Mailbag! AVP Goes International! Olympic Qualification Series? NCAA Players Better Than AVP?
5/13/202656 min
Welcome to the fan question, or mailbag, episode of SANDCAST, where Travis Mewhirter takes on all of your beach volleyball and volleyball questions and attempts to answer them as best as he can. This week, he's chatting:
- Is the AVP allowing international players a good thing or bad thing for beach volleyball? (hint: It's AWESOME)
- Could this year's Olympic qualifying for the USA Volleyball women be the most competitive yet?
- Are NCAA Beach Volleyball Players better than AVP players?
- Can the AVP League survive?
- What mental skills do you need to make the jump to the next level?
And so much more.
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