Troy Field: Entering The Veteran Act of His Beach Volleyball Career
3/18/20261 hr 18 min
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter features one of our most popular guests of all-time, and the single most popular guest of 2025: Troy Field. They talk about:
- How he is entering the veteran act of his professional career, playing with the up-and-coming Ryan Wilcox
- The power and influence of social media, and how to harness it for good
- Why all beach volleyball players should invest in hiring a coach, as Troy did with Mike Placek, if they are taking the game seriously
- Where Troy and Tri think the game is headed, and how to make beach volleyball's future better and brighter
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First 90 secondsTri Bourne· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Troy Phil, people. Take... He's probably been on the show how many times?
Troy Field· Guest0:16
I would say a healthy five.
Tri Bourne· Host0:18
Five. Take five.
Troy Field· Guest0:20
[clapper board claps] [laughs] Yes.
Tri Bourne· Host0:22
Doesn't it make it better?
Troy Field· Guest0:24
It does. How many slaps have you done so far?
Tri Bourne· Host0:27
I, I mean, I did a few on my own to practice.
Troy Field· Guest0:29
[laughs] Yeah.
Tri Bourne· Host0:29
But this is on- you're only the second person- Okay, all right ... to get the clack.
Troy Field· Guest0:32
It sounded like, sounded like you've been doing it a lot.
Tri Bourne· Host0:34
I've been talking about it for a while.
Troy Field· Guest0:35
Okay.
Tri Bourne· Host0:35
Our guests are like, "All right, Troy. Like, we get it."
Troy Field· Guest0:37
No, no, no.
Tri Bourne· Host0:38
Every, every time you say you wanted it, and then, and then you finally go it.
Troy Field· Guest0:40
A new toy is, a new toy's good.
Tri Bourne· Host0:42
Yeah. Travis doesn't know about it yet- Oh ... so he'll, he'll get the footage, and find out.
Troy Field· Guest0:47
He needs one in Florida.
Tri Bourne· Host0:48
Yeah. He'll, he'll get- You know? He'll get one of his own. We can afford that. Our budget's- Yeah. [laughs] ... not that big.
Troy Field· Guest0:53
Yeah, budget.
Tri Bourne· Host0:53
The $10 Amazon clacker- [laughs] ... we, we, we can afford.
Troy Field· Guest0:57
It's hard out here, 2026 volleyball.
Tri Bourne· Host0:59
Yeah. Hey, keeping the podcast going is- Yeah ... a little tricky.
Troy Field· Guest1:04
It's tricky, but the fans are loyal. Everyone, every time I come on here- Mm-hmm ... we get some, some messages, and so the fans are kind and loyal, and- Seriously ... um, so shout out to you guys.
Tri Bourne· Host1:14
They like you. I mean, download numbers don't lie.
Troy Field· Guest1:17
Hey, well, I'm grateful.
Tri Bourne· Host1:18
We're always, we're always like, "I don't know-" I don't know if it's- ... "we should probably get Troy back here."
Troy Field· Guest1:20
[laughs] I don't know if it's... [laughs] It could be support, maybe other people.
Tri Bourne· Host1:24
Yeah.
Troy Field· Guest1:25
A bunch of different people, but we'll take it. You easily forget it.
Tri Bourne· Host1:28
Yeah.
Troy Field· Guest1:28
I don't know if you, like, when