How To Control Your Competitive Performance By Controlling Your Mindset with Tri Bourne

The Sport Fuels Life podcast is excited to bring you the Mizuno Volleyball series! Mizuno has been an elite performance brand for decades helping volleyball athletes attain peak performance on and off the court. 

This episode, we’re speaking with Mizuno athlete Tri Bourne; professional beach volleyball player, former professional indoor player and NCAA Division 1 Men’s Volleyball player for the USC Trojans. He’s a native Hawaiian, born and raised on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, and spent lots of time on the beach, where he discovered volleyball.  

Mizuno Athlete, Tri Bourne

We cover a lot of topics with Tri, including coaching, goal setting and how learning to control your mental state can help you stay in the game. 

Listen to the episode below to find out why Tri says there’s no such thing as a perfect coach, why setting personal goals and aligning those goals with your team matters, and how his mental state plays such a massive role in his physical performance.

Strategies To Perform Your Best With April Ross

Since her debut on the pro beach volleyball scene in 2006, April Ross has cemented her role as a champion and one of the most universally loved players on tour. Lauded for her powerful serve, energy and competitive drive, April’s easy going personality off the sand makes her one of today’s most authentic, engaging and accessible athletes.

After nabbing several FIVB championships, including the 2009 FIVB World Championship, April and her then partner, Jennifer Kessy won a silver medal at the 2012 London Olympics. April partnered with Kerri Walsh-Jennings for the 2016 Rio Olympics, sweeping every AVP tour stop en route to an inspiring Olympic Bronze. April is currently playing with breakout star Alix Klineman, and aiming for Tokyo in 2021.

April shares with us her fascinating journey to becoming a two-time Olympic medalist as well as strategies for gaining the home court advantage no matter your physical location, and how having great coaches to push her athletic performance has made her the player she is today. 

Special thanks to Mizuno for sponsoring this episode of the Sport Fuels Life podcast, check out the April Ross Mizuno collection by visiting mizunousa.com 

Check out this episode below and let us know what you think in the comments!