27- Lessons I learned from my injury, and how you can apply them too ❤️‍🩹

02/13/22 • 12 min

THE VOLLEYTALK PODCAST: Beach Volleyball Conversations with Tasha Mae

Hi everyone! In today's episode, I'm going to share some of the biggest lessons that I learned through injuring my foot last year. Injuries are tough, but they teach us a lot about ourselves. I hope that these lessons can help someone who needs it! Just know that whatever you're going through, you are not alone and we have a beautiful community that can help us all out 🤍

Previous Episode

26- VolleyTalk w/ Tina Graudina 🇱🇻

“Keep that feeling of truth inside you and do what you feel like you want to do!”

Today's guest is Tina Graudina- a proud Latvian superstar who just recently won “Athlete of the Year” in her country! She is the first NCAA athlete to qualify for an Olympic tournament and has had many amazing comebacks and wins under her belt. In this episode, Tina talks about:-

How she felt when she was receiving the “Athlete of the Year” award in Latvia!

Did you know that she did high jump before she switched to beach vb?

How she’s starting her master’s program in Political Science now

The toughest challenge she has had to face in her career

How she and her partner, Anastasija Kravcenoka coordinated their training despite her being in USA and Anastasija in Latvia

Her journey to USC!!

How she is finally going to be a professional player and her transition towards that

And as usual, much much more!

It was such a pleasure to speak with Tina. She is so down-to-earth and humble, and genuinely sharing from the bottom of her heart. I really hope that you enjoy it and that you’ve learned as much from her as I did!

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Next Episode

28- VolleyTalk w/ Daniela Alvarez 🇪🇸

“Trust the process, trust the timing of life!”

Today's guest is Daniela Alvarez- a Spaniard who is currently a sophomore at TCU! She recently won silver in the U21 World Championships alongside her partner Sofia Gonzalez. In this episode, Daniela talks about:-

How it felt like winning silver in the U21 World Championships

How she made the switch from a very high level of tennis to beach volleyball

The story of how she ended up studying at TCU

Who she would love to play against if she had the chance

How her experience in tennis has helped shaped her mentality for beach volleyball

How she’s officially starting her partnership with Tania Moreno

How she fell in love with actuarial science and is majoring in that now

And as usual, much much more!

It was a lot of fun speaking with Daniela. She is really sweet and was happy to share her life story with us. I really hope that you enjoy it and that you’ve learned as much from her as I did!

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Watch Daniela and friends play live! https://gofrogs.com/sports/womens-beach-volleyball/schedule