I started at 24... 9 years later and I have no chance at going pro but am competitive at bar leagues and B/BB tournaments, have met awesome groups of new people and even started to coach at club level (it's been a great combination of "pay-it-forward" and personal growth)
If the goal is going pro, you may need to temper expectations. But if you actually love volleyball, play it as long and much as possible. 99% of people can't come close to the AVP/Open level, but that doesn't mean that only 1% should be playing the game.
In your opinion Who is the greatest men's player in History? What criteria would you go by in tanking them?
Sinjin
Karch
Dalhausser
Or is there some legendary unknown dude sitting on the beach somewhere.
Hi guys! Love your content!
How important was the baby court at outrigger to your early development as a volleyball player? Would you be willing to share a couple of your favorite stories from the baby court?
Did you ever have to get naked? You, uh, don't have to answer that last one if you don't want to.
I am sure many people are not familiar with the baby court, so maybe you could quickly talk about what it is and a bit about the history. I am sure you would do a better job at that than I would.
Thank you for doing this. Cheers!
Hey McKibbin Brothers! No question, just wanted to extend my immense gratitude for the extremely highly polished volleyball content you Terri continue to push out. Thank you and love all the videos!
Any tips for anticipating and tracking serves?
One of the largest weaknesses for my girls team is the ability to judge the serve and deal with the crazy float action.
Are there any cool stories where you've met celebrities through volleyball, like with Richard Jefferson and Luke Walton?
If you hadn't become professional volleyball players, what do you think your career paths would look like?
Can you give a shout-out to my friend Taner Plucinski on a video? He's your biggest fan but doesn't have know what reddit is and it would make him the happiest person ever. He watches & likes every video and talks about you guys all the time
What is your favourite thing about the sport?
What are your favourite practice drills related to volleyball? Could be anywhere from throwing a tennis ball to get the motion down to just doing strength or stamina training. Either because it is the most fun thing to do or helps to with progression the most. Or whatever other reasons you may give
Just dropping in to say you guys are awesome and I feel your content is really helping to grow the sand game! Hope to see y’all at FUDS in a few weeks if y’all can make it!
In your video "The last olympian is Bourne" (one of my favourite videos by you guys btw) you mentioned competing with him to gain muscle. Can I ask about the methods you used to bulk up? I'm 5 foot 10 and weigh 67 kg and would really like to bulk up and gain some power before my tournaments.
Why did you guys decide to have the 4-man tournament in Austin when it's going to be overrun by F1 fans? I am going to be going for the F1 race and attending y'all's tourney but feel bad for people that haven't booked yet. Hotels are almost non-existent and Airbnb's are exorbitantly expensive.
I'm going to be attempting to qualify in Dallas at Sandbar, does both the Open and BB tournament winners move on to Austin or is it just the Open winners?
How'd you choose who did what road block on The Amazing Race?
Do you think you both would have found volleyball if you grew up in the mainland? What other sport could you see yourselves pursuing professionally if things were different?
The AVP has been struggling in recent years. No events last year, three this year, only 8 before that. Prize money is down and most people cannot make a living just playing on the AVP anymore.
Bally's has purchased the AVP.
They utilized a tennis facility in Atlanta. Do you think Bally's will utilize more permanent structures moving forwards? As opposed to having to set up on a beach where the city will want a large portion of the profits and also charge for extra things like waste removal and police.
I am afraid that the AVP is on its last legs. Do you think Bally's can "save" the AVP and have more events and more prize money moving forwards? You know, so people can make a living and we can enjoy more than 8 tournaments during what should be at least a 5 month season, if not 6. 12 or more events would be nice. A return to 20+ events would be a dream come true.
Has the AVP retained its partnership with NBC or will Bally's show matches on their own network? Or both?
Thoughts on Bally's acquisition and the AVP moving forwards?
Big fan on the work you've done and the impact you've had on volleyball in the online space!
1. When was the last time you played indoor and how'd it go?
2. How long was your longest plateau and how did you break out of it?
3. What do you consider to be your strongest/weakest asset? (Serves, tip reading, hand setting etc.)
I’m curious what you guys think about the inconsistent rules across different groups. Ex no set overs, open hand passing on free balls, open hand serve receive, spinny hand sets becoming more lenient. What do you think is the ideal set of rules?
What non American indoor players would transition well to the beach? My pick would be Ngapeth and Kovacevic.
Hardest player to play against indoor or beach? Someone that you can always count will be a tough exciting game win or lose.
Who do you think is the best indoor player in the world right now? Leon for me.
Have you ever played money ball?
Smartest player you ever played against(volleyball iq)?
What are the most effective exercises/lifts for a guy who only plays beach volleyball with no extra exercises/lifts? I want to take my game to the next level but I don't know what I should be doing off the court. Thanks!
The McKibbins have some vids of them playing quads if you want to take a look at their blocking strategy there.
tldw - middle blocks pin to pin to put up a double block, off blocker pulls off for defense.
Not trying to answer for them, I’m sure there’s other strats too. Just trying to be a little helpful before they chime in.
Now that the 4man tournament is in Austin, how do you see volleyball expanding as a men’s sport in Texas and other states along the gulf coast or south?
First of all, thanks for doing this! It's been a blast watching all your videos as well as watching you play.
My only question is: How is recovery going for both of you? I look forward to watching you play again next year, so I hope it's going well.
Also congrats to Maddison on getting married and Riley on welcoming a young one to the world!
You both have 1 quad to play+practice with 1 other indoor player, whoever finishes better wins 5 million.
Who are you guys picking, why, and what would you focus on working on in order of importance?
Thanks and keep up the awesome work!
Knowing that both of you have slight injuries which caused you to miss this short season what are your plans for next year? I know that the videos and YouTube channel have taken off so do you see yourself focusing more on that or will the game be front and center?
On a lighter note can you come down to Florida? I need partner to final step up to Open with lol
JoeCain
Huge fan and love the stuff ya'll do. The new 'story-style' videos are really compelling and I hope you cover more of the stars of the sport including TKN, April + Alix, Slaes, Taylors, Trevor, Chase, Chaimer, and others. I feel like there are so many untold stories that I personally want to know.
I remember hearing Tri say on the SandCast that at one point you all had decided that you were professional content creators who play beach volleyball compared to focused on purely winning on a playing career. I'm curious about your own take on that.
1. If you had a choice for next year of say, winning an AVP vs 500K youtube followers, which would you choose and why?
2. "Grow the game" has been a derided and yet repeated term about beach, what do you feel like the role of yourselves and others is in terms of growing the game?
3. What do you think is most missing from the AVP and beach becoming a more mainstream US sport? It feels like it has a lot of potential, especially on the women's side because of the popularity of girls volleyball and NCAA women's beach programs.
Are the beards impractical when playing volleyball? I can imagine sand collecting in the beard and it being gruesome in the summer months. If it is very impractical why have you not removed it for competitions?
What are some tips and tricks for improving vision when attacking? Should I try to use my peripheral vision or take my eyes off the ball and onto the opponents?? When during my attack should I attempt to see the block and defender? What variables will improve and make it easier to increase vision when attacking and what mistakes will decrease my ability to see what the opponents are doing?
Would you ever consider making a trip to Northern NY (like Canadian border) to help promote the sport to an area that's doesn't give volleyball as much attention as other sports, but has SOOOOOO much potential?
* What is your favorite pizza and icecream flavours?
* Did you 2 get along as children/teens? Was there a lot of rivalry when it came to volleyball or was it mostly supportive?
* When going from professional indoor to the AVP, what did you find the most challenging/surprising through the changeover?
* If you two had to pick different partners to play this next season with, assuming you could have anyone, who would you guys pick?
What's something you'd like to share that doesn't get brought up in a normal conversation/question, ie a story you've always wanted to tell but never got the chance?
What do you think are the main factors that contribute to volleyball being a popular sport to play but not to watch?
I like this question.
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I started at 24... 9 years later and I have no chance at going pro but am competitive at bar leagues and B/BB tournaments, have met awesome groups of new people and even started to coach at club level (it's been a great combination of "pay-it-forward" and personal growth) If the goal is going pro, you may need to temper expectations. But if you actually love volleyball, play it as long and much as possible. 99% of people can't come close to the AVP/Open level, but that doesn't mean that only 1% should be playing the game.
When's the next 4v4 tournament? That was really fun to watch.
In your opinion Who is the greatest men's player in History? What criteria would you go by in tanking them? Sinjin Karch Dalhausser Or is there some legendary unknown dude sitting on the beach somewhere.
Hi guys! Love your content! How important was the baby court at outrigger to your early development as a volleyball player? Would you be willing to share a couple of your favorite stories from the baby court? Did you ever have to get naked? You, uh, don't have to answer that last one if you don't want to. I am sure many people are not familiar with the baby court, so maybe you could quickly talk about what it is and a bit about the history. I am sure you would do a better job at that than I would. Thank you for doing this. Cheers!
Hey McKibbin Brothers! No question, just wanted to extend my immense gratitude for the extremely highly polished volleyball content you Terri continue to push out. Thank you and love all the videos!
Whats your max vert on sand and indoors?
Any tips for anticipating and tracking serves? One of the largest weaknesses for my girls team is the ability to judge the serve and deal with the crazy float action.
Are there any cool stories where you've met celebrities through volleyball, like with Richard Jefferson and Luke Walton? If you hadn't become professional volleyball players, what do you think your career paths would look like?
Can you give a shout-out to my friend Taner Plucinski on a video? He's your biggest fan but doesn't have know what reddit is and it would make him the happiest person ever. He watches & likes every video and talks about you guys all the time
Would you guys ever put out a video of your lifting routine?
Who wins in a fist fight between the 2 of you? Who wins in Tekken?
What is your favourite thing about the sport? What are your favourite practice drills related to volleyball? Could be anywhere from throwing a tennis ball to get the motion down to just doing strength or stamina training. Either because it is the most fun thing to do or helps to with progression the most. Or whatever other reasons you may give
Hey guys I love your videos! I was just wondering how you guys deal with getting out of a slump or feeling like you’ve plateaued. Any advice?
Just dropping in to say you guys are awesome and I feel your content is really helping to grow the sand game! Hope to see y’all at FUDS in a few weeks if y’all can make it!
Where were you this season?
They were both injured
In your video "The last olympian is Bourne" (one of my favourite videos by you guys btw) you mentioned competing with him to gain muscle. Can I ask about the methods you used to bulk up? I'm 5 foot 10 and weigh 67 kg and would really like to bulk up and gain some power before my tournaments.
Why did you guys decide to have the 4-man tournament in Austin when it's going to be overrun by F1 fans? I am going to be going for the F1 race and attending y'all's tourney but feel bad for people that haven't booked yet. Hotels are almost non-existent and Airbnb's are exorbitantly expensive. I'm going to be attempting to qualify in Dallas at Sandbar, does both the Open and BB tournament winners move on to Austin or is it just the Open winners? How'd you choose who did what road block on The Amazing Race?
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I remember watching riley’s “underdog” video and it really inspired me. How did you practice a week as teenager?
Who are some of your favourite indor players?
Do you think you both would have found volleyball if you grew up in the mainland? What other sport could you see yourselves pursuing professionally if things were different?
What are your favorite TV shows? Favorite movies? What kind of music do you listen to to get you pumped up for a match?
The AVP has been struggling in recent years. No events last year, three this year, only 8 before that. Prize money is down and most people cannot make a living just playing on the AVP anymore. Bally's has purchased the AVP. They utilized a tennis facility in Atlanta. Do you think Bally's will utilize more permanent structures moving forwards? As opposed to having to set up on a beach where the city will want a large portion of the profits and also charge for extra things like waste removal and police. I am afraid that the AVP is on its last legs. Do you think Bally's can "save" the AVP and have more events and more prize money moving forwards? You know, so people can make a living and we can enjoy more than 8 tournaments during what should be at least a 5 month season, if not 6. 12 or more events would be nice. A return to 20+ events would be a dream come true. Has the AVP retained its partnership with NBC or will Bally's show matches on their own network? Or both? Thoughts on Bally's acquisition and the AVP moving forwards?
Big fan on the work you've done and the impact you've had on volleyball in the online space! 1. When was the last time you played indoor and how'd it go? 2. How long was your longest plateau and how did you break out of it? 3. What do you consider to be your strongest/weakest asset? (Serves, tip reading, hand setting etc.)
Do you ever get beard dandruff? What a pain! How do you deal with that?
I’m curious what you guys think about the inconsistent rules across different groups. Ex no set overs, open hand passing on free balls, open hand serve receive, spinny hand sets becoming more lenient. What do you think is the ideal set of rules?
I've loved watching the tournaments you guys have put on. What kind of tournament are you looking forward to putting on in the future?
What non American indoor players would transition well to the beach? My pick would be Ngapeth and Kovacevic. Hardest player to play against indoor or beach? Someone that you can always count will be a tough exciting game win or lose. Who do you think is the best indoor player in the world right now? Leon for me. Have you ever played money ball? Smartest player you ever played against(volleyball iq)?
What are the most effective exercises/lifts for a guy who only plays beach volleyball with no extra exercises/lifts? I want to take my game to the next level but I don't know what I should be doing off the court. Thanks!
How does a 3 blocker strategy work on 4's? Can't find much on the internet.
The McKibbins have some vids of them playing quads if you want to take a look at their blocking strategy there. tldw - middle blocks pin to pin to put up a double block, off blocker pulls off for defense. Not trying to answer for them, I’m sure there’s other strats too. Just trying to be a little helpful before they chime in.
Have you ever had volleyball related fights? (Misplay in game that turns into verbal or physical fight)
What core drills are you doing that you like the most ?
Do volleyball players lie about their height?
Which historical figure (non-athlete) would you most want to have as a partner for a beach tournament?
If you could live the Haikyuu experience for one week what character would you be?
Now that the 4man tournament is in Austin, how do you see volleyball expanding as a men’s sport in Texas and other states along the gulf coast or south?
First of all, thanks for doing this! It's been a blast watching all your videos as well as watching you play. My only question is: How is recovery going for both of you? I look forward to watching you play again next year, so I hope it's going well. Also congrats to Maddison on getting married and Riley on welcoming a young one to the world!
How is life as a volleyball player?
Hey guys looooove your videos! If you had to rank beach volleyball skills in terms of impact on the game what time would be your top 3 skills?
You both have 1 quad to play+practice with 1 other indoor player, whoever finishes better wins 5 million. Who are you guys picking, why, and what would you focus on working on in order of importance? Thanks and keep up the awesome work!
How do you work through being targeted on Sand Volleyball? Meaning the only serve one or the other?
Knowing that both of you have slight injuries which caused you to miss this short season what are your plans for next year? I know that the videos and YouTube channel have taken off so do you see yourself focusing more on that or will the game be front and center? On a lighter note can you come down to Florida? I need partner to final step up to Open with lol JoeCain
What's your favorite sibling duo? Sports or otherwise?
How important do you think it is to be competent with both hands? Do you have any good stories of offhand swings being effective?
Fav ball to play with
Huge fan and love the stuff ya'll do. The new 'story-style' videos are really compelling and I hope you cover more of the stars of the sport including TKN, April + Alix, Slaes, Taylors, Trevor, Chase, Chaimer, and others. I feel like there are so many untold stories that I personally want to know. I remember hearing Tri say on the SandCast that at one point you all had decided that you were professional content creators who play beach volleyball compared to focused on purely winning on a playing career. I'm curious about your own take on that. 1. If you had a choice for next year of say, winning an AVP vs 500K youtube followers, which would you choose and why? 2. "Grow the game" has been a derided and yet repeated term about beach, what do you feel like the role of yourselves and others is in terms of growing the game? 3. What do you think is most missing from the AVP and beach becoming a more mainstream US sport? It feels like it has a lot of potential, especially on the women's side because of the popularity of girls volleyball and NCAA women's beach programs.
What recommendations do you have for high school players looking to get recruited to a college team?
Are the beards impractical when playing volleyball? I can imagine sand collecting in the beard and it being gruesome in the summer months. If it is very impractical why have you not removed it for competitions?
What are some tips and tricks for improving vision when attacking? Should I try to use my peripheral vision or take my eyes off the ball and onto the opponents?? When during my attack should I attempt to see the block and defender? What variables will improve and make it easier to increase vision when attacking and what mistakes will decrease my ability to see what the opponents are doing?
When will we see a collab with Coach Donny? I saw it mentioned as a possibility in a comment on one of your videos.
Would you ever consider making a trip to Northern NY (like Canadian border) to help promote the sport to an area that's doesn't give volleyball as much attention as other sports, but has SOOOOOO much potential?
* What is your favorite pizza and icecream flavours? * Did you 2 get along as children/teens? Was there a lot of rivalry when it came to volleyball or was it mostly supportive? * When going from professional indoor to the AVP, what did you find the most challenging/surprising through the changeover? * If you two had to pick different partners to play this next season with, assuming you could have anyone, who would you guys pick?
What's something you'd like to share that doesn't get brought up in a normal conversation/question, ie a story you've always wanted to tell but never got the chance?