Olympic medalist and beach volleyball star April Ross talks about the mental hurdles and challenges she’s encountered with games and new career paths.
Ross made her Olympic debut in 2012, losing to American legends Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings and leaving London with a silver medal. Four years later, she teamed up with Walsh Jennings in Brazil and added a bronze medal to her collection. In the summer of 2021, Ross finally captured that elusive gold medal in dominant fashion. She and teammate Alix Klinesman only lost one set the entire Games.
“I can, you know, feel how badly I want to convey everything I've learned to them, but how tough it is sometimes to articulate it in a way that they can understand,” Ross said. “You know, they're just kind of getting started on their journey and I've been at mine for a very long time. So, you know, figuring out the best way to package that messaging, I'm getting better at it.”
“Being willing to change and being willing to try new things and even if I was bad at those new things at first, sticking with them and giving it a shot,” she said. “And I really think that was a big key to winning the gold medal in Tokyo.”When asked about how she balances the busy travel schedule of a professional athlete, she settled on naps, even eschewing the advice of experts.
“It's a little bit of mind over matter in my opinion,” she continued “… I know that's probably counter intuitive to a lot of people and maybe not the right thing to say. You should try to get enough sleep for sure, you know. But if you don't. Just go about your business and do what you need to do anyway.
In an effort to promote Ready, Set, Gold!, Ross took a trip back down memory lane to the Coliseum where USC plays all its football games.
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