Kristen Nuss and Taryn Kloth are American professional beach volleyball players and former indoor volleyball standouts. From HS state championships to NCAA conference crowns to a perfect 35-0 record their last year, these two hit the professional scene running. their accomplishments at such a young age are many. They ran roughshod through most of the best beach players in the country, winning critical AVP America tournaments, including Coconut Beach, Waupaca and Atlantic City. Their firts stop on the AVP tour, they went from the qualifier, all the way to winning the finals in Atlanta. They have a strong 5th place finish at Manhattan Beach. Kristen was a career sand player finishing college at LSU and her partner, Taryn, picked up the game rather quickly after playing indoor at Creighton, where as an outside hitter she helped take her team to the NCAA Elite Eight, then finishing her graduate year at LSU.
Tune in, as we chat up how playing in the smaller tournaments have prepared them for the two major tour stops, dealing with all kinds of weather and crazy conditions in New Orleans, Waupaca and Atlantic City, being unassuming to the big stage vs sudden nerves at Manhattan Beach, praise to their coaches on keeping them technically sound, other great players their age like Muno and Jones (Schoonerwoerd), how much or little video they watch to prep for matches, their reaction to the Olympics, taking one match at a time, what they thought they did well, where they need improvements and MORE!
