Allie Wheeler's guest appearances

Allie Wheeler

SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter

Get Better at Beach Volleyball

Billy Allen

Kim Hildreth

Katie Spieler

Stafford Slick

John Hyden

Evan Silberstein

Logan Webber

Evan Cory

Sarah Schermerhorn

Alan Stein

Adam Roberts

Brett Favre

Kevin Barnett

Adam Johnson

James Shaw

OwlTail

Take risks, take action!! Be intrinsically motivated. Don't wait to be written an offer letter to pursue your passion. With all of the changes and new responsibilities in your life, it's easy to lose sight of what you're doing this for. So, meet our guest in today's podcast, Allie Wheeler a longtime volleyball pro. She’s bright, curious, and passionate about her walk of life. Check this out to make some difference in your career!   🎙️ LISTEN ON APPLE PODCAST🎙️ LISTEN ON SPOTIFY🎙️ LISTEN ON GOOGLE PODCAST   Timestamps:  00:47 - Learn from Allie Wheeler as an Entrepreneur and on Her Volleyball Journey. 08:16 - When and Why Allie started playing volleyball 0:25:19 - Mental Toughness 0:44:04 - Allie Wheeler Advise For All the Players  Head Coach Mark Burik has been coaching sports for 16 years and has over a decade of playing and coaching experience in volleyball. Burik has been a mainstay on the AVP Tour and also competes regularly on the FIVB World Tour. Recognized as one of the top beach volleyball players in the country, he has numerous championships under his belt and has won the legendary Pottstown Rumble three times. He has been a part of the Gold Medal Squared staff, which promotes a system of teaching designed by national team coaches. Brandon started playing volleyball in Chester, Virginia when he was 16 years old for his high school volleyball team. As a senior, Brandon was named Virginia State Player of the Year and has been a coach for more than 10 years. He found success in the National Volleyball League as high as third and also took home the “Most Improved” award in 2016. Allie Wheeler is a beach volleyball player who competes on the AVP and FIVB tours. Her team won three National Championships, two Pac-12 titles, and she was awarded an AVCA All-American her final year while majoring in international relations and minoring in business at the University of Southern California ('13-'17). Allie now lives in Hermosa Beach after graduating from Cal Poly and pursuing her passion of playing professionally, coaching, and teaching future athletes like herself.   Connect with Mark + Brandon: Mark Burik FB https://www.facebook.com/markburikbeachvolleyball/ Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-burik-693671102/ IG https://www.instagram.com/markburik/ Twitter https://twitter.com/MarkBurik   Brandon Joyner IG https://www.instagram.com/joy_beachvb/ FB https://www.facebook.com/brandon.david.98229   Allie Wheeler Website https://www.awrecruits.com/ IG https://www.instagram.com/allietwheeler/ BUSINESS IG https://www.instagram.com/awrecruits/ FB https://www.facebook.com/awrecruiting/ YT https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDX5x2ZKSGgo2ctKBMMqmnw   RESOURCES / IMPORTANT LINKS: TAKE OUR RULES QUIZ https://www.betteratbeach.com/rulesquiz Check Out Our Library of Courses https://www.betteratbeach.com/store BOOK US FOR A CLINIC! BRING US TO YOUR HOMETOWN! https://www.betteratbeach.com/clinics Online Coaching? Join Our Program! We'll Watch Your Technique And Fix Your Skills https://www.betteratbeach.com/coaching 36 Essential Drills for Beach Volleyball https://www.betteratbeach.com Get Some Better at Beach SWAG! https://www.betteratbeach.com/shop LEARN TO HANDSET! TAKE OUR AT-HOME COURSE https://www.betteratbeach.com/howtosetavolleyball Want to be a better Defender? Try This Online Course! https://www.betteratbeach.com/ultimatedefender 50+ Beach Volleyball Practice Plans https://www.betteratbeach.com/practiceplans 60 Day At-Home Max Vertical Jump Training Program https://www.betteratbeach.com/60DayMaxVerticalJump Better At Beach Volleyball Free Information https://www.betteratbeach.com/blog   LET'S GET SOCIAL!!! Be updated on Better at Beach on all our Platforms: Website: https://www.betteratbeach.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/betteratbeachvolleyball/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/betteratbeachvolleyball/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BetteratBeach LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/betteratbeachvolleyball Podcast: https://www.betteratbeach.com/podcasts/get-better-at-beach-volleyball/

Take risks, take action!! Be intrinsically motivated. Don't wait to be written an offer letter to pursue your passion. With all of the changes and new responsibilities in your life, it's easy to lose sight of what you're doing this for. So, meet our guest in today's podcast, Allie Wheeler a longtime volleyball pro. She’s bright, curious, and passionate about her walk of life. Check this out to make some difference in your career! 🎙️ <a href="https://tinyurl.com/5a95f2fk" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">LISTEN ON APPLE PODCAST</a> 🎙️ <a href="https://tinyurl.com/2p8nm73d" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">LISTEN ON SPOTIFY</a> 🎙️ <a href="https://tinyurl.com/ydj6uts2" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">LISTEN ON GOOGLE PODCAST</a> Timestamps: <ul> <li>00:47 - Learn from Allie Wheeler as an Entrepreneur and on Her Volleyball Journey.</li> <li>08:16 - When and Why Allie started playing volleyball</li> <li>0:25:19 - Mental Toughness</li> <li>0:44:04 - Allie Wheeler Advise For All the Players</li> </ul> Head Coach Mark Burik has been coaching sports for 16 years and has over a decade of playing and coaching experience in volleyball. Burik has been a mainstay on the AVP Tour and also competes regularly on the FIVB World Tour. Recognized as one of the top beach volleyball players in the country, he has numerous championships under his belt and has won the legendary Pottstown Rumble three times. He has been a part of the Gold Medal Squared staff, which promotes a system of teaching designed by national team coaches. Brandon started playing volleyball in Chester, Virginia when he was 16 years old for his high school volleyball team. As a senior, Brandon was named Virginia State Player of the Year and has been a coach for more than 10 years. He found success in the National Volleyball League as high as third and also took home the “Most Improved” award in 2016. Allie Wheeler is a beach volleyball player who competes on the AVP and FIVB tours. Her team won three National Championships, two Pac-12 titles, and she was awarded an AVCA All-American her final year while majoring in international relations and minoring in business at the University of Southern California ('13-'17). Allie now lives in Hermosa Beach after graduating from Cal Poly and pursuing her passion of playing professionally, coaching, and teaching future athletes like herself. Connect with Mark + Brandon: Mark Burik FB <a href="https://www.facebook.com/markburikbeachvolleyball/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/markburikbeachvolleyball/</a> Linkedin <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-burik-693671102/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-burik-693671102/</a> IG <a href="https://www.instagram.com/markburik/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/markburik/</a> Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkBurik" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/MarkBurik</a> Brandon Joyner IG <a href="https://www.instagram.com/joy_beachvb/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/joy_beachvb/</a> FB <a href="https://www.facebook.com/brandon.david.98229" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/brandon.david.98229</a> Allie Wheeler Website <a href="https://www.awrecruits.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.awrecruits.com/</a> IG <a href="https://www.instagram.com/allietwheeler/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/allietwheeler/</a> BUSINESS IG <a href="https://www.instagram.com/awrecruits/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/awrecruits/</a> FB <a href="https://www.facebook.com/awrecruiting/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/awrecruiting/</a> YT <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDX5x2ZKSGgo2ctKBMMqmnw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDX5x2ZKSGgo2ctKBMMqmnw</a> <h3>RESOURCES / IMPORTANT LINKS:</h3> TAKE OUR RULES QUIZ <a href="https://www.betteratbeach.com/rulesquiz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.betteratbeach.com/rulesquiz</a> Check Out Our Library of Courses <a href="https://www.betteratbeach.com/store" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.betteratbeach.com/store</a> BOOK US FOR A CLINIC! BRING US TO YOUR HOMETOWN! <a href="https://www.betteratbeach.com/clinics" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.betteratbeach.com/clinics</a> Online Coaching? Join Our Program! We'll Watch Your Technique And Fix Your Skills <a href="https://www.betteratbeach.com/coaching" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.betteratbeach.com/coaching</a> 36 Essential Drills for Beach Volleyball <a href="https://www.betteratbeach.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.betteratbeach.com</a> Get Some Better at Beach SWAG! <a href="https://www.betteratbeach.com/shop" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.betteratbeach.com/shop</a> LEARN TO HANDSET! TAKE OUR AT-HOME COURSE <a href="https://www.betteratbeach.com/howtosetavolleyball" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.betteratbeach.com/howtosetavolleyball</a> Want to be a better Defender? Try This Online Course! <a href="https://www.betteratbeach.com/ultimatedefender" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.betteratbeach.com/ultimatedefender</a> 50+ Beach Volleyball Practice Plans <a href="https://www.betteratbeach.com/practiceplans" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.betteratbeach.com/practiceplans</a> 60 Day At-Home Max Vertical Jump Training Program <a href="https://www.betteratbeach.com/60DayMaxVerticalJump" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.betteratbeach.com/60DayMaxVerticalJump</a> Better At Beach Volleyball Free Information <a href="https://www.betteratbeach.com/blog" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.betteratbeach.com/blog</a> <h3>LET'S GET SOCIAL!!!</h3> Be updated on Better at Beach on all our Platforms: Website: <a href="https://www.betteratbeach.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.betteratbeach.com/</a> Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/betteratbeachvolleyball/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/betteratbeachvolleyball/</a> Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/betteratbeachvolleyball/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/betteratbeachvolleyball/</a> YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/BetteratBeach" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/c/BetteratBeach</a> LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/betteratbeachvolleyball" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/company/betteratbeachvolleyball</a> Podcast: <a href="https://www.betteratbeach.com/podcasts/get-better-at-beach-volleyball/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.betteratbeach.com/podcasts/get-better-at-beach-volleyball/</a>

Episode #20: Allie Wheeler Volleyball - College Recruiting and Tips on the Mental Game

Corinne Quiggle

This episode of SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, features recent USA Volleyball GOLD MEDALISTS Corinne Quiggle and Allie Wheeler, who took home the gold at the Bulgaria one-star. After winning there -- coming out of the qualifier to do so! -- they went to Sochi, where they nearly made it through a brutal country quota against Sarah Schermerhorn and Aurora Davis and Kerri Walsh Jennings and Brooke Sweat.  On this episode, we discuss: - Corinne Quiggle's wild travels, in which she almost had to drop out of the event - The difference between competing in practice and competing in an FIVB event - How Quiggle and Wheeler overcame the nerves of their first international tournament to win gold - How their partnership formed, and the progress they've made as a team - What's next on the schedule, and the big goal up ahead And much, much more.  *** This episode, as always, is brought to you by Wilson Volleyball, makers of the absolute best balls in the game, hands down. You can get a 20-percent discount using our code, SANDCAST-20! https://www.wilson.com/en-us/volleyball  This episode is also brought to you by Chasing Gold, a new non-profit founded by Matt Callahan and SANDCAST host Travis Mewhirter, aimed at funding aspiring Olympians to relieve the financial burden of traveling around the world. Read more and donate today at www.chasinggold.org!  SHOOTS!

This episode of SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, features recent USA Volleyball GOLD MEDALISTS Corinne Quiggle and Allie Wheeler, who took home the gold at the Bulgaria one-star. After winning there -- coming out of the qualifier to do so! -- they went to Sochi, where they nearly made it through a brutal country quota against Sarah Schermerhorn and Aurora Davis and Kerri Walsh Jennings and Brooke Sweat.  On this episode, we discuss: - Corinne Quiggle's wild travels, in which she almost had to drop out of the event - The difference between competing in practice and competing in an FIVB event - How Quiggle and Wheeler overcame the nerves of their first international tournament to win gold - How their partnership formed, and the progress they've made as a team - What's next on the schedule, and the big goal up ahead And much, much more.  *** This episode, as always, is brought to you by Wilson Volleyball, makers of the absolute best balls in the game, hands down. You can get a 20-percent discount using our code, SANDCAST-20! <a href="https://www.wilson.com/en-us/volleyball" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.wilson.com/en-us/volleyball </a> This episode is also brought to you by Chasing Gold, a new non-profit founded by Matt Callahan and SANDCAST host Travis Mewhirter, aimed at funding aspiring Olympians to relieve the financial burden of traveling around the world. Read more and donate today at <a>www.chasinggold.org! </a> SHOOTS!

Corinne Quiggle and Allie Wheeler: Winning the little steps on their way to the big one

Karissa Cook

Karissa Cook is a self-dubbed “inside cat.” She doesn’t need to go anywhere to have fun. Doesn’t really need to see anybody, aside from her fiancé, Shayne Skov, and her pup. She’s good with that.   So when Katie Spieler, her partner throughout the 2017 and 2018 beach volleyball seasons, asked if she wanted to play in a NORCECA playoff for a one-off event in a pinprick of an island named Martinique, she felt very little compulsion to do so. But she did, because Cook loves Spieler, and she does – though she rarely admits it out loud – love volleyball, event at the end of a year. She was in. And so began one of the strangest, world-crossing, successful years of Cook’s life. Her and Spieler would win gold in Martinique, which wasn’t so much a beach tournament as it was “jungle ball,” as she dubbed it on SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, seeing as it was played in the middle of a tropical forest, in a grove of cleared out trees. In reality, it would be one of the most normal events Cook would play over the next calendar year. A month later, Cook and Spieler were chatting again, about a new, slightly absurd invitation to play snow volleyball in Russia in December. They added Allie Wheeler and Emily Hartong to the crew, and thus the “Snow Dogs” were born. “I feel like this year is still bookended by Moscow because that was the origination of the snow team,” Cook said. “Looking back on these 12 months, I’m like ‘How did we get roped into all these strange, amazing country trips and all these amazing environments?’ “Basically, USA keeps emailing and we keep saying yes. Every time, I’m like ‘I’m done for the year’ and then I get an email saying ‘Do you guys want to…’ and I’ll probably say yeah.” For Wheeler, there is never a hesitation. Not anymore. She said yes immediately to Moscow, and everything thereafter. Did she want to play snow volleyball in Austria and Italy, three weeks before the AVP season? Yes. And another in Argentina? Yes. How about a fours tournament at the inaugural World Beach Games in, of all places, Doha, Qatar? “It’s always just ‘Yes,’” Wheeler said on SANDCAST. It’s easy to see why, too. Every time she’s said yes, she’s returned home with gold. When she agreed to play a one-star FIVB in Vaudz, Liechtenstein, in August of 2018, as the No. 12 team in the qualifier, they wound up winning the whole thing. Perhaps her decision making is expedited by the fact that her goal is rarely about the winning, though for anybody as competitive as Wheeler, a national champ at USC, winning is always a plus. “For me, I think about it – in Liechtenstein, me and Lara were down, 13-12, in the third set in the quali, obviously terrible scenario, so we were like ‘Alright, it’s a win win. If you lose you get to travel. If you win you get to play more volleyball,’” Wheeler said. “We ended up winning and then won the whole tournament so it was pretty cool.” Everything about this year has been cool for the two. Cook has won events in a forest (Martinique) and in snow (Moscow). She won her first AVP, in Austin, and claimed gold at the Pan American Games with Jace Pardon in Lima, Peru. Together, her and Wheeler, adding Geena Urango and Kelly Reeves to the snow team, won the inaugural World Beach Games in Doha.   “This year, I went into it with a lot of uncertainty, but my only two goals were to not get burned out and be really conscious with my limits and not doing too much because I feel like I have to,” Cook said. “And then just to play with really good people. I think getting slightly more points than opponents was cool, but it was just a cherry on top. Winning helps, it definitely makes it more fun, definitely preferable, but I can’t control that.” So here’s what they can control: The mindset and the team they bring with them. They’re all close friends now, the snow dogs, and the two “desert queens” in Urango and Reeves. Good friends and world champs. “Well they’re going to pay for us to go to cool places so long as we keep winning,” Cook said. “So let’s do it.”

Karissa Cook is a self-dubbed “inside cat.” She doesn’t need to go anywhere to have fun. Doesn’t really need to see anybody, aside from her fiancé, Shayne Skov, and her pup. She’s good with that.   So when Katie Spieler, her partner throughout the 2017 and 2018 beach volleyball seasons, asked if she wanted to play in a NORCECA playoff for a one-off event in a pinprick of an island named Martinique, she felt very little compulsion to do so. But she did, because Cook loves Spieler, and she does – though she rarely admits it out loud – love volleyball, event at the end of a year. She was in. And so began one of the strangest, world-crossing, successful years of Cook’s life. Her and Spieler would win gold in Martinique, which wasn’t so much a beach tournament as it was “jungle ball,” as she dubbed it on SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, seeing as it was played in the middle of a tropical forest, in a grove of cleared out trees. In reality, it would be one of the most normal events Cook would play over the next calendar year. A month later, Cook and Spieler were chatting again, about a new, slightly absurd invitation to play snow volleyball in Russia in December. They added Allie Wheeler and Emily Hartong to the crew, and thus the “Snow Dogs” were born. “I feel like this year is still bookended by Moscow because that was the origination of the snow team,” Cook said. “Looking back on these 12 months, I’m like ‘How did we get roped into all these strange, amazing country trips and all these amazing environments?’ “Basically, USA keeps emailing and we keep saying yes. Every time, I’m like ‘I’m done for the year’ and then I get an email saying ‘Do you guys want to…’ and I’ll probably say yeah.” For Wheeler, there is never a hesitation. Not anymore. She said yes immediately to Moscow, and everything thereafter. Did she want to play snow volleyball in Austria and Italy, three weeks before the AVP season? Yes. And another in Argentina? Yes. How about a fours tournament at the inaugural World Beach Games in, of all places, Doha, Qatar? “It’s always just ‘Yes,’” Wheeler said on SANDCAST. It’s easy to see why, too. Every time she’s said yes, she’s returned home with gold. When she agreed to play a one-star FIVB in Vaudz, Liechtenstein, in August of 2018, as the No. 12 team in the qualifier, they wound up winning the whole thing. Perhaps her decision making is expedited by the fact that her goal is rarely about the winning, though for anybody as competitive as Wheeler, a national champ at USC, winning is always a plus. “For me, I think about it – in Liechtenstein, me and Lara were down, 13-12, in the third set in the quali, obviously terrible scenario, so we were like ‘Alright, it’s a win win. If you lose you get to travel. If you win you get to play more volleyball,’” Wheeler said. “We ended up winning and then won the whole tournament so it was pretty cool.” Everything about this year has been cool for the two. Cook has won events in a forest (Martinique) and in snow (Moscow). She won her first AVP, in Austin, and claimed gold at the Pan American Games with Jace Pardon in Lima, Peru. Together, her and Wheeler, adding Geena Urango and Kelly Reeves to the snow team, won the inaugural World Beach Games in Doha.   “This year, I went into it with a lot of uncertainty, but my only two goals were to not get burned out and be really conscious with my limits and not doing too much because I feel like I have to,” Cook said. “And then just to play with really good people. I think getting slightly more points than opponents was cool, but it was just a cherry on top. Winning helps, it definitely makes it more fun, definitely preferable, but I can’t control that.” So here’s what they can control: The mindset and the team they bring with them. They’re all close friends now, the snow dogs, and the two “desert queens” in Urango and Reeves. Good friends and world champs. “Well they’re going to pay for us to go to cool places so long as we keep winning,” Cook said. “So let’s do it.”

Karissa Cook and Allie Wheeler: The Snow Dog Desert Queens of Weird