While outdoor volleyball i.e. beach volleyball is played all over the United States by adults, the youth version has been slowly gaining acceptance over the last 20 years or so.  With that said, athletes should take a serious look into playing beach volleyball in college.

Secondly, I interviewed Mercer University’s head indoor and beach volleyball coach Damian Elder on this very subject.  Mercer is one of the original 15 colllege programs in beach volleyball, so he was there in the beginning 4 years ago.

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Over my recent history, I have noticed a trend that athletes feel that if they are perfect, do every action more perfect than somebody else that they will become an elite athlete. Or said in a different way, the more perfect I am, I will be better than you.  Well, I hate to break it to young people, being more perfect is not the answer.  The answer is can you perform a coordinated action that produces the results needed exactly at the time you are producing those actions.

So today, Loyola Marymount Head Womens Volleyball and Head Sand Volleyball Coach Tom Black will join Stephen McCarthy of The McCarthy Project to discuss the proper application of the term perfection and how to be efficient on the court, .

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Stephen McCarthy on the Love of The Game

Stephen McCarthy of The McCarthy Project will be discussing the concept of leadership development in a world of "get mine first." Subjects covered will include how do you break down the walls created by athletes who are just interested in getting theirs and how to be a great follower that can develop into a great leader.

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University of Minnesota’s head volleyball coach Hugh McCutcheon joined us to talk about the love of sport and how to properly develop young athletes.  Coach shared his story growing up in New Zealand playing multiple different sports and developing over his lifetime a love for volleyball.  He talked about how he came to focus on one sport, volleyball, his transition to coaching and some of his principles of success.

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Coach Hugh McCutcheon Bio:

Hugh McCutcheon enters his third year at the helm of Golden Gopher Volleyball. Completing two seasons as the Gopher head coach, McCutcheon has led Minnesota a 56-15 record, named the 2013 AVCA North Region Coach of the Year and has coached three individuals to All-America honors in the past season seasons. Complete bio

Coach Russ Rose of Penn State University joined Stephen McCarthy to discuss the waterfront of ideas related to young volleyball players and coaches around the concept of balanced development.  Coach Rose talked about the role of technology in a young persons life, the proper role of club volleyball, why is it important to play more than one sport, and finally, how coaches and athletes can develop a balanced long-term approach to elite performance in life and sport.

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Stephen McCarthy will be joined by Dr. William Roberts, Director of the  University of Minnesota St. John’s Hospital Family Medicine Residency and the editor-in-chief of Current Sports Medicine Reports, to talk about current and future trends in acl injuries and the prevention in young athletes.

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Stephen McCarthy of The McCarthy Project will be joined by New York Knicks Performance Coach Andy Barr to discuss the concept of overtraining, fad training programs, and how to develop a foundation for elite performance.

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Dr. Mary Riddel, professor at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, recently published an article entitled, "Risky Recreation."  She discussed the role that risk plays in the life of extreme sports.  On the show today, Stephen and Dr. Riddel discussed how risk plays out in everyday life, as well as, sport. Today on the show Stephen McCarthy and Dr. Riddel work out the concept of "risk" in the real world.

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Forensic Historian and Filmmaker Richard Grove on Breaking The Chains of Institutionalized Thought to Create a Better Athlete

Richard Grove of TragedyandHope.com will be joining Stephen McCarthy of The McCarthy Project to discuss to ways to break institutionalized thoughts and replace them with self-reliant, self-confident, clear thoughts from your own creative imagination.

Tune in on October 9th, 2013 at 9am cst for the complete interview.

On the show, Richard and Stephen will be discussing creative thought with the purpose of addressing the following areas:

1.  Why do we need to change our institutionalized thoughts?

2.  How do we change our current thoughts?

3.  What should you expect while changing how you think?

4.  What are the potential results if you put in the time and effort?

5.  OK I agree I need to change, where do I start?

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