Jordan Cheng's guest appearances

Jordan Cheng

SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter

FCAV California

Michael Gervais

Gabby Reece

Karch Kiraly

Reid Priddy

Mike Campbell

Brittany Howard

Michelle Meyer

John Mayer

Alan Stein

Adam Roberts

Brett Favre

Kevin Barnett

Adam Johnson

James Shaw

Sara Hughes

OwlTail

This episode of SANDCAST: Beach volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, is with Jordan Cheng, the coach of Kelly Claes and Sarah Sponcil, the 10th-ranked team in the world and No. 3 in the American Olympic race.  On this episode, we discuss: - Cheng's career as a coach, how his intentions to play professionally were constantly derailed by "once in a lifetime" coaching opportunities at Pepperdine, under Marv Dunphy, USA Volleyball under John Speraw, UCI, Reid Priddy and, now, Sponcil and Claes - How Cheng, 28 years old at the time, came to be the coach for Priddy, one of the best volleyball players of all time - His coaching philosophy: "I don't want to be a JV version of Jose Loiola. I want to be a varsity version of myself." - How he came to coach Claes and Sponcil - The importance of pursuing something bigger than beach volleyball This episode is, as always, brought to you by Wilson volleyball. They make the best balls in the game, and you can get 20 percent off by using our discount code, Sandcast-20.  Be sure to check out our new book, Volleyball for Milkshakes, on Amazon and, if you're feeling extra magnanimous, drop us a review! It goes a long way.  Thanks as always for listening! SHOOTS!

This episode of <a href="https://www.sandcastvolleyball.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SANDCAST: Beach volleyball with Tri Bourne and</a> <a href="http://travismewhirter.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Travis Mewhirter</a>, is with Jordan Cheng, the coach of <a href="https://www.sandcastvolleyball.com/sandcast-sponcil-claes-figuring-it-out-on-and-off-the-court-heading-into-olympic-year/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kelly Claes and Sarah Sponcil</a>, the 10th-ranked team in the world and No. 3 in the American Olympic race.  On this episode, we discuss: - Cheng's career as a coach, how his intentions to play professionally were constantly derailed by "once in a lifetime" coaching opportunities at Pepperdine, under Marv Dunphy, USA Volleyball under John Speraw, UCI, <a href="https://www.sandcastvolleyball.com/reid-priddy-is-going-for-double-black-belt-status/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Reid Priddy</a> and, now, Sponcil and Claes - How Cheng, 28 years old at the time, came to be the coach for Priddy, one of the best volleyball players of all time - His coaching philosophy: "I don't want to be a JV version of <a href="https://www.sandcastvolleyball.com/wining-and-dining-hall-of-famer-jose-loiola/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jose Loiola</a>. I want to be a varsity version of myself." - How he came to coach Claes and Sponcil - The importance of pursuing something bigger than beach volleyball This episode is, as always, brought to you by Wilson volleyball. They make the best balls in the game, and you can get 20 percent off by using our discount code, Sandcast-20.  Be sure to check out our new book, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Volleyball-Milkshakes-Travis-Mewhirter/dp/B089781SHB" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Volleyball for Milkshakes</a>, on Amazon and, if you're feeling extra magnanimous, drop us a review! It goes a long way.  Thanks as always for listening! SHOOTS!

Jordan Cheng: Making a career out of "Once in a lifetime opportunities"

In this week's episode from our Summer Coaches' Series, we have Jordan Cheng, USA Volleyball Beach coach in pursuit of the Olympics, speaking on creating healthy, thriving culture. Jordan has worked for some powerhouse programs in the volleyball world led by some giants of team culture (think Pepperdine, UCI, USA Volleyball), and has been able to take what he has learned from those mentors and applied it to his own coaching style and teams today. In this discussion, he talks about playing and coaching with your "why" in mind, how to operationalize team culture concepts, and how language creates culture.

In this week's episode from our Summer Coaches' Series, we have Jordan Cheng, USA Volleyball Beach coach in pursuit of the Olympics, speaking on creating healthy, thriving culture. Jordan has worked for some powerhouse programs in the volleyball world led by some giants of team culture (think Pepperdine, UCI, USA Volleyball), and has been able to take what he has learned from those mentors and applied it to his own coaching style and teams today. In this discussion, he talks about playing and coaching with your "why" in mind, how to operationalize team culture concepts, and how language creates culture.

Ep. 14 - Summer Coaches' Series: Jordan Cheng on Thriving Team Culture