Coach Your Brains Out

In April of 2015, I started a coaching podcast with John Mayer and Nils Nielsen. We spent our first episode huddled over an iPhone talking about warmups. The conversation went all over the place and the audio was rough, but it was fun to get together and talk volley and different coaching ideas. I titled the podcast “Coach Your Brains Out” as a joke, thinking we’d come up with something better later. We never did.

Over two years and one hundred and something episodes later, we’re still going strong putting out an episode a week. We usually record remotely now and our sound has gotten better thanks to some microphones. We’ve also added Andrew Fuller to the crew. It’s crazy to look at the list below and see all the amazing guests who’ve come on and shared with us. If you’re into coaching or playing sports (especially volleyball) then this podcast is for you. I’ve learned a lot doing this podcast; it’s made me a better player and coach. That’s why I still do it.

 

Here is a list of all our episodes. They can be found on any podcast service such as iTunes. If you enjoy the show, please leave us a review.

Full Episode List (note: numbers aren’t accurate as most episodes were released in 2 parts)

1. WARM UPS
2. Train the Gap – MINDSET
3. Train the Gap – CHALLENGE VS THREAT STATE
4. Train the Gap – GUIDED DISCOVERY
5. Train the Gap – KARCH KIRALY
6. PRIVATE LESSONS
7. READING
8. FEAR OF FAILURE with Ty Tramblie
9. PASSING
10. START WITH THE WHY with Anthony Darmiento
11. MOVIE COACHES
12. DON’T MAKE EXCUSES A Tribute to Kerri Walsh and April Ross
13. BUILDING A TEAM CULTURE
14. SCIENCE AND SUPERSTITION IN SPORT with Dr. Ricky
15. DISCIPLINE AND PUNISHMENTS
16. DESIGNING PRACTICE with Trevor Ragan
17. PLAYING THE SYSTEM
18. QUESTION YOUR BRAINS OUT 1
19. QUESTION YOUR BRAINS OUT 2
20. OPTIMAL PLAYING STATES with Adam O’Neil
21. EARLY SPECIALIZATION with Ryan Doherty
22. TEAM MIXING AND COURT DEMEANOR
23. CHALLENGES OF BEING A FAVORITE with April Ross
24. CREATIVE (CRAZY) DRILLS
25. HOW TO BE A FOLLOWER with Tyler Hildebrand
26. SHOULD PLAYERS CONTROL PRACTICE? with Doug English
27. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS with Joe Trinsey
28. NCAA FINALS, LITTLE BLOCKERS, AND SUBBING
29. EXPECTATIONS with Phil Dalhausser
30. EXTERNAL FEEDBACK with John Kessel
31. LEGACY with James Kerr
32. DECISION TRAINING with Loren Anderson
33. TOM BLACK
34. CHINESE DIVING CULTURE with Rett Larson
35. OLD SCHOOL vs NEW SCHOOL with Mike Dodd
36. DELIVERING UNDER PRESSURE with Chris “Geeter” McGee
37. 50th EPISODE – A Look Back
38. USING VIDEO
39. REDEFINING FAILURE with Courtney Thompson
40. SETTING with Courtney Thompson
41. MOTOR LEARNING with Carl McGown
42. SO YOU WANT TO BE A COACH with Pat Madia
43. FEEDBACK with Ashley Merryman
44. CHALLENGE vs THREAT AND PARTICIPATION AWARDS with Ashley Merryman
45. TAKING OVER A NEW PROGRAM with Brooke Niles
46. TRANSITIONING FROM PLAYER TO COACH with Sean Rooney
47. RIGHT SIDE APPROACH with Todd Rogers
48. ROUTINES with Matt Fuerbringer
49. ANSON DORRANCE by Eric Hodgson
50. QUESTION YOUR BRAINS OUT 3
51. QUESTION YOUR BRAINS OUT 4
52. NUTRITION with Shelley Holden
53. LEADERSHIP with Karch Kiraly
54. MARV DUNPHY by Eric Hodgson
55. BE CONSISTENT with John Kessel
56. GRATITUDE with Andrew Fuller
57. TEAM CULTURE with John Speraw
58. VALUE SCORING IN PRACTICE
59. ROLE PLAYING with Jake Gibb
60. OLYMPIC LESSONS with Tom Black
61. CARL MCGOWN TRIBUTE
62. SERVING MINDSET with Andrea Becker
63. JOHN DUNNING
64. ONE THING
65. CRATING BEACH PAIRS with Beth Van Fleet
66. CONFIDENCE with Adam O’Neil
67. MAX POTENTIAL with Reid Priddy
68. TEAM CULTURE with Hugh McCutcheon
69. 100th EPISODE! Gold Medal Cubed
70. ARMSWING with Austin Einhorn
71. SELFISH TO SELFLESS with Kevin Barnett
72. ADVERSITY with Kelsey Robinson
73. GAME TALK with Charlie Sullivan
74. HUMILITY with Jack Bauerle
75. BILLY BILLY BILLY ALLEN!
76. LIBERO with Dustin Watten
77. METHODS OF FINDING PRINCIPLES with Brent Crouch
78. MINDFULNESS with Shane Day
79. COMMON COACHING QUESTIONS with BJ Leroy
80. MARV DUNPHY
81. PARENTING AN ATHLETE with The Better Halves
82. THE CAPTAIN CLASS with Sam Walker
83. CHOP WOOD CARRY WATER with Joshua Medcalf
84. BEACH DEFENSE with John Hyden

And hundreds more!