TEAMMATE with John O'Sullivan (2 of 2)
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Coach Your Brains Out: The Art and Science of Coaching Volleyball
The Inner Knight: Train and Compete Like a Champion
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CHAMPION TEAMMATE with John O'Sullivan (1 of 2)
Get John's book: Champion Teammate
Coach Your Brains Out: The Art and Science of Coaching Volleyball
The Inner Knight: Train and Compete Like a Champion
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CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS - Women's Beach - with Dain Blanton (2 of 2)
-Preparing for a title match
-Post season reflection
-Managing a championship staff
-Winning gold in Sydney and the pressure of expectations
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CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS - Women's Beach - with Dain Blanton (1 of 2)
-Championship Behaviors
-Challenges faced
-Team strengths and weaknesses
-A typical USC practice
Coach Your Brains Out: The Art and Science of Coaching Volleyball
Book Club CYBO Chapter 6 - Competition
Competing in practice
What it means to be a competitor
Trash Talk
What you can control
Challenge vs Threat
Training and Trusting Mindsets
Coach Your Brains Out: The Art and Science of Coaching Volleyball
CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS - Women's Indoor - with Erik Sullivan (2 of 2)
-What a Texas practice looks like
-What to do when practice falls short of the team's standards
-How they prepared for the national title match
-Communication between staff and their roles
CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS - Women's Indoor - with Erik Sullivan (1 of 2)
-Coaching beach
-Beach vs Indoor specialization
-The culture at Texas
-What made them successful
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Coach Your Brains Out: The Art and Science of Coaching Volley…
REPRESENTATIVE STRENGTH TRAINING FOR VOLLEYBALL with Javi Miller Extrada (2 of 2)
-Training through an ecological lens
-Volleyball training: how to jump higher, hit harder, move better
-Traditional weight room workouts vs sport context specific
-Program timing and frequency
-The most…
REPRESENTATIVE STRENGTH TRAINING FOR VOLLEYBALL with Javi Miller Extrada (1 of 2)
-Training agility by adding noise
-Representative training and developing "real" agility
-What is skill?
- 4 categories of noise: environment, athlete, tactical, and equipment
-The importance of decision…
APPLYING MENTAL SKILLS with Dan Fisher and Bernie Holliday (2 of 2)
-Applying mental skills in practice and competition
-What has led to Pitt's success
-Mental case studies:
- Lack of motivation
- Perfectionists
- Resist making changes
- Nervous before competition
- Aren't acting li…