Captivate Podcasts

What does it take not only rack up an impressive win streak, but to find the confidence to keep that streak going? In 2023, Indiana Wesleyan University’s Candace Moats was honored with multiple ‘Coach of the Year’ awards, in part to her team finishing with a flawless 38 wins and zero losses season (the first […]

Building a championship team takes great players that can be pushed to get better, AND great team staff that can push the coach to get better as well. Coach Erin Virtue leads the women’s volleyball team at the University of Michigan and serves as an Assistant Coach for the U.S Women’s National team. Coach Virtue

For decades, the best volleyball players in the country had few places to turn to if they wanted to stay with the sport they loved after college. Jen Spicher helped change that. As the CEO of the newly created “Pro Volleyball Federation,” Jen is giving women a chance to continue their dreams.  In her talk

In the early days of collegiate and competitive volleyball, organizer had one major question in mind: How to raise the popularity and visibility of the game. That’s where Terry Liskevych came in. As a former collegiate and US Olympic team national volleyball coach, Terry Helped create the framework to support promising coaches and leaders in

Winning isn’t everything if you’re not winning cleanly. Coach Tyler Carey believes in pushing his players to be accountable for every point… even the ones the refs don’t get right. Tyler helped start the “Power of Pink” volleyball tournament, raising hundreds of thousands of dollars for breast cancer research. He talks with Janice about how

In the world of women’s volleyball, one coach has racked up more wins than any other. His name is Russ Rose. He spent 40 years at Penn State and picked up seven NCAA Division 1 championships, among numerous other huge successes. So what does it take to not just get to the very top level,

When Gary Thompson lost his wife Maureen to metastatic breast cancer almost 10 years ago, his kids (15, 13, and 10 1/2 at the time) lost their mom. He and his family leaned into a variety of philanthropic endeavors to honor her legacy. As a result of his daughters spearheading Dig Pink® games (raising over

Meet Janice’s former coach at Nebraska, Dr. Pat Sullivan. Aside from getting to know how Janice was as a player from her coach’s perspective, Pat explains the risks she took to bring the best out of her players. It’s blueprint to avoid mediocrity.  Hear Dr. Sullivan’s version of Nebraska’s League of Their Own moments as

For 23 years, one of the most talented and respected Women’s Volleyball coaches was Nebraska’s Terry Pettit. He was there at the very beginning of women’s collegiate sports, and in many ways helped shape what NCAA volleyball is today. Janice talks to Terry about what it was like coaching an entire team back in the