Sarah Straton is an Australian-American former beach volleyball player at the professional and Olympic level. From competing in the Sydney Olympics in 2000 for her home country to winning an AVP chip in 2001, it is safe to say she knows her way around the sand. After a decade and a half at the highest level, she now teaches tools for effective communication and enhanced relationships based on the latest in social science and brain research. A Certified Parent Educator through Echo Parenting & Education, she works with families, schools/Universities and sporting organizations to create optimal environments for growing, learning, performing and relating.
Tune in, as we chat up the Olympic indoor and beach volleyball, our love and respect for the work Karch put in, personalizing your work, men showing emotions in a loss, 'old-school' coaching and how it applies to today, productive ways to keep juniors engaged in a positive way, punishment in drills vs consequence vs neither, mental coaching and mental health, phases in kid's lives in structure and autonomy, respect vs fear, understanding research and how it applies to different athletes, winning and losing and what 'feels like a loss,' her memory of playing in the Olympics and in the AVP, fellowship and friendships in the sport, and MORE!
