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Welcome to Florida State University's official entrepreneurship and innovation podcast, The InNOLEvation® Mindset! Hosted by Mark McNees and powered by the Jim Moran College of Entrepreneurship. This podcast features audio and video versions of our podcast, which highlights student and alumni entrepreneurs and innovators from FSU.
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In this episode of the InNOLEvation® Mindset Podcast, host Mark McNees sits down with Travis Mewhirter, assistant coach for FSU beach volleyball, journalist, author, AVP competitor, and co-host of the Sandcast podcast. Travis shares how to pronounce his last name, its origins, and his path from University of Maryland journalism and the Washington Post to Florida’s Panhandle, California, pro beach volleyball, media work, and ultimately coaching at Florida State. They discuss Travis’s books Kings of Summer and Volleyball for Milkshakes, changes in beach volleyball rules (including let/trickle serves and redirects), ball differences between Spalding, Wilson, and Mikasa, hand-setting standards, and the AVP League’s city-based model. Travis also describes innovations in athlete training, such as weight training, recovery, and data tools, and how Sandcast began, scaled, and opened doors in his career.
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00:00 Welcome and Guest Intro
00:40 Pronouncing Mewhirter
02:08 Name Meaning and Harper
03:32 From Journalism to FSU
08:07 Host Volleyball Comeback
11:25 Books and Milkshakes
14:00 Karch Story and Legends
19:41 Rule Changes and Let/trickle Serves
25:16 AVP League City Teams
31:26 Should Women’s Net Rise
34:10 Net Height Debate
35:19 Practice With Weird Nets
36:14 Reinventing Your Game
39:45 Deep Sand And Style
40:57 Spalding Versus Mikasa Versus Wilson
48:26 Hand Setting Rules
53:35 Swing Block Controversy
56:56 Training Tech Evolution
01:01:04 Data Tracking And Hudl
01:05:40 Beach Volleyball Analytics Gap
01:07:15 Sandcast Origin Story
01:08:49 Early Growth and Sponsors
01:10:14 Podcast Opens Doors
01:11:27 Scaling and Delegation
01:12:42 Ratings and TrueVolley Debate
01:19:08 What Rankings Should Incentivize
01:21:01 Fixing Player Development
01:23:37 Coaching vs Free Play
01:26:07 Growing Mens Volleyball Access
01:33:19 Birthday Stories and Milestones
01:35:48 Brookes 300th Win Surprise
01:38:53 Final Advice and Wrap Up
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