Angie Akers: Beach volleyball's running, kickboxing Olympic coach

This episode of SANDCAST: Beach volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, features Angie Akers, the AVP and FIVB Rookie of the Year as a player and the new coach of April Ross and Alix Klineman.

On this episode, we discuss:

- Akers' itinerant journey into beach volleyball, from road running to working for the Lehman Brothers to kickboxing to the beach

- Her experience coaching for the Netherlands for the previous six years

- How she fell into a training group with John Speraw, Jeff Nygaard, and John Hyden as her first training partners

- Compiling an accomplished beach career despite not playing beach volleyball until she was 26

- How she became April Ross and Alix Klineman's new coach

- A fun training camp to Brazil, and what's next for the A-Team

This episode is, as always, brought to you by Wilson Volleyball. They make the best beach volleyballs in the game, hands down, and we’d love it if you could support them. Head over to Wison and use our discount code, Sandcast-20, to receive 20 percent off all purchases! Yes, we do get a kickback, but we see it as a win-win – you get a discount on the best balls in the game, we get a little extra love!

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