Andy Benesh is the most improved beach volleyball player in the world in 2023.
Entering this season with Miles Partain, Benesh was seeded third in the qualifier of a Challenge. Now? He and Partain are the No. 1 ranked team in the United States, and No. 3 in the world. His climb has been extraordinary, and exactly what USA Volleyball needed after the retirements of Jake Gibb and Phil Dalhausser. On this episode of SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, we talk all about Benesh’s breakout season, including:
And much, much more.
Always a fun one with big Andy Benesh on the show.
ENJOY!
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Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter have a NEW BOOK! Playbook of Champions: The habits, routines, and stories of Olympians, Champions, and world-class athletes. If you listen to the show – which, if you’re reading this, then you are – then this is the perfect book for you, as it is a distillation of the best golden nuggets from our first five years of the podcast. Check it out on Amazon!
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SHOOTS!
Beach Volleyball Madness: Olympic Beach Volleyball Preview; Bally's Buys the AVP
Derek Olson, and Morocco's 'Disney story' into the Tokyo Olympic Games
Sean Rosenthal is the same now as he's ever been: Beach Volleyball's greatest ambassador
Jason Lochhead: The globetrotting route to becoming a two-time Olympic coach
Taylor Crabb, and the arrival of beach volleyball's next generation
SANDCAST Mailbag: A review of the Tokyo Olympic quad, and looking ahead to AVP 2021
DJ Klasnic is bringing the passion for beach volleyball back to Serbia
Corinne Quiggle and Allie Wheeler: Winning the little steps on their way to the big one
Canadian road dogs Will Hoey and Jake MacNeil have no exit plans
Savvy Simo, and a remarkable, legacy-leaving career at UCLA
SANDCAST Mailbag: What is Qatar doing? Top five matches from Cancun; FUDS stories
Sara Putt's made NCAA Championship history before; now she's out to do it again
Life inside the Cancun Bubble, with Tri Bourne and Evie Matthews
James Shaw, and the pursuit for the goals on the other side of fear
Kim Hildreth is thriving, with both feet finally on the ground
Mark Paaluhi, the man alas giving beach volleyball the attention he always thought it needed
Beach Volleyball Mailbag: Breaking down the Cancun Bubble, training tips, AVP speculation
Matt Fuerbringer: Respecting the work that's required of greatness
Chaim Schalk's American career has finally begun -- from the bottom
Don't be fooled by LSU's Kristen Nuss: She'll find a way to win
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