Brian O'Neill is an American professional beach volleyball player. His recent ascension has been quite the phenomenon. The support he has from his pro peers, as well as multiple volleyball communities on a bicoastal level, is well-documented. Oh, and by the way, he is hilarious.

02:41 - a gift for the "Option" podcast from Bravo and Spike-n-Go, giving love back to the volleyball communities,

06:29 - Playing with Chase Frishman, the journey, the fun, the great weekend at Highline

27:27 - Does Brian still work out anymore? If at all? Did he mimic/follow blocking styles from his predecessors?

41:35 - About Dave Updegrove, the Manhattan Beach Open, the great communication and efficiency

53:01 - How Spike and Go and Bravo created a natural, organic volleyball community, plus, loving Kevin Edwards, who is the oldest guy to qualify for the main draw?

1:16:02 - The better the player, the better you play against them, plus, does everyone really need a coach? Why is it easier to play people who know what they are doing? Seain Cook, why some people like him and why some do not.

1:33:51 - Getting the know the fun personalities on the pro beach scene, Motherlode, The Hermosa Open, Seaside, and why the three should be a fall classic

2:05:59 - Commentating, and filling the space vs having something that makes you care about the "characters", why football does so well, going to live events vs watching a well-produced event on TV, the support system he got from so many volleyball communities

2:31:19 - Great movies, great actors and great bad guys, plus, was the 90's the best time for comedy?

2:46:11 - More fun questions from the comment section and other things

Robin Seidi is an Austrian professional beach volleyball player. He has enjoyed a heightened level of success on the sand at every level, highlighting an appearance in the 2016 Olympic games in Rio de Janeiro. He has played with a slew of partners, and they will all say the same thing - he is energetic, intense, and fun.

01:40 - Keeping trophies and awards that tell a story when you have too many, upcoming tournament that are lined up, the "skyball" of DJ Klasnic,

07:10 - Why and how he started playing, level-up moments, plus, is there a future in coaching, post-playing career, paralysis through analysis

19:30 - How does a coach become a better "space holder?" Plus, mental fatigue will seep into physical fatigue, unselfishness is the key to volleyball unity

24:30 - Think of live events like Broadway, and televised events like a film, the slew of good partners and measuring the diverse personalities, process and preparation to tournaments, nutrition/meal plans, etc., smaller training groups vs larger groups

39:13 - Open level players, and people with open-level ideas, is 36 years old the prime of a beach player

43:05 - Does playing for something matter more than the love of the game? How do we get "volleyball transcendency?"

51:50 - Describe the atmosphere of playing in the Rio Olympics, bringing more people vs bringing more soldiers, will the momentum of indoor ball help the beach?

58:50 - Who did you aspire to be? Plus, fun random questions to finish up

Manhattan Beach Open is coming up and I would like to explore the best part of it - the QUALIFIER Matches! Who is going to make it? Who are the upset kings? Waiting for people to say "don't quit your day job in 3...2...1...

01:54 - Jeff Samuels

14:07 - Derek Zimmmerman

42:41 - Frank Field

49:09 - MBO QUALIFIER predictions (don't quit my day job)

1:01:01 - Aaron Wexler joins the show

Emily Madigan is an American volleyball player. College-bound to Dallas, she is a true volleyball nerd that excelled in a smaller but competitive club system. When it comes to areas where her strengths play to any team's needs? We still have yet to scratch the surface.

02:20 - Her versatility playing 3 different positions, how easy it is for a coach to miss a "goofy-foot," how she considered playing for Dallas,

11:39 - The joy of playing club, forming relationships, how to maintain the good energy "chain" from breaking, why coaches burnout

20:20 - How she got started with the sport, the fun at the festival, fundamentals that came easy vs which ones were more tedious

28L31 - Was there a moment of match that made you think you can do this at the high level, why people leave hating the game

37:32 - Developing a player, the self-correction shaped organically as well as through guidance, plus, what advice would you give a 13-year-old who want to be good at this

44:00 - How to manage volleyball "funks", plus, fun questions, good reads, inspiring sports films, other sports etc

This episode falls on my birthday, and since it's my birthday, and on my birthday I do what I want, my guest Rob McLean and I - while hammering Uncle Nearest "apple juice" (for YouTube purposes), did random call-ins. This might be for the dedicated followers, but I promise that we delivered. Good times.

01:59 - Derek Zimmerman, talks night games in NOLA, our cool friendship, Evan Cory’s ascension, obstacles, and approach

15:23 - Rob McLean joins

17:56 - Wendy Jones calls in, meditation, the nervous system and being centered

24:00 - Robbie and I talk NY Knicks

46:36 - Ashley Clark joins

57:24 - Cory Bryndal joins

1:04:35 - Robbie and I talk taking emotion out of coaching

1:18:31 - “Eric Cam” joins, talks videos and hands

1:35:20 - Robbie and I talk emotionally detaching from losses as a coach

1:37:51 - Melissa Lim joins the chat

1:50:01 - Robbie and I shout out all the people who helped out brand

Allison McColloch is an American volleyball Coach, admin and former indoor and pro beach standout. Playing with and against the best of the world and domestic scene, she is a household name. She threw her name in the NCAA hat, serving as the head coach of UC Davis. She is now deeply involved with LOVB, a professional indoor volleyball league that also developed a club system to enhance more playing opportunities for juniors.

03:50 - What is LOVB? The idea, the plan the evolution, plus, who did she aspire to be growing up?

20:20 - Don't remove social media - enhance the good things, are we attracted to the right kind of drama, and what exactly is that?

31:22 - What we love about the old school scene, and where they failed at passing the baton, why LOVB is headed the better direction

37:31 - Be yourself, but if it is manufactured, the audience sees that, too, plus, so many great tournaments, but who is there to tell the story?

1:02:08 - LOVB rewind video, showcasing what they are doing, the clear indications of the work being put in. The idea of the Jason Olive's Hawaiian Festival

1:18:00 - Personalizing your work, the pros and cons

1:37:55 - being in a position to affect change, pouring through the list of coaches for LOVB, inspiring reads or sports movies

Andrew Dentler is an American professional beach and grass volleyball player. And George Mason University NCAA standout, he took his talents to the outdoor scene, enjoying a heightened level of prosperity. Multiple appearance in the Main Draw, international experience, regional dominance, and most recently, a finals appearance at the Pottstown Rumble - a tournament where he is a three-time champion.

03:09 - The Pottstown Rumble, the spectacle, the scene, the process and preparation, and "cracking the code" to the quarterfinal and semifinal

15:49 - How did he get started with the sport, the indoor college run, the transition to the outdoor scene

34:09 - Coaching, paying it forward, the challenges, things he brought to coaching immediately, setters with "staggered feet,' ways to communicate that stays with the players, staying emotionally even-keeled, fundamentals that are easy to teach

57:00 - Contrall-ables, player responsibility to themselves

1:03:24 - His playing career domestically and internationally, remembering Eric Zaun, the long list of players he played with, who was the most professional, who was the most fun.

Theo Brunner is an American beach volleyball coach at the collegiate and professional level. He is also a multiple-time winner at the FIVB and AVP domestic tour level. Regarded as one of the best blockers on the American scene for the last ten years, he hung up his board shorts for a clip board. He recently joined the coaching staff at UCLA where they have become the reigning, defending NCAA beach volleyball champions. Wherever he goes, success follows.

This podcast is two parts: the player, and then the coach, as follows:

02:02 - AVP Denver, coming back to play and winning, the AVP league invitation to Belmar, adventures as a player in the wind and who functions well in it.

20:05 - This portion is exclusively about coaching, UCLA, preseason, process and technique, a small debate on what works on first hit, coaching from the neck up at the high level

This is a celebration of an urban legend, affectionately known as "The Queen." From the hard top and sand courts in central park, to winning a USAV championship, to dominating the regional and national indoor and outdoor scene, he was not shy at playing with anyone at any level at any time. He existed in the true dichotomy of "love him or hate him," with the former being the sentiment of all in his last days.

02:23 - Bernard Norman

07:34 - George and Rose Cassius

12:14 - Shadow Holden

16:23 - Eugene Escoboza

20:23 - Jorge Palomares and Steve (Hubby)

31:22 - Zacarias Ripoll-Cid

43:02 - Ken Bassarath

53:31 - Vanessa

1:01:45 - Andrew Balodis

1:09:26 - Xavier

1:20:59 - Janette Luna

1:29:37 - Rony Gilot jr

1:40:53 - Phil Gallagher

1:41:28 - Mike Salak

1:52:33 - Tony Bonilla

1:57:32 - Corey Mayes

2:08:32 - More fun Ren Stories

Moises Jimenez is a Dominican-American volleyball player and college standout. Born in the Dominican Republic, he moved to the Bronx, NY at the age of 7. He picked up volleyball through Legacy - an elite club based in the area - and his interest in the sport skyrocketed from there. Loved by his peers on a local and regional level, his journey to where he is today is an interesting one.

02:15 - The culture shock of moving to the Bronx from the Dominican Republic, his path to discovering volleyball, the people who inspired him to get better

14:21 - The journey continued, legacy volleyball, and coach Joel Sanchez being his inspiration, the controversy of switching clubs, the academic demands going into college, the injuries that sidelined his college career, the ups and downs being "God's plan"

38:29 - moving to Miami, competing at the high level, then back to NY, measuring his talent against the best programs like Hawaii

53:11 - Central Park volleyball, shout out to 86 Street, the Dominican culture of the heightened emphasis of taking care of first hit

1:00:04 - Elvis hits hard, and so does Guillermo, love to Bameso, flowers to Ulises Noboa, Tony Bonilla

1:06:54 - What was the hardest fundamental for you to learn, what came the easiest, favorite quotes, one sentence you would say to a kid who wanted a piece of advice