#14 - Kent Steffes And Olympic Lessons On Winning

If you had the chance to listen to the winningest player in the history of the sport sit down for hours and explain the details and "secrets" of how to win, through attacking, blocking, defense, serve receive and mentality, would you take it? This episode might be as close to that as you will get. Kent Steffes, the winner of the first ever beach volleyball Olympic games (partnered with Karch Kiraly) guests the Learn Beach Volleyball Fast podcast and pours out unconventional thinking, sound logics, science and wisdom about the sport to the delight of all of us. Don't miss this one! For any comments or questions regarding the episode, write them in the comments section in here: [https://youtu.be/A_A6FMp4NTo](https://youtu.be/A_A6FMp4NTo) Part 2 coming soon! The "match of the century" can be found in the comments of this post: [https://m.facebook.com/photo.php/?set=gm.5743414045668821&fbid=10166554953730361](https://m.facebook.com/photo.php/?set=gm.5743414045668821&fbid=10166554953730361) ----------------------------------------------------------- Other podcast episodes featuring Kent: https://www.sandcastvolleyball.com/kent-steffes-its-winning-time/ https://www.gabriellereece.com/cultivating-a-winners-mindset-the-cost-of-great-achievement-with-olympic-gold-medalist-kent-steffes-author-travis-mewhirter/ ----------------------------------------------------------- Other things mentioned in the episode: "Squish the bug" baseball technique - at least the guy 24 seconds into this video (and several others in the same video) lifts his foot up for a millisecond: https://youtu.be/DzJms7RW02A Books mentioned: (AFFILIATE DISCLAIMER: Buying any of these books or anything else from Amazon.com within 24 hours of clicking the link below, will support the Learn Beach Volleyball Fast-project financially with NO ADDITIONAL COST FOR YOU, meaning you will be making it easier for me to bring highly valuable beach volleyball tutorials and podcast episodes in the future by doing nothing but buying stuff you'd buy anyway! You both get what you are buying and you will get a better project from me in the future - an absolute win-win situation!) Kings of Summer: The rise of beach volleyball by Travis Mewhirter and Kent Steffes - https://amzn.to/3eDLmi4 The Inner Game of Tennis by W. Timothy Gallwey - https://amzn.to/3euyRoJ Golf is Not a Game of Perfect by Bob Rotella - https://amzn.to/3D6bPyW The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance by David Epstein - https://amzn.to/3qn5ZS8 ----------------------------------------------------------- Always get the latest updates, best insights and special opportunities before anyone else by signing up to the Learn Beach Volleyball Fast newsletter at: https://www.learnbeachvolleyballfast.com/subscribe Link to the Learn Beach Volleyball Fast Facebook community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/362021664252243/ Also check out: http://www.learnbeachvolleyballfast.com https://www.instagram.com/learnbeachvolleyballfast/ https://www.learnbeachvolleyballfast.com/podcast #BeachVolleyballPodcast #LearnSmarterNotSlower #KentSteffes #MysteriesExplained #LearnBeachVolleyballFast #BeachVolleyball #SandVolleyball