Passin Dimes Podcast: Recent Episodes
Josh Nichol
Passin Dimes is a lighthearted volleyball podcast focusing on the great people in our sport and their stories. New episode every Friday!
Changing it up this week! Recently Matt Krueger VC Women's Indoor NextGen Lead Coach, UBC Assistant Coach, one of the creators of New Wave and all round great guy gave a presentation on Including Sensory Information Into Practices.
This one is very coach heavy and gets into the details of motor learning and how to apply them in training. We hope you enjoy this one and we'll be back next week with more interviews and stories. Stay Excellent!
Finally! We got him! One of the best personalities in our sport, Irvan Brar joins the show! Irvan played at UBC where he helped them capture a National Championship. Brar has represented Canada on the youth, FISU, and Next Gen National Team. He's also played pro in Germany, Saudi Arabia, and Denmark. We talk about all of this and his overall love for our sport and how he finds ways to give back.
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Vancouver Open Champion and AVP Rookie of the Year Megan Rice joins the show! Megan grew up in California and committed to UC Santa Barbara before transferring to LMU. At LMU Megan would star on the indoor team and compete for both indoor and beach later in her career. Oddly enough, she never took beach seriously until her NCAA career and now competes regularly on the AVP Tour. We talk about all of this and more!
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York Lion Alex Ko joins the show! We talk about his path from Unity, Reach to York and the 9man Circuit with Toronto Qilin Volleyball Club. Alex has worked his way into being a USports starter. What makes it even more impressive is he went from a club and provincial team middle to starting libero and left side in the OUA. We also get into his favourite 9man venues and what he loves about the sport
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It's about time! We finally get a Université de Sherbrooke star on the show! Jer has won 3 RSEQ Championships, a CCAA Bronze, USports Bronze and 2 USports Silver medals! We discuss his path into volleyball, playing indoor and beach at a high level, his routines and so much more
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Friend of the Show Craig Moore returns to the show! We talk club volleyball, Side Out Beach Volleyball, and the best tournament of the year, the Vancouver Open! Cmoore always gives great coaching tips and his passion for our sport is contagious
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Team Canada Beach, Indoor Pro and UBC Alumni Coltyn Liu joins the show for a 3rd time.
Coltyn grew up playing for Apex & Fraser Valley before attending UBC. Coltyn has played for Team Canada's Junior and Next Gen Indoor Teams before joining the Beach National Team. We get caught up on his last year at UBC, first year pro, training full time on the beach, his approach to journaling and so much more!
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3x OUA Champion, National Team Member, and one of the creators of Air Time, Maxime Gratton joins the show! We talk about Max's sport background growing up, the moment he realized his father was an Olympian, winning the Ken Davies award, committing to and playing at MAC, National Team programs and so much more! We also discuss how he is a high performance athlete with diabetes and the strategies he uses to make sure he's ready on game day.
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USports & Can West Coach of the Year Pat Hennelly joins the show! Pat is head coach of the Thompson Rivers University (TRU) WolfPack Men's Team. We talk about his journey from player to coach, assisting at UBC, coaching in the Untied States, recruiting international players, and so much more!
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Mathias Elser joins the show! Mathias grew up in Calgary playing for Canuck and Team Alberta before attending NEP and committing to Trinity Western where he is a 2x Can West Champion and National Champion. He's represented Canada at many levels, including making our Senior A team at a very young age. We discuss all things volleyball, his family's love of sport, his values, turning pro and so much more!
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York Lion Aidan Labossiere joins the show! Aidan grew up in Winnipeg playing for 204 and Team Manitoba before joining the Lions! We talk about being in a volleyball family, getting reps during covid, developing as a setter, the beach scene in Toba and so much more!
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Alberta Panda Justine Kolody joins the show! Justine was the starting setter on this year's squad that won USports Silver and Can West Bronze! She also set on Team Manitoba that took down Canada Games in 2021. We talk about her start in our sport, playing at the cottage, her love for setting, learning as a first year starter, National Team experience and so much more!
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Former National Team Libero Cassie Bujan joins the show! Cassis attended the University of Manitoba where she set the single season record for digs in the Canada West. She was the starting libero on Canada's first ever VNL team. Cassie also played pro in Spain. We hear all about her journey and more!
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Western Mustang Amit Sayal joins the show! Amit is a 2x Ontario Champion and National Champion with Durham Attack. With the Mustangs Amit earned a starting spot and was part of one of the toughest teams to play against. We also get the inside details on the Indian Circuit where Amit plays for Indocan. Also we finally get some intel on who was behind one of the best Instagram Accounts, Not Western Mustangs.
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Team Canada Stars Kiera Van Ryk & Layne Van Buskirk join the show to talk about their pro seasons, training camp, VNL / Olympic Qualifying and so much more! It's a quick episode this week but jam packed with great info.
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If you build it, they will come. The builder of Deadman's Beach, Derek Dedman joins the show! Derek played for Lakeland College before moving to the Ottawa area where he built the court, plays in the OVL, Coaches at Mavericks and Fusion and so much more!
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Sask Volleyball Hall of Famer, CIS Player of the Year, National Team and Professional player and current head coach of the University of Saskatchewan Mark Dodds joins the show. Mark has accomplish so much in his career. We talk about his start in volleyball, Canada Games, winning a National Championship with Red Deer College, being CIS POY, going to FTC, playing pro in Germany and Belgium, getting into coaching and so much more!
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Canada's newest Next Gen athlete Amy Ozee joins the show! Growing up in Maui Hawaii Amy started playing beach at a young age. She would go on to play at the University of Hawaii and Cal Poly in the NCAA. Amy's father is Canadian and represented us as a professional downhill ski racer and world class windsurf racer. When it became time for Amy to decide who she would represent on the FIVB World Tour she followed her gut feeling and tried out for Team Canada. We hear about all of this and more.
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Humber Assistant Coach and former player Mack Robertson joins the show! Mack has won a National Championship and 3 OCAA Titles as a player and 4 OCAA Titles and an CCAA Silver as a coach. We talk about his path through sport, playing club, deciding to go to Humber, winning Nationals, becoming a coach, coaching club and so much more!
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Team Canada Men's Indoor IST and S&C Lead Michael Cook joins the show! Michael has been with the squad since 2019 and has helped the program in so many ways. We dive into all the layers of his role, plus cover his journey from growing up in Sunderland, England, playing professional Rugby, working at the University of Alberta and so much more!
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4x OCAA Champion, 2x National Silver Medalist Christ Bowen joins the show! Chris grew up playing in Georgetown with friends of the show Steve Abrams, Josh Timukas, and others! Their club team would go onto win Silver at Grand Prix, Provincials and Nationals! Chris gives us all the details about his journey, switching from setter to libero, winning OCAA Gold, and so much more.
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Friends of the Show Nolan Langley (6th appearance) and Josh Timukas (3rd appearance) join the show to do a very special USports Nationals Preview. We jump into the matchups and make our predictions. Be sure to make your own bracket and follow both the men's and women's events on CBC!
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This week we take a deep dive into stats with Christophe Elek! Christophe has been a Sport Performance Analyst in the sport of volleyball for the past 10 years. Elek has worked with our Senior A Women, Next Gen Women, and U21 Men, as well as professional clubs in Turkey, France, Taiwan and others.
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Katie Hutchinson is involved at every level of our sport! She is the current OVA President, Region 5 President, coach with Leaside Volleyball and does so much more! Katie has won the Ontario Volleyball Association Female Development Coach of the Year and is an OVA Recognition Award Winner for her work in the community. We discuss her start in our sport, her love of coaching, building team culture, developing athletes and so much more!
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Bringing in a big shooter for Episode 300! Howie Grossinger joins the show to talk his time at the University of Toronto where he is a 3x Provincial Champion and National Silver Medalist, Coaching National and Provincial Championships, The Maccabiah Games, owning a team in One Volleyball, Camp Robin Hood and Camp Madawaska and so much more!
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Norwegian National Team member and Mount Royal star Samson Olsen joins the show! Samson grew up in Norway but spent a lot of time in Canada growing up, so when it came time to decide to go to a professional club in Europe or the school route in North America it was only natural that he landed in the Canada West. We talk about the Norwegian sport system, making the decision to go to MRU, tips on how smaller setters can get the job done, how he became a volleyball fanatic, and so much more!
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Windsor Lancer Josh Timukas makes his debut on the A Show! Fans will remember him from Sharp Cuts. Josh grew up playing for Georgetown Impact and Pakmen VC where he is a Provincial and National medalist. Josh has represented Canada on the beach at U21 World Championships. We talk about all of this and more and cover the big season the Lancers are having as we approach the OUA Playoffs.
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Back to back weeks with Canadian Superstars! This week we are joined by star middle Pearce Eshenko. Pearce is a member of our Senior A team that helped the team qualify for Paris 2024. He has played professionally in Germany and is currently in Portugal. Friends of the show will remember his previous episode when he was a member of Trinity Western and helped the Spartans win 3 National Championships. We take a deep dive into the life of a pro, the details a middle must pay attention to and the Olympic Qualifier.
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Canadian Superstar Stephen Maar joins the show! Stephen is an Olympian and has played 7 seasons pro in Italy and Russia. We cover everything from his club days with Storm and Crush, McMaster, National Team, Pro and his serve!
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Alberta Pandas Star Ronnie Dickson joins the show! Ronnie grew up playing for Pandas VC, Team Alberta, and was one of the early members of the National Excellence Program. She has already represented Canada at U19 World Championships.
We talk about her journey through sport, recruiting, being a dominate middle, and so much more!
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Manitoba Bisons Star Raya Surinx joins the show! Raya currently leads all of USports in scoring this season. Last season she was named USports Rookie of the Year. She has also spend time with our Next Gen and U23 National Team Programs.
Prior to her Bisons career Raya helped Manitoba win Canada Games and was Manitoba Player of the Year. We talk about this, her spin serve, and so much more!
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Changing it up this week! It's like Sharp Cuts, but not the same because no Garrett! This week we are joined by Pierce Johnson and Tyler Latu'ila and we go down the rabbit hole of talent development.
Friends of the show will remember Pierce Johnson as OUA West Player of the Year, and current Pro. Tyler played pro for AS Athlesi Mytiline (Greece), SAIT Trojans Alumni and Provincial & National Team Coach.
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Shawn Sky joins the show again! Shawn is the head coach at Mount Royal University. With the Mount Royal Cougars Shawn has 2x ACAC Championships, 2x CCAA Bronze, and an CCAA National Championship! He's also been a part of Team Alberta and Volleyball Canada programs. We take a deeper dive into his love for team building, sport psychology and more!
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Guelph Gryphon's and Team Canada star Jonny Pickett joins the show! Jonny grew up playing Big Bruce Volleyball and for the Bluewater Ballstix. He then committed to the University of Guelph where he is a 1st Team All Star and All Canadian. Jonny has played indoor and beach for Team Canada at U21 indoor, U21 Beach, FISU games and looking for more this season. We talk about all of this and more!
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Trent Excalibur Captain Danny Austin joins the show. We take a deep dive into the complex world of being a middle blocker in the OUA! We also cover his journey from growing up in London, being injured his 18U year, the first few years at Trent and so much more!
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Windsor Lancer Star Darian Koskie joins the show! Darian comes from a great volleyball family with brother Noah also being a Lancer. Father Scott is a Hall of Famer and was long time Captain and starting Setter for Team Canada
Darian has been a part of Team Canada's programs with our U21 Program. Before joining the Lancers he played for the University of Manitoba. We chat about all of this and more!
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Brock Badger Meera Sayal joins the show! Meera has an amazing story that includes quitting club in her 17U Year, to winning an 18U National Bronze that same season, walking on to Brock as a redshirt to earning a starting spot this season! We cover all of this and more.
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Team Canada member and 2x USports National Champion Kacey Jost joins the show! Kacey shares several amazing stories on her start into volleyball, club, recruiting, making the National Team and so much more!
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Trent University Star Charlie Winser joins the show! Charlie grew up playing for Pakmen and Milton Edge before joining Trent. He has also Team Canada Beach at U19 World Championships. We talk about his journey, what it's like being a part of a program on the rise, and so much more!
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Team Canada Men's Sitting Team member Nasif Chowdhury joins the show! We talk about Nasif love for sport at a young age, OFSAA, club volleyball with TWest, Wheelchair Basketball with Team Ontario, and Team Canada Sitting Volleyball. Nasif was nice enough to break down some tactics so we can all become bigger fans of the sitting game!
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Trailblazer Vivian Chan joins the show! Viv was part of the the first Canadian Women's team to play a Youth World Championship. As a 16 year old she helped Connex win the 9man Championship, she would go on to win 5 in total. We cover her start in volleyball, playing at the University of Toronto, representing Canada on the Beach, 9man, her teaching career and so much more!
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York Lion Martin Prinsloo joins the show! Marty grew up in BC as a multi sport athlete before quickly falling in love with volleyball. He would go on to play for Seaside Volleyball Club and Team BC indoor and beach before committing to York to start his USports career. Hear about all this and more!
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Windsor Lancer Alumni Anthony DeGirolamo joins the show again! Anthony is currently in Denmark starting his pro career with Middelfart VK. We recap the end of last seasons playoff run with the Windsor Lancers, Beach Season and how he landed his first contract.
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Defending National Champion & UBC Star Akash Grewal joins Passin Dimes again! Akash updates us on her summer training Team Canada Beach - Summer Next Gen, playing with Nicole McNamara and what she's looking forward to with UBC as they defend their USports Championship.
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Brock University Head Coach, OUA Coach of the Year and Friend of the Show Steve Delaney joins the show for his fourth appearance! This time we review Nationals, culture update, training plans for individual players, advice for club coaches and so much more!
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Acadia Axewomen Star Becky Dorsey joins the show! Becky holds the single season record for digs in the AUS and looks to break her own record this year. She is also an AUS First Team All Star. Becky grew up in Ontario where she has won several provincial and national medals indoors with Leaside, Storm and Pakmen and on the beach. We hear all about her career, including a hilarious recruiting story.
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This week we are joined by returning guest Lauren Veltman! Lauren is a National and Provincial Champion with Ryerson University. She has also won several individual awards including an OUA First-Team All-Star, a Second-Team OUA All-Star, member of the OUA All-Rookie Team and Ryerson Rams Female Rookie of the Year. After Ryerson she went on to play professionally in Sweden. Lauren will return to Ryerson/TMU this season to continue her education and finish her USports career.
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He's back! Pierce Johnson joins us again, making it his 7th time on the show. This time we get a behind the scenes look of pro life. When do you start planning your contracts, what do you do in the off season, when do you report, what is training camp like etc. This season Pierce is in Azerbaijan playing with several international players, including several Canadians. He gives us full access to his decision making and first impressions with his club.
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Waterloo Warrior's Alumni Aleks Poldma joins the show! Aleks is a friend of the show and makes the jump from Sharp Cuts to Passin Dimes. We cover his Estonian heritage that lead a lot of volleyball matches, club, Waterloo and coaching. Aleks also calls in fellow alumni Reid to tell some amazing Waterloo stories!
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Erik Peterson has done it all! He joins us to talk about growing up in Hawaii, playing at Concordia University, being an apprentice Coach with 2004 USA Olympic team, coaching in the NCAA at Oklahoma, University of Florida, the USA Beach HP, Team Alberta and several other stops.
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Former Princeton Tiger and recently transferred Pepperdine Wave Alexander Mrkalj joins the show! Alex grew up in the Niagara area where he played locally before making the trip to play for the KW Preds. From there he helped Team Ontario win a Canada Games gold before going to FTC and playing for Team Canada's youth and junior National Teams. Alexander would commit to Princeton in the NCAA where he was named to the All-EIVA Academic Team in 2021. Mrkalj is excited to start the next step in his journey with Pepperdine. We hear all about this and more!
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U of Fraser Valley Cascade Setter, Max Paddock joins the show! Max is a multi sport athlete who played goalie in the WHL for several seasons and competed at the Memorial Cup! He also attended San Jose's training camp before making the switch from hockey to volleyball. We talk about his love for sports growing up, playing several sports at a high level, why the change, how he got up to speed and so much more!
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Team Canada Star and OUA Champion Sam Cooper joins the show! Sam recently signed his first pro contract with Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie in Poland. We hear all about it plus his start in volleyball, club, youth and junior National Team, his career with McMaster and getting named to Team Canada's A team.
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Trent Excalibur Star Liz Turner joins the show! Liz finished her first season in the OUA where she earned the starting spot with the squad and is looking forward to a big second year. Before joining Trent, Liz played for the Halton Hurricanes where she helped win a Provincial and National Championship with the Hurricanes. Liz takes us through her journey and shares some great details about the middle position.
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York Lions Captain and Canada Games Silver Medalist Luke de Greef joins the show! Luke grew up in Victoria, BC where boys volleyball is still on the rise. We talk about his unique start in the sport, how he got into beach, Youth National Team, recruiting for university, York, and so much more!
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McMaster Marauder Sullie Sundara joins the show! Sullie has won OUA West Rookie of the year, U SPORTS All-Rookie Team, 2x OUA First-Team All-Star, and USPORTS Second Team All-Canadian. Sundara lead the OUA in kills and total points this past season. We discuss club, Team O, Team Canada, MAC, and so much more!
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Former Western Mustang and now Loyola Marymount University Lion Jaeya Brach joins the show! Jaeya grew up in the Vancouver area where she played for Thunder and Side Out Beach Club before deciding to compete in the OUA at Western. Next season she is transferring to LMU to focus on beach volleyball. We chat about all of this and more!
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Recently named McMaster Marauders Head Coach, Brad Douwes joins the show! Brad grew up playing basketball and baseball before focusing on volleyball. He went on to play for Redeemer Royals where he was an OCAA All Star and Academic All Canadian. He then started coaching with the Royals where he coached with the men's and women's programs. Brad also coached with Team Ontario before taking the first chair at Mac. Hear about his journey and more
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Jared Brown is back! This time to share club philosophies, talent ID / pathways, who's the best player ever and so much more!
Jared is currently the Club Director for 204 Volleyball in Winnipeg, was an assistant coach at U of Manitoba for 5 years where they won two CIS Bronze Medals, he spent 6 years with Bison Volleyball Club (2 National Championships, 2 National Finalists) and has been an Assistant coach with Team Canada Youth.
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Newly announced St. Clair College Coach Julie-Ann Milling joins the show! Jules has an impressive coaching career working at On Point Beach Volleyball as a lead coach, coaching club for Sky and South County, and being an assistant coach for St. Clair before taking the head coaching role. Julie-Ann had an impressive playing career earning OCAA Bronze medals, All-Star awards and Academic All Canadian. We hear all about her journey and more!
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Superstar Kelsey Veltman joins the show! Kelsey attended Western University where she won player of the year 3 times! After her Mustangs career she played pro in Italy, Germany, Turkey and Serbia, while also playing for Team Canada on the beach and indoors. We hear all about this, take a deep dive into the tactics of middles and so much more!
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Fresh off his U23 Norceca Bronze win with partner Cam Chadwick, Tynan Gannett joins the show! Tynan has had a unique journey within our sport. Growing up in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia he played school and club before discovering beach volleyball during covid. Tynan never played post-secondary indoor, instead focusing on his studies and playing field lacrosse. After an impressive run at Canada Games where he and partner Josh DeYoung finished 4th, Tynan decided to tryout for Team Canada Next Gen where he earned a spot on the National Team. We hear all about this and more!
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Pierce Johnson returns to the show to talk about his pro season that started in Portugal but quickly changed to Sweden where he is a Cup and League Champion!
Pierce has represented Canada at FISU Games twice and with the Beach National Team, won OUA West Player of the Year, and is a 2x Windsor Lancer Male Athlete of the Year.
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Pro Player for AS Athlesi Mytiline (Greece), SAIT Trojans Alumni and Provincial & National Team Coach Tyler Latu'ila joins the show! Tyler is also currently studying a Master of High Performance Sport. We talk about growing up in Australia and New Zealand before making the trip to play post secondary in Canada. Tyler had a great experience playing for coach Sean McKay that lead him down a path to pursue coaching further. We cover all of this and more!
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Trent University Associate Head Coach Rebecca van Staalduinen joins the show! Rebecca grew up playing for the Ganaraska Wolves and DRVC before attending Fleming College and Trent U. At the post secondary level she is an OCAA Bronze Medalist, Academic All Canadian, All Star, and more. Rebecca was an assistant coach with the squad before being named interim head coach and now is Associate Head Coach with friend of the show Head Coach Colin Walker.
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Women's National Team member Natasha Calkins joins the show! Natasha played for Santa Clara University before transferring to Florida State. Her pro career includes season's in Sweden, Austria, Finland and Turkey, including where she transferred Turkish clubs in the same season. We cover all this and also get into her National Team journey that started way back in 2015!
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Brandon U Bobcats Coach Grant Wilson joins the show! Grant has been with the Bobcats since day 1, first as an assistant before taking over the first chair. Grant has also coached club, high school, regional team, provincial team, Canada Games, FISU Games, Volleyball Canada Next Gen, you name it! We hear about this, the Bobcats culture, how they convince Australians to live in northern Manitoba and so much more!
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CCAA Player of the Year Sebastian Lethbridge returns to the Passin Dimes family, this time making his debut on Sharp Cuts. Seb has done it all, player of the year, OCAA Champion, every colour medal you can win at the CCAA, represented Canada on our Youth and FISU Games Teams, a great club career, winning Mr. Volleyball in London.
We get into tactics when switching levels, why he stayed in the OCAA, a new idea on how refs and captains can communicate, what are the etiquette of the game we can't break, Player and Clown of the Week, and so much more!
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Double Feature! Jesse Mighton played for Scarborough Solars and Falcons before representing Ontario at the Canada Games, before making the jump to the JR National Team. Jesse started his post secondary career with Queens before he transferred to Dalhousie
Dan Ota has coached the Dalhousie Tigers for over 20 years, winning AUS coach of the year 16 times. Dan has also coached Canada Games, been an Executive Director and was recently named to the Next Gen coaching staff.
We cover the early parts of their careers before we take a deep dive into the Dalhousie culture and traditions.
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Adam Schreimer returns to the show, this time as a USports National Champion Coach! Adam and Ben Ball lead the TWU Spartans to a National Championship this season. We hear all about Adam's journey from player to coach, his philosophy, what he's enjoying in the role and so much more!
As a player Adam earned USports Player of the Year, 2x National Champion, 2x National Silver Medalist, Pro Player and National Team Member
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CCAA National Champions Jenay Varga & Kaylie Lueck from the Lakeland Rustlers join the show! The squad covers what it takes to win at the highest level, Player and Clown of the Week, Garrett tries out some new segments, and so much more!
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Canadian Legend Murray Grapentine joins the show! Murray is a CCAA Champion with Red Deer and CIS Champion with U of Alberta. He played for the National Team for over 10 years where he earned several best blocker awards and captaincy. Murray played pro in Spain, France, and Italy. We hear all about his journey and more!
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Western Mustang and now LMU Lion, Jaeya Brach joins the show! We covers Robin (last week's guest) endorsing the show to get Jaeya on, how she got a senior night at Western after only 2 years, switching to beach, Player and Clown of the Week, and so much more!
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Pro Player, AUS Champion and UNB Alumni Connor McConnell joins the show! Connor is currently playing for Merkur Maribor in Slovenia where the squad is looking to advance to the finals of league play. We cover Connor's career from club, UNB, to pro and so much more!
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From Clown of the Week to special guest, York Lion Elina Zvigelsky answers the call and brings new friend of the show Western Mustang Robin Henshaw. The squad covers Elina bailing, but finding her own replacements. Elina and Robin were both coached by Garrett in club so we have to revisit some great moments and of course we also cover Player and Clown of the Week!
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Team Canada Beach athlete, Thundercats Coach, and Durham College Alumni Rouzbeh Rahnavard joins the show. Rouzbeh has already represented Canada on the beach earning a silver at U23 Norcecas. At Durham College Rouzbeh helped the Lords earn an OCAA Silver and a spot at Worlds. Rouzbeh has been involved with coaching for a long time and is a big part of the Thundercats Club. We cover all of this and more!
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Trent Excalibur Charlie Winser & Daniel Austin join the show! The squad reviews Nationals, home court advantage, should there be a cap on eligibility, OUA Awards, and things get a little spicy during Player and Clown of the Week!
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USports Women’s Volleyball National Champion and Tournament MVP Elise Petit joins the show. We hear all about her journey from being born in Canada, growing up the in the USA, attending Dartmouth before attending UBC for her Masters. Elise shares the behind the scenes of of how the Thunderbirds recovered from a CanWest quarter final loss to becoming National Champions!
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York Lions Luke De Greeff and Martin Prinsloo join the show! Risking having to many BC guys on one show! The squad gets into stereotypes on every team, teams on social media, OUA Awards, and of course we never miss an episode without including Player and Clown of the Week and so much more!
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U of Alberta Superstar Jordan Canham joins the show! Jordan was recently named USports MVP, is defending USports National Champion and was named MVP of last year's championships. Jordan's impressive resume doesn't stop there, has made the National Team for beach and indoor. Jordan grew up in small town Ontario, getting his start in volleyball at the Cornwall Vikings before going to the Ottawa Mavericks. We hear all about his story and more!
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The nation's best are coming to Hamilton! The Marauders are proud to host the 2023 U SPORTS Men's Volleyball National Championship and will welcome the top men's volleyball teams in Canada to McMaster University
- 8 teams, 11 games, only one champion. Secure your spot now and be there to catch all of the action! Your seat awaits – tickets are available at marauders.ca/tickets.
Beach National Team Member Tynan Gannett joins the show! The squad gets into technical skills, unsolicited advice, should CCAA/USports have an age limit and of course we never miss an episode without including Player and Clown of the Week and so much more!
The nation's best are coming to Hamilton! The Marauders are proud to host the 2023 U SPORTS Men's Volleyball National Championship and will welcome the top men's volleyball teams in Canada to McMaster University
- 8 teams, 11 games, only one champion. Secure your spot now and be there to catch all of the action! Your seat awaits – tickets are available at marauders.ca/tickets.
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Team Canada Beach Athlete Eric Girard joins the show! Before coming to the beach Eric was a journeyman in volleyball playing for Nipissing, Algonquin, Mohawk, Ryerson (TMU) before playing pro in Spain and Sweden. Hear all the details from his journey in this episode!
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The nation's best are coming to Hamilton! The Marauders are proud to host the 2023 U SPORTS Men's Volleyball National Championship and will welcome the top men's volleyball teams in Canada to McMaster University
- 8 teams, 11 games, only one champion. Secure your spot now and be there to catch all of the action! Your seat awaits – tickets are available at marauders.ca/tickets.
On this episode the pros address the tough questions. Has Layne learned to drive a standard car yet? What adventures have her and Hilary been on lately? How is her team looking going into playoffs? Will Pierce get a new bed? Will his squad go undefeated? Will they travel near or far for their first round playoff match up?
On a serious note Alina Dormann's league has been off due to the earthquakes in Turkey. Her team helped organize donations and we encourage you to give if you can. Happy to announce the league will resume shortly!
The nation's best are coming to Hamilton! The Marauders are proud to host the 2023 U SPORTS Men's Volleyball National Championship and will welcome the top men's volleyball teams in Canada to McMaster University
- 8 teams, 11 games, only one champion. Secure your spot now and be there to catch all of the action! Your seat awaits – tickets are available at marauders.ca/tickets.
York Lion Jasraj Nijjar joins the show! The squad gets into the deep subject of can you be hard on someone if you established enough trust? If so, how do you earn that trust? Of course we couldn't miss an episode without including Player and Clown of the Week and so much more!
The nation's best are coming to Hamilton! The Marauders are proud to host the 2023 U SPORTS Men's Volleyball National Championship and will welcome the top men's volleyball teams in Canada to McMaster University
- 8 teams, 11 games, only one champion. Secure your spot now and be there to catch all of the action! Your seat awaits – tickets are available at marauders.ca/tickets.
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Windsor Lancer Anthony DeGirolamo joins the show! Anthony and the Lancers are currently preparing for their final 4 match up and are one win away from competing at USports Nationals. Growing up Anthony started his volleyball career on the beach before jumping into the club world with Storm where he is a Provincial Champion and National Medalist. Anthony has also represented Team Ontario at the Canada Cup and USA HP Tournament. We hear about all this and more!
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The nation's best are coming to Hamilton! The Marauders are proud to host the 2023 U SPORTS Men's Volleyball National Championship and will welcome the top men's volleyball teams in Canada to McMaster University
- 8 teams, 11 games, only one champion. Secure your spot now and be there to catch all of the action! Your seat awaits – tickets are available at marauders.ca/tickets.
Acadia Axewomen Becky Dorsey joins the show! The squad gets into a deep topic, should every club be chasing high performance? Should winning while having the most fun or getting the most people playing time be the goal versus winning everything? Of course we couldn't miss Player and Clown of the Week and so much more!
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The nation's best are coming to Hamilton! The Marauders are proud to host the 2023 U SPORTS Men's Volleyball National Championship and will welcome the top men's volleyball teams in Canada to McMaster University
- 8 teams, 11 games, only one champion. Secure your spot now and be there to catch all of the action! Your seat awaits – tickets are available at marauders.ca/tickets.
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Humber Hawk Jake Gomes joins the show! Jake has an impressive resume and he's not done yet, he is already a CCAA Silver Medalist, 2x OCAA Gold Medalist, 2x OCAA Silver Medalist, 2x All-Canadian, OCAA Player of the Year, Humber Athlete of the Year, and holds the single season ace record, all time assist leader and all time ace leader. We hear all about his career and journey in our sport.
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The nation's best are coming to Hamilton! The Marauders are proud to host the 2023 U SPORTS Men's Volleyball National Championship and will welcome the top men's volleyball teams in Canada to McMaster University
- 8 teams, 11 games, only one champion. Secure your spot now and be there to catch all of the action! Your seat awaits – tickets are available at marauders.ca/tickets.
Friend of the Show Andrew Kos joins the show! Andrew grew up playing for Pakmen where he won multiple provincial and national medals both indoor and beach before attending the University of Toronto. Andrew has also represented Canada on the beach at Youth Worlds as a player and coach! This week we get into playing to your strengths, is club season to long, Player and Clown of the Week and so much more!
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The nation's best are coming to Hamilton! The Marauders are proud to host the 2023 U SPORTS Men's Volleyball National Championship and will welcome the top men's volleyball teams in Canada to McMaster University
- 8 teams, 11 games, only one champion. Secure your spot now and be there to catch all of the action! Your seat awaits – tickets are available at marauders.ca/tickets.
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Western Mustang Lindsay Kleuskens joins the show! Lindsay has already accomplished so much in her young career. She is a National Champion and Silver Medalist with TMU (formally Ryerson) before going to play pro in Germany. She has since returned home to continue her education at Western. We hear all about this and her journey from the C team in Club to being a pro player.
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The nation's best are coming to Hamilton! The Marauders are proud to host the 2023 U SPORTS Men's Volleyball National Championship and will welcome the top men's volleyball teams in Canada to McMaster University
- 8 teams, 11 games, only one champion. Secure your spot now and be there to catch all of the action! Your seat awaits – tickets are available at marauders.ca/tickets.
Canadian Olympian, FIVB Best Blocker Award Winner, York Alumni Brandie Wilkerson joins the show! The squad covers the social media game, the new FIVB Ball, Josh goes on a rant about playoff formats, Players and Clowns of the Week and so much more!
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The nation's best are coming to Hamilton! The Marauders are proud to host the 2023 U SPORTS Men's Volleyball National Championship and will welcome the top men's volleyball teams in Canada to McMaster University
- 8 teams, 11 games, only one champion. Secure your spot now and be there to catch all of the action! Your seat awaits – tickets are available at marauders.ca/tickets.
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University of Saskatchewan Huskies Star Levi Olson joins the show! The Huskies are having a big year and Levi is a big part of this! The 5th year OH has earned the reputation of being one of USports best servers! We hear all about how he walked on to the Briercrest Clippers of the ACAC before walking on once again to the U of S Huskies. Levi has worked himself into the player he is today, we are so happy that he took the time to tell his story
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The nation's best are coming to Hamilton! The Marauders are proud to host the 2023 U SPORTS Men's Volleyball National Championship and will welcome the top men's volleyball teams in Canada to McMaster University
- 8 teams, 11 games, only one champion. Secure your spot now and be there to catch all of the action! Your seat awaits – tickets are available at marauders.ca/tickets.
Slippery floors, crunch time, travel stories, and the behind the scenes of how SVG Lüneburg took down Modena! This week we hear from Lexi Pollard, Anton Napolitano and Pearce EshenkoTune in Wednesdays where we will hear from current professionals sharing updates on their season, on court and off court stories, rivalry games, who gets the aux cord in the team room, and so much more!
The nation's best are coming to Hamilton! The Marauders are proud to host the 2023 U SPORTS Men's Volleyball National Championship and will welcome the top men's volleyball teams in Canada to McMaster University
- 8 teams, 11 games, only one champion. Secure your spot now and be there to catch all of the action! Your seat awaits – tickets are available at marauders.ca/tickets.
We are happy to partner with Betstamp! Betstamp is a mobile app in the sports betting space that shows you the odds from every sportsbooks in one spot. Go to the app store today to download Betstamp for free and use code DIMES
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Hawaii Star Amber Igiede joins the show! Amber just finished her junior year at Hawaii, and has accomplished so much! She is an All American, member of the US Women's Indoor Volleyball National Collegiate Team, and has won several Big West Awards! We hear all about her journey through our sport, her mindset, and so much more!
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Coaching changes, hard training, new clubs, winning and a fan club that has hit the streets of Canada! This week we hear from Gabi Maciagowski, Pierce Johnson, and Brett WalshTune in Wednesdays where we will hear from current professionals sharing updates on their season, on court and off court stories, rivalry games, who gets the aux cord in the team room, and so much more!
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Friend of the Show Sean McKay returns Sharp Cuts! The squad covers loyalty, Can West, new ball, and everyone's favourite Player and the Clown of the week!
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National Team Member, Halton Hurricane Alumni and current Queen's Gaels star Arielle Palermo joins the show! Arielle is part of the youth movement with our Women's National Team, she represented Canada at VNL and World Championships this season at only 22 years old! The Queen's star is enjoying a solid season with her squad where she enjoys the challenge of switching to left side for her USports team. Hear about all this and more!
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Waterloo Warrior, KW Pred Alumni, and Ken Davies Award winner William McIntyre joins the show! We cover everything from the start of his career, playing 4 years of 13U, winning 18U, Canada Games, bouncing back from a serious injury and so much more!
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We're Back! This week we hear travel stories, holiday breaks, outlooks for the second half, someone owes their team cakes and so much more! Hear from Pierce Johnson, Layne Van Buskirk, and Logan HouseTune in Wednesdays where we will hear from current professionals sharing updates on their season, on court and off court stories, rivalry games, who gets the aux cord in the team room, and so much more!
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Part 2 of clips from our best episodes!
Dave Preston 1:06
John May 16:18
Christine Biggs 34:30
Matt Kruger 45:25
Derek Epp 1:04:09
Jay Blankenau 1:14:18
Brie King 1:32:27
Megan Nagy 1:42:39
Alex Oneid 1:56:21
Craig Moore 2:25:45
Garrett May 2:37:11
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We're changing it up this week! This week we bring you some clips from our best episodes!
Mark Heese 1:17
Eric Loeppky 17:34
Fred Winters 24:10
Dallas Soonias 31:28
Gavin Schmitt 40:46
Josh Binstock 54:29
Sarah Pavan 1:11:31
Hilary Howe 1:18:23
Tori Gorrell 1:33:13
Nick Hoag 1:50:20
Samantha Bricio 2:06:15
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U of Alberta Alumni & National Champion, former National Team member, Luke Snider joins the show! Luke played professionally in Denmark and Austria before focusing on coaching where he has lead the Laurier Golden Hawks, Waterloo Warriors, Team Ontario, and KW Preds. We discuss his start in our sport, choosing to transfer from Laurier to Alberta, how the libero position has evolved , Team Canada, and so much more!
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U of Hawaii Alumni and former pro player Brook Sedore joins the show! Brook grew up in Grand Prairie, Alberta where he was part of a strong club and school program, winning back to back Provincial Championships. He was also a part of Team Alberta where he won Canada Games. Brook played professionally in Germany, Estonia, France and Cyprus before focusing on his love of coaching. Hear some amazing stories and Brook's love for our sport in this interview.
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Brock University Head Coach, OUA Coach of the Year and Friend of the Show Steve Delaney joins the show again! On this episode we take a deep dive into the Brock Badgers culture, training, and behind the scenes from National Championships. If you want to hear more from Steve check out episode 124
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Big games, holiday breaks, Christmas Markets, different rosters for different events, and Pierce Johnson is heading back overseas! We cover so much in this week's episode from Kim Robitaille, Alina Dormann, Pierce Johnson, and Lexi Pollard. Tune in every Wednesday where we will hear from current professionals sharing updates on their season, on court and off court stories, rivalry games, who gets the aux cord in the team room, and so much more!
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2x Canada Games Gold Medalist Alix Krahn joins the show! Alix won the games in 2009 as a player and this past summer helped Team Manitoba win Gold as the Head Coach of the Women's Team! Alix is an alumni of the University of Winnipeg where she earned CIS academic all-Canadian honours. Alix has coached with the U of Winnipeg, U of Manitoba, York U and is now with the U of Toronto Varsity Blues.
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World Championship's Silver Medalist and MVP Heidi Peters joins the show! Heidi has represented Canada at the Paralympic Games twice, Parapan Am Games twice, and helped the squad win the last chance qualifier in Halifax to send the team to Tokyo. She has been on the team since 2013, we hear all about her career, the growth of the team and so much more!
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Rowdy ground, injury rehab, rivalry games, meals on the road and so much more! This week we get updates from Brett Walsh, Veronica Derylo, and Pearce Eshenko. Tune in every Wednesday where we will hear from current professionals sharing updates on their season, on court and off court stories, rivalry games, who gets the aux cord in the team room, and so much more!
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Max Losier & Nicolas Doucet from the Laval Rouge et Or join the show to give us the behind the scenes on Max's 39 kill night! Of course we get to Players and Clowns of the Week and so much more!
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Nolan Langley returns to the show! We go down the rabbit hole of setting distribution, coaching the setting position, running the middle in transition and so much more!Nolan is an OUA Bronze Medalist, All Rookie Team and 2nd Team All Star and Windsor Lancers Alumni. Before becoming a Lancer Nolan played for Storm where he is a multiple OVA Provincial and VC National silver medalist in club.
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Wait what?! Your club fired your coach, but they have to stay with the team until you find a replacement with the correct certification level? Double decker buses and a revenge game coming up?? Hear these stories and more from Layne and Navrett on what's going on with their teams overseas
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OUA & USports Champion, Beach National Team Member and Friend of the Show Anna Feore joins Sharp Cuts! Does it matter that she thought she was coming on Passin Dimes? You be the judge, but we think she was extra fired up to argue with Josh and Garrett. We get into beach players and are they failed indoor players, players and clowns of the week, and so much more!
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Pierce Johnson returns to the show to talk his transition to the beach, mixing learning and competing in training and his new business Sportifi!
Sportifi is a mentoring service Pierce started for athletes, teams and coaches. Services include meetings, video review, watching pro video, sharing ideas, receiving feedback, and so much more!
To get started, contact Pierce at: Pierceshepjohnson@gmail.com
Pierce has represented Canada at FISU Games twice and with the Beach National Team, won OUA West Player of the Year, and is a 2x Windsor Lancer Male Athlete of the Year.
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Thanks for tuning into another episode of Tales from Overseas! Friends of the Show Laura Condotta, Kim Robitaille, Alina Dormann, Brett Walsh, Pearce Eshenko. We hear all about the league play, some seasons ending, cup matches, rowdy fans, running into other Canadians and so much more!
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One half of Team Charizard, Charlie Winser joins the show! Charlie is in his first year with Trent University. He represented Canada at U19 World Championships, played for Pakmen and is from Georgetown Ontario, a city that may have the most National Team players per capita. We get into all of this and the usual favourites like Player and Clown of the week, and so much more!
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4x OVA Beach Provincial Champion Mark Gatto joins the show! Mark grew up playing for Forest Heights in Kitchener where they were always a top team in Ontario. He then went on to play for the Waterloo Warriors and Laurier Golden Hawks before playing for Big Ups in the OVL. Mark has always been big in the beach scene playing in 8 of 9 provincial finals! Hear about all of this and more!
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Thanks for tuning into Episode 5 of Tales from Overseas where we hear from Friend of the Show Layne Van Buskirk, Anton Napolitano, and Navrett Suhan. We hear all about the league play, coaches messing up rotations, running into other Canadians and so much more!
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Sophie Bukovec returns to the show! Of course we get into the news that Sophie is now playing with Sarah Pavan. We touch on coaching news of Team Canada and also get into everyone's favourite segment Player and Clown of the week!
Sophie is a World Champion, 3x NCAA Champion, Canada Games Champion, and current National Team member.
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Mount Royal Head Coach Shawn Sky joins the show! Shawn started his post secondary coaching career for the Grant MacEwan Griffins before making the move to MRU when they were a part of the ACAC. With the Mount Royal Cougars Shawn has 2x ACAC Championships, 2x CCAA Bronze, and an CCAA National Championship! He's also been a part of Team Alberta and Volleyball Canada programs. We cover all of this, his love for team building, sport psychology and more!
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No Olympian? No Problem! The streak of Olympic guest ends, but we have fan favourites Pierce and Nolan back for Round 3 on Sharp Cuts!
Windsor Lancer Alumni Pierce and Nolan join the show to talk about USports and the Top 10, beach results, and of course Player and Clown of the Week!
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Brock Badger and Ottawa Mavericks Alumni, Jacob Rainville joins the show! Jacob has won provincial and national medals with the Mavs, represented Team Ontario, and was a member of Team Canada Youth National Team. Jacob is currently the manager of the Brock Badgers men's volleyball team. We cover all of this and more!
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Thanks for tuning into Episode 4 of Tales from Overseas where we hear from Friend of the Show Gabi Maciagowski, Anton Napolitano, Logan House, Lexi Pollard, and Bella Noble . We hear all about the league play, living situations, visas, and so much more!
Tune in every Wednesday where we will hear from current professionals sharing updates on their season, on court and off court stories, rivalry games, who gets the aux cord in the team room, and so much more!
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World Champion and Canadian Olympian Sarah Pavan joins the once again! Sarah, Garrett and Josh discuss the partner changes, World Tour, Team Canada's coaching change and so much more!
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CIS (USports) National Champion Bruno Lortie joins the show! Bruno grew up in the Ottawa area where he played hockey for most of his young sports career. He would tryout for a U16 team as an under age athlete for Ottawa Mavericks, where he fell in love with volleyball. With the Mavs he would earn several provincial and national medals. He then went to Laval where he got a chance to play with his brother Jérémie. Bruno played for Canada on our Junior National Team and trained with FTC before going pro in France. Hear all about this and more!
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Thanks for tuning into Episode 4 of Tales from Overseas where we hear from Friend of the Show Kim Robitaille, Pearson Eshenko, Laura Condotta, and Joey Jarvis. We hear all about the league play, trying new food, how the CEV works, how covid can effect your roster and so much more!
Tune in every Wednesday where we will hear from current professionals sharing updates on their season, on court and off court stories, rivalry games, who gets the aux cord in the team room, and so much more!
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2x Olympian, 3x Defensive Player of the Year, Top Tier Coach and fan favourite Heather Bansley joins the show! We discuss our Indoor Women World's results, speculate on partner changes, talk Olympics, coaching, discuss if Garrett has actually retired or not and everyone's favourite segment Player and Clown of the week!
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National Team Athlete and UBCO Star Sydney Grills joins the show! Sydney played club for Thunder Volleyball Club where she is a National Champion, played for Team BC at the Canada Games, and Youth and Junior National Teams before joining UBCO and our Senior National Team. We hear all about her pathway and more!
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Thanks for tuning into Episode 3 of Tales from Overseas where we hear from Friend of the Show Layne Van Buskirk, Alina Dormann, Logan House, and another friend of the show makes a guest appearance during their update! We hear all about the sponsor events, living situations, what do you do if your coach doesn't speak english and so much more!
Tune in every Wednesday where we will hear from current professionals sharing updates on their season, on court and off court stories, rivalry games, who gets the aux cord in the team room, and so much more!
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Provincial & National Champion, Norceca Medalist and ANOC Games Bronze Medalist Tori Cowley joins the show! We talk about her start in volleyball, her love of competition, why she kept trying after being cut from the Provincial Team, playing at Laurier, and of course some Norceca stories! All this and more!
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Thanks for tuning into Episode 2 of Tales from Overseas where we hear from Friend of the Show Laura Condotta. We hear all about the club set up, sponsors, media, and so much more!
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The show is back and better than ever! After a short break Garrett and Josh are back and they are bringing TJ Sanders with them! TJ recently retired from our National Team, but the 2x Olympian left the door open for his return. We talk about copy cat coaches, Canada's new offence, the success of the women's program, and so much more! Oh and don't forget everyone's favourite segment Player and Clown of the week!
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Queen's Alumni, 2x OUA Champion, 2x Dale Iwanoczko Award winner, and National Team athlete Zac Hutcheson joins the show! Zac grew up in Kingston and is one of the top Pegasus athletes to go on and compete at Queens University. We cover his journey from club, university, to Team Canada!
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Thanks for checking out Episode 1 of Tales from Overseas a show where we hear from current professionals share updates on their season, on court and off court stories, rivalry games, who gets the aux cord in the team room, and so much more!
This week we hear from Pearce. Eshenko, Layne Van Buskirk, Bella Noble, and Gabriela (Gabi) Maciagowski!
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4x Ryerson Player of the Year, OUA Player of the Year, OUA All Star, and All Canadian Ryan Vandenburg (better known as Snake) joins the show. We cover everything from his growth spurt in high school, dominating at University, pro, and joining the Beach National Team where he represented Canada at World Championships! Hear about all of this and more!
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Layne Van Buskirk returns to the show! Layne is a Canadian National Team Member, University of Pittsburgh Alumni, 3x ACC Champion, and new signing to Ladies in Black Aachen (Germany) Layne tells us all about her National Team and Pro Career as well as who controls the playlist in the team room
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Canada fails to advance beyond pool play at Worlds and Garrett is upset! Is our new rival Tunisia? Is the Excellence Room a Real thing? This week's Player and Clown of the week and so much more!
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Robbie Abrams returns to the show after a busy summer! Robbie was the announcer at Beach - Canada Games and proud winner of another Super Mega Backyard Mega Bowl!
Robbie played at the University of Guelph, has been on the podium in both the Provincials and Nationals on the Beach and represented Canada at U21 Worlds.
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University of Arizona Alumni Jasmine Safar joins the show! Jas grew up playing for Defensa where she won Provincial medals before focusing on beach full time. Safar has represented Canada at U19 & U21 World Championships and done well domestically including finishing 2nd at OVA Adult Elite Ontario Championships. We cover her career, her ability to play with anyone, and so much more!
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MRU All Star, Team Canada Member, Canada Games Medalist Luis Lange joins the show! We learn about his journey from growing up in Venezuela and loving baseball and moving to Calgary where he joined one of the best volleyball communities. We also chat about how complex the middle position is and what Luis is looking forward to this season.
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Back by popular demand, Pierce Johnson joins the show! We go deep into the Kent Steffes quote, and discuss is winning a skill? We also cover the world of volleyball and everyone's favourite segment (we think) Player and Clown of the week!
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3x OUA Champion, USports National Champion, and VC Valenciennes pro Veronica Derylo joins the show! We discuss her journey from starting club in 15U, recruiting for University, U of Toronto, how she got her first contract, coming back from injury and so much more!
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Wes Chen has worn many hats! He worked for Volleyball Canada as the Athlete Pathways and Youth/Junior National Team Coordinator as well as being on staff to plan and execute special events. He completed his master’s degree specializing in sport-related brain trauma with the Neurotrauma Impact Science Laboratory at the University of Ottawa. Where he then worked with VC to create their concussion protocol. As an athlete Wes played for Glashan a legendary school in Ottawa and went on to play for Glebe where he won an OFSAA Championship. The Championships didn't end there, Wes was on staff at Queens University where he helped the squad win 2 OUA Championships.
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Gabe Burlacu returns to the show! Gabe has represented Canada at Youth World Championships, FISU Games, Norceca, FIVB World Tour, and King of the Court. In this episode we get caught up with his current season, including winning Volleyball BC Provincials and also dive down the rabbit hole of Gabe's other passion, coaching.
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No Guest? NO PROBLEM?! Garrett came prepared for this one and we get into it! Who has the best backyard court, silly rules we don't follow properly, Commonwealth Games, and everyone's favourite Player and Clown of the week!
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Bryce Foster from Team Canada Men's Sitting joins the show! Bryce made his debut for the squad while still in high school. He has a Parapan Am Games Bronze Medal from 2019 and hopes to build on that with a program that is on the rise. Hear all about his journey!
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Angie Akers has done it all! From a great career in the NCAA with Notre Dame, to pro indoor, she then transferred to the beach where she developed into a top player on the AVP and FIVB World Tour. Angie then started her coaching career with the Netherlands before coaching the "A" Team April and Alix who won Gold in Tokyo. Angie is now an assistant coach with LMU. We hear about her amazing journey and so much more!
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Friend of the Show Tomas Sorra comes back to the show! After listening to our last episode Tomas reached out to correct a few items that Josh and Garrett popped off on. We discuss VNL, Van Open, and everyone's favourite Player and Clown of the Week!
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Gabi Maciagowski hints where she is playing next year, tells us about her journey to pro, Loyola U, being a provincial champion and so much more!
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No guest this week! But the guys get into it over VNL and Beach results. We also hype up the Van Open and talk why Canada doesn't have a domestic tour.
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Super best friend of the show Ben Saxton joins the show for his 5th appearance. The Olympian and NBVL Commissioner gives us the behind the scenes details on the Calgary event, playing in the Van Open, and so much more!
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Akash Grewal follows up her Sharp Cuts Episode by joining Passin Dimes! Akash is currently training Team Canada Beach - Summer Next Gen and plays for UBC in USports. She is a Team BC alumni and High School Provincial Champion. We hear about all of this and more.
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Team Canada Beach - Summer Next Gen athlete Cam Chadwick joins the show! Cameron is an alumni of the Barrie Elites, Aurora Storm & Team Ontario. Cam has played post secondary for McMaster, Georgian, and will now attend the University of Guelph. We discuss Cam growing up in a volleyball family, changing schools, training with the National Team this summer and so much more!
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UBC & Team Canada Beach - Summer Next Gen Star Akash Grewal joins the show! Akash brings a positive attitude to the show as we discuss recent results, BC vs Ontario scene, Player and Clown of the week and so much more!
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OUA Bronze Medalist, All Rookie Team and 2nd Team All Star and Windsor Lancers Alumni, Nolan Langley joins the show!
Before becoming a Lancer Nolan played for Storm where he is a multiple OVA Provincial and VC National silver medalist in club. Nolan has a high volleyball IQ and great tips for any undersized player. We hear about all of this and more.
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OUA Champion, All Rookie Team and 2nd Team All Star Madison Chimienti of the Brock Badgers joins the show! Before attending Brock Maddy played for Leaside and Storm where she is an OVA Provincial and VC National Champion in club. We hear about all of this and more.
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They're back! Windsor Lancer Alumni Pierce and Nolan join the show to talk beach results, VNL, what the best kind of volleyball is to watch, Player and Clown of the Week and so much more!
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All Star Libero Eli Risso joins the show! Eli is currently with the Canadian National Team after finishing another strong year with UBCO. The Okanagan lib has set the CIS/USports record for digs in a match and in a season. It's not unusual for him to reach over 15 digs per match with his personal best being 27 digs in one match! Hear about his training with Team Canada and impressive journey!
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Eric Simon returns to the show and we get into the weeds about how much do stats actually influence the game, player and clown of the week and so much more!
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Head Coach of U of Calgary Christine Biggs joins the show! Christine played for MacEwan, Red Deer, and Alberta before starting her coaching journey. She has a masters in coaching from U of Alberta and has coached club, provincial team, UNB, Team Canada and more. Hear about all of this and more!
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Two of the nicest guests we've ever had ...but somehow this one gets heated (but all in good fun). The squad talks about AUS/USports, most important position in volleyball, do officials interpret the rules different for the men's and women's and so much more!
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2x Olympian Jay Blankenau joins the show! Jay has been a top tier setter with Team Alberta, Mount Royal, U of Calgary, and Team Canada. He is a CCAA & USports National Champion and has won several cups with his professional teams overseas. We hear about all of this and more!
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Waterloo Warriors Head Coach Richard Eddy joins the show! Richard and the Warriors have earned 5 straight post-season appearances, been Nationally ranked several times, a team average over 80%, an OUA bronze medal in 2019, and Eddy has been named OUA and U Sports Coach of the Year. Richard has also coached with Team Ontario at Canada Games. Hear about all of this and more!
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Provincial & National Champion Rachael Meilikhan joins the show! Rachael is currently a member of the Queen's University Gaels and recently represented Canada at U21 Beach World Championships. We talk about all this and more!
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4x Academic All Canadian, Ottawa Maverick, Lakehead University, Western University alumni Leah Mousseau joins the show! We hear all about Leah's playing career and her coaching role with our sitting National Team
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TRU Wolfpack Star Anton Napolitano joins the show! The Australia setter/right side/left side joins the show after being named Player of the Week a little time ago. Anton plays an exciting style with the Wolfpack, running a 6-2 where he is involved in every layer of the offence. Hear all about this and more!
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National Champion, Canada Games Bronze Medalist, and U21 2019 Pan American Cup Best Digger Landon Currie joins the show! Landon plays for the University of Alberta and is currently in Gatineau with Team Canada. We talk about all the sports he played growing up, playing for TRU before U of A, Winning Nationals and so much more!
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Garrett's former partner and Trinity Western & Team Canada Alumni Nick Del Bianco joins the show to talk arm swing, madness at Norceca and everyones favourite segment Player and Clown of the Week!
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OCAA All Time Dig Leader, OCAA Bronze Medalist, Provincial and National Champion with Pakmen, OVA All Star Regional Games Gold Medalist, Liam Butchereit joins the show! We discuss his entry into volleyball, high school at Rick Hansen, club, and playing in the OCAA
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OUA, Canada Games, OVA, and OFSAA Champion Navreet Suhan joins the show! Navreet has played for Pakmen, Team Ontario, Ryerson and most recently this season with McMaster. This guy has won everything and is still as down to earth as they come. Hear all his story including going from a soccer player to loving volleyball, ending the Mississauga SS curse, end the gold medal drought for Ontario at Canada Games and so much more!
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Windsor Lancer Alumni Pierce and Nolan join the show to help correct us on the USports format, beach results, Canada Trials and we have a first with the same players earning Player and Clown of the Week!
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Alicia Perrin joins the show fresh of the National Championship win by Trinity Western! Alicia won Nationals as a player for the Spartans and now as an Assistant Coach. We talk all about this season, her career, National Team, Pro and so much more!
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Newly crowned USports National Champion Cam Kern joins the show! Cam and the Alberta Golden Bears had a great season winning silver in Can West and taking down USports. Cam added to his medal count that includes several Provincial and National medals from club with Nooks.
Cam contributed in several ways to the Golden Bears success. Cam is a setter who played middle during the season and stepped up in a big way to play left side to finish the season. Hear about all of this and more!
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Who needs a guest when it's your 50th Anniversary! Garrett and Josh talk beach, some indoor, argue a few times because there was no buffer of a guest... and a great teaser about Episode 51's Special Guest! We didn't forget everyone's favourite segment Player and Clown of the Week.
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Fan favourite from Sharp Cuts, Olivier Jannini, returns to join Passin Dimes. Olivier has won several provincial championships and is part of an elite club where he was won club, CCAA, and USports National Championships! The Samurai, Limoilou and Laval alumni tells us all about his journey and so much more
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It's about time! Friend of the Show Sean McKay joins Sharp Cuts to give his side of the LETS GO PURPLE pep talks, setting Garrett, shifting into coaching, being in the Canada West and so much more!
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U of Sask star and Friend of the Show Dylan Mortensen joins the show to talk about his impressive career and the volleyball scene in Saskatchewan. Morty is a USports Rookie of the Year, All Academic, Can West All Star, and has represented Canada at FISU and with our Senior B team. Hear about all of this and more! We hope you enjoy this episode. If you've read this far please, please, please leave a comment, a 5 Star review and the best compliment you can give the show is telling your friends about us!
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Eli Risso from UBCO joins the show to talk playoffs, being a lib, what the ineligible player in Can West actually meant for the league, and some good all round banter. Eli is a star lib who's played for our Youth National team and is in his 5th year with the UBCO Heat.
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U of A Golden Bear Max Elgert joins the show! Max and the Golden Bear's are currently in the Canada West playoffs where they hope to continue their strong season to USports Nationals. Max has an impressive resume including 18U National Champion, 18U Nationals MVP, Youth National Team, Next Gen National Team, Canada West and USports medalist and so much more!
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Friends of the Show and Team Canada Beach members Jake MacNeil & Alex Russell join the show. We discuss their recent Snow Volleyball result, the beach scene, Player and Clown of the week, and sooooo much more!
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Nipissing Laker star Shayla Kessler joins the show! Shayla grew up in Winnipeg where she is a 2x Provincial Champion and Team Manitoba alumni. Since joining the Lakers she has helped the squad earn their first OUA playoff appearance in team history. Hear about her career and an amazing storm stayed story and her love hate for Subway.
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Friends of the Show Coltyn Liu & Tomas Sorra join Sharp Cuts to discuss Top 10 Ranking (how accurate is it), Player and Clown of the Week, some sharp cuts get tossed Garrett & Josh's way and so much more!
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Brock Badger star Logan House joins the show! Logan is having a big year for the Badgers as they work towards their goal of earning an OUA Medal. Logan grew up in the Barrie area, playing for the Elites and Eastview. Logan was also a member of Team Ontario where he helped Ontario end their drought at Canada Games earning a gold in 2017. Hear about all of this and more!
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World Champion and Canadian Olympian Sarah Pavan joins the Sharp Cuts!! Sarah, Garrett and Josh discuss the Olympics, World Tour, Team Canada and so much more!
Sarah and partner Melissa Humana-Paredes won the 2019 World Championships. Also on the beach Sarah has earned a 5th twice at the Olympic Games, 3x FIVB World Tour Best Blocker, Commonwealth Games Champion, and 21-time World Tour medals
Sarah attended the University of Nebraska where she was named a 4-time First-Team All-American, National Player of the Year and Honda Broderick Cup as the top female student-athlete in the country in 2007. Sarah and the Cornhuskers won the 2006 NCAA National Championship.
Pavan played professionally in Italy, Brazil, China, and South Korea. During her indoor career she won 2 Brazilian Superliga Championships and the European Volleyball League’s top attacker.
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Maddux has won a Provincial and National Club Championship with Canuck Dinos, competed with our Youth National Team, and played post-secondary with Trinity Western, SAIT, and Red Deer. Most recently, Maddux set an ACAC record with 14 Aces in a 3 set match!
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Waterloo Warriors Alumni, Estonian Volleyball legend, and handsome guy from the vacation photo seen on Shaq's twitter, Aleks Poldma joins the show! We discuss beach partnerships, what makes a home team hard to play against (spoiler alert having the fans close to the court like at Waterloo helps) the infamous picture, and so much more!
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Dalhousie Tiger, National Excellence Program, Team Nova Scotia setter Bella Noble joins the show! Bella is competing in her first season with the Tigers in the AUS. We talk about her journey from a youth athlete from Chester NS to the National Team and so much more!
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World Champion, 3x NCAA Champion, Canada Games Champion, and current National Team member Sophie Bukovec joins Sharp Cuts to talk about coaching youth players, name dropping, celebrations and so much more! Find out who's this week's players and clowns of the week!
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Andrew Kos rejoins the show for a second time! Andrew was recently in Thailand for Youth and Junior Beach World Championships with Volleyball Canada and continues to coach youth athletes while also working with the U of Toronto men's program.
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Fitness expert, strength coach and beach volleyball player/coach JP Moisan from ROM Athletique joins the show to teach Garrett and Josh how to get in shape. Is Garrett planning a comeback? We also talk USports, player of the week, daily routines, how to get more subscribers...because not even our guests are listeners. All this and more!
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Alberta Golden Bear Middle Billy Johnstone joins the show! Billy is a part of the youth movement in New Zealand volleyball, where he continues to be a role model for the next generation of talent. He played for Western Heights HS in New Zealand before committing to the Golden Bears. We discuss all of this and so much more!
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Two of the 1st place Saskatchewan Huskies, Dylan Mortensen & Matthew Primrose, join the show to discuss their season so far, travel, how they know Garrett, Coach McKay, celebrations, headbands and so much more!
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Indiana Hoosiers Star Haley Armstrong joins the show! Haley played for the Halton Hurricanes growing up where she is a multiple Provincial and National Medalist. In her 18U year she earned the prestigious Evelyn Holick Award from the Ontario Volleyball Association. We talk about her journey in our sport, recruiting, playing in the Big 10 and so much more!
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U of Toronto Captain Jasper Neale joins the show! Surprise show on a Wednesday, no ones fault really, but Garrett will say it's Josh's... Happy New Year to our loyal listeners! This week we discuss the OUA stoppage, role of a captain, what we can do to spice up volleyball media, and so much more!
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UBC Star, Team Canada member and Apex & Fraser Valley alumni Coltyn Liu joins the show! Coltyn has played for Team Canada's Junior and Next Gen Teams, won a National Championship with UBC and has represented Team BC several times. We talk about his journey, his mental game, and so much more!
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VG Lüneburg Libero, USports National Champion, and Canada West Gold Medalist, Tyler Koslowsky joins the show! TK has been named dropped several times in our show's history. It was great getting him on the show to hear about his journey. Including how he switched from baseball, getting lit up at the early practice at Trinity, Volleyball Canada FTC, pro in Germany and so much more!
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UCONN Star, Youth & Junior National Team Member, Team Ontario, and OFSAA Medalist Caylee Parker joins the show to talk about her journey in our sport including how it started, her club career, Provincial and National Team experience and her career with the University of Connecticut Huskies.
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2x USports Champion and USports Player of the Year with Trinity Western, Tokyo Olympian, and pro player Ryan Sclater joins the show! Ryan talks about picking volleyball over basketball, his time at Trinity, playing pro, and his journey from being cut from Team Canada's B Team to being named to the Tokyo roster after a few short seasons.
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IPFW alumni and former pro Josh Collins joins the show to add to the Josh count and discuss athlete identity, what it's actually like playing pro, life after vball, our recent polls and so much more!
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OVA Provincial and VC National Champion, OUA First Teamer, CIS 2nd Team All Canadian, former pro and Team Canada alumni Lucas Coleman joins the show! We talk about Crush Volleyball Club, BYU, Ryerson, Team Canada Beach & Indoor, and his pro in Germany.
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Australian Superstar Chris McHugh joins the show! Chris is an Olympian, 5x Asian Champ, Commonwealth Games Gold Medalist and 4x FIVB Medalist. He shares he journey in our sport from starting at a young age, playing with vets, an unbelievable 2013 season, the Olympics and even gave us a Mark Heese story!
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That's a lot of Mustangs! Garrett May and Eric Simon, Western Mustangs Alumni and Josh Nichol a F.E. Madill S.S. Mustangs alumni break down the Ben Josephson hiring! We have nothing but love and support for coach Josephson, but the squad does have 1-2 Sharp Cuts for the decision. We also discuss what it's like to advocate for yourself as an athlete to make the team better.
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Elie Shermer is here! Friends of the Show would know Elie as a player in the CCAA, a coach with Pakmen, Humber College and Madawaska, and a promoter of many events including Can Am and The Volleyball Showcase, December 28-31 in Langley BC
https://www.volleyballshowcase.ca/
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Steven Abrams returns to the Passin Dimes series for the third time, this time on Sharp Cuts! He brings along new friend of the show Josh Timukas. Both Josh and Steven play in the OUA with the Windsor Lancers and have represented Canada on the beach. Garrett, Steven, Josh X2 talk about biggest blunders you've made (forget your jersey, shoes, eat fast food before etc) the new FIVB Beach System, scouting, and so much more!
Grant O'Gorman has teamed up with Movember to help raise awareness for testicular cancer and men's health. Be sure to check out the show on YouTube to check out Josh's attempt at a moustache...To donate to Grant please use the link below.
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Trinity Western Spartans Coach Ryan Hofer joins the show! Ryan has lead the women's team to 10 U SPORTS championship tournaments, including five national medals, including gold in 2015, silver in 2016 and bronze in 2011, 2013 and 2017. The Spartans have earned 10 Canada West medals, including gold in 2015, 2016, 2019 and 2020. Ryan has also worked with several Team Canada teams including Pan Am Games, FISU, and the Youth and Junior National Teams.
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Grant O'Gorman has teamed up with Movember to help raise awareness for testicular cancer and men's health. To donate please use the link below.
https://ca.movember.com/mospace/14260520
Momentum Volleyball is the online Canadian hub for volleyball story telling, reporting, and event coverage, allowing content creators to connect with fans, coaches and players. Momentum is the hub for athletes, coaches and fans to find free and paid volleyball content, and are proud to be the voice of Canadian volleyball around the world! Head to momentumvolleyball.ca to subscribe for free, and get access to exclusive content and all your Canadian volleyball updates!
OUA Champion, Beach National Champion and all round good guy, Alex Oneid joins the show! We discuss "old guy" tactics, beach partnerships, does falling in love hurt your results, and so much more!
Grant O'Gorman has teamed up with Movember to help raise awareness for testicular cancer and men's health. To donate please use the link below.
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Jared Brown rejoins the show for the third time! This time to share commentary stories, this summer with Volleyball Canada, how nice it is to be back in the gym, and so much more!
Jared is currently the Club Director for 204 Volleyball in Winnipeg, was an assistant coach at U of Manitoba for 5 years where they won two CIS Bronze Medals, he spent 6 years with Bison Volleyball Club (2 National Championships, 2 National Finalists) and has been an Assistant coach with Team Canada Youth.
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Grant O'Gorman has teamed up with Movember to help raise awareness for testicular cancer and men's health. To donate please use the link below.
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Momentum Volleyball is the online Canadian hub for volleyball story telling, reporting, and event coverage, allowing content creators to connect with fans, coaches and players. Momentum is the hub for athletes, coaches and fans to find free and paid volleyball content, and are proud to be the voice of Canadian volleyball around the world! Head to momentumvolleyball.ca to subscribe for free, and get access to exclusive content and all your Canadian volleyball updates!
Coach Tyler Scheerhoorn (https://coachscheerhoorn.com/) joins us to talk growing up with vball siblings, winning an OUA Championship with Queen's University, Canada Games, playing pro and how he got started in coaching! Be sure to tell your friends about us and please give a 5 Star review on Apple!
Grant O'Gorman has teamed up with Movember to help raise awareness for testicular cancer and men's health. To donate please use the link below.
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Momentum Volleyball is the online Canadian hub for volleyball story telling, reporting, and event coverage, allowing content creators to connect with fans, coaches and players. Momentum is the hub for athletes, coaches and fans to find free and paid volleyball content, and are proud to be the voice of Canadian volleyball around the world! Head to momentumvolleyball.ca to subscribe for free, and get access to exclusive content and all your Canadian volleyball updates!
USports, CCAA and Club National Champion Olivier Jannini joins the show! Olivier played for Laval, Limoilou, and Samurai where he often crossed paths with Garrett May. The squad talks about the Volleyball Combine, physical testing, player selection, how to solve the entertainment dilemma we always talk about, and so much more!
Grant O'Gorman has teamed up with Movember to help raise awareness for testicular cancer and men's health. To donate please use the link below.
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One of the greatest of all time! Randy Gingera joins the show! Randy is a 92' Olympian, 3x Canada West All-Star, 2x All Canadian, and Canada West and CIAU Player of the Year. Randy would play for our National Team for several years and play pro in Belgium, Japan, and France
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Beach National Team Alumni Victoria Altomare joins the show! Vee has won Provincials, Nationals, Silver at U21, The Jason Senechal Memorial Award, and so much more! The squad talks about how snobby volleyball can be, why do we cheer the way we do, entertainment value, and so much more!
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Natasha Spaling joins the show! Natasha is currently with the Guelph Gryphons as an Assistant Coach, she was formally with the Queen's Gaels as an AC, Head Coach of Niagara College, Waterloo Warriors alumni and will be on the Canada Games staff for Team Ontario at Canada Games! Tash has a Masters of Coaching, hear all about her studies and more!
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Beach National Team and University of Laval Alumni Simon Fecteau-Boutin joins the show! Simon brings a lot of logic to the discussion about cegep and years of eligibility on the CCAA/Usports. We also discuss Garrett playing in a rec league and having the best time, Garrett vs Simon all time and what happened when they played together!
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Former National Team Libero Bryan Duquette joins the show! Bryan played for Forest City growing up where his team went from Tier 3 to becoming Tier 1 Provincial and National Champions! Bryan played his post-secondary volleyball at Dalhousie University where he is a 3x AUS Champion. He went on to make FTC and Team Canada before going pro in Germany and France. Bryan is now back in Canada and helping the Dalhousie Tigers, once a Tiger always a Tiger!
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U of Toronto Varsity Blue and former Queen's Gael Zane Grossinger joins the show! The squad gets heated discussing what would happen in an OUA vs Canada West All-Star Game. What do you think, who wins? Is it even close? We also discuss growing up with a volleyball parent and what the role of a down official really is. All this and more!
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Mender! Paul Mend joins the show to tell his story about how a California kid became a huge part of the volleyball community in Canada! Paul grew up in the USA before attending SFU for teacher's college. Paul quickly started coaching the BC community for both school and club. Paul coached the first Provincial Beach Team in BC. Paul has also helped make the Kits Beach scene what it is in Vancouver before moving to the Okanagan Valley. Fans will also recognize Paul from announcing at Van Open, Canada Games and King of the Court.
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Happy Thanksgiving to our Canadian listeners! This week we are joined by Beach National Team member Anna Dunn-Suen. The squad talks about volleyball drinking games and some suggestions for your next back yard game, Snow Volleyball, should short court be in the Olympics, and how can we get the refs to show off their personalities.
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Kylie Wasser joins the show to talk about her playing career, coaching and overcoming some pretty gnarly health concerns growing up. Kylie is an alumni of McMaster University where she is an OUA Champion. Kylie has coached club, Region 3, Team Ontario HP Programs and at Camp Madawaska.
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Beach National Team member Sarah-Jeanne Meunier-Bédard and Garrett's biological father, the big shooter, John May join the show. We review Sarah-Jeanne's season, the World Tour and how we should copy tennis, how Garrett has changed since he moved out west, what SJ didn't like about Ontario when she moved here, and so much more!
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Canadian Superstar Nick Hoag joins the show! Nick is a 2x Olympian currently playing his 10th pro season in Turkey with Arkas. Nick has won a cup in Turkey, Italy, France and has a Champions League and World League Bronze Medal. We talk about Nick's career, his love of the serving game, how he and Team Canada have developed and what we can look forward to next.
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Super Best Friend of the Show Ben Saxton makes his record setting 4th appearance on Passin Dimes with Friend of the Show Craig Moore. The group talks about BC Volleyball, Volleyball Communities, Federation models and so much more!
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Laura Condotta joins us all the way from Cyprus where she is currently playing pro indoor! Laura has also played pro in Switzerland and was a member of Team Canada Beach. Before going pro Laura played her post-secondary volleyball at Brock University. With the Brock Badgers Laura was OUA West Player of the Year, OUA First Team All-Star, and a USports Second Team All Canadian. We talk about all of this and so much more!
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That's a BIG BLOCK BATTI! James Battiston joins Sharp Cuts to talk coaching, how long a coach should stay with the same team, and the squad gets into it with who is Canada's best player ever for Beach, Indoor, Men and Women!
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Star Setter Ciaran McGovern joins the show! Ciaran has done it all! He was Alberta player of the year and 2x Provincial Champion in High School, National Champion in Club, winner of the National Team Challenge Cup with Team Alberta and CIS Champion with the Calgary Dino. Ciaran represented Canada at the Youth, Junior and Senior level. We talk about all of this, his coaching career and so much more!
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Sharp Cuts is back and so is Friend of the Show Becky Pavan! The squad talks tryouts, Ontario vs everyone, and Garrett creates the most challenging Fantasy Draft Format of all time! Be sure to comment on YouTube, Instagram and Facebook on who would be on your team!
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Fan Favourite, Team Canada alumni, and Head Coach of SAIT Trojans Dallas Soonias joins the show! We talk about Dallas's youth career, university, winning a National Championship at U of Alberta, going pro, Team Canada, his coaching career and so much more!
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James "Batti" Battiston joins the show to talk about his start in volleyball, club, winning Nationals with Scarborough Falcons, committing to York U and winning an OUA Championship, playing pro, representing Canada on the beach, his coaching career and so much more!
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Co-Owner of Beach Blast and King of the Beach Josh Gluskin joins the show! Josh talks to us about his path through volleyball, the volleyball business, and so much more!
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One of Canada's best blockers, Team BC Coach and Garrett's former partner Maverick Hatch joins returning favourite John May as the squad talks about working with challenging athletes, communicating with your partner on the beach, training vs free play for kids, and so much more!
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UFV Head Coach Nathan Bennett joins the show! Nathan also coached the Capilano Blues where he earned PACWEST coach of the year and won a conference championship that same season. He would go on to be an assistant coach with the Thompson Rivers University men's and women's program. Bennett has also coached the Saskatchewan Huskies, Team BC, VCCE.
As a played Nathan played for Alberta Golden Bears, winning a U SPORTS national championship in 1997. He then played 12 seasons playing professional volleyball and was a member of Great Britain’s national team from 2008 through 2012.
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Friend of the show Jake MacNeil joins Garrett and Josh to discuss Canada's identity, the age you should commit to beach full time, and so much more!
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National Team athlete Shainah Joseph joins the show! Shainah is an alumni of the Ottawa Mavericks, is an Evelyn Hollick Award, Florida Gators Alumni, and is currently getting ready for her next pro season in France.
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2x Olympian Josh Binstock joins the show. We get fired up over the Olympics, clutch mindset, hand setting, and so much more. We also discover that Josh Binstock is the one downloading our shows. If you enjoy the show let us know on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube!
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Coaches Michael Hawkins, Brock Davidiuk, Dave Preston, Nathan Groenveld, and Jared Brown join the show to let us know about the Youth National Team! Unfortunately Matt Krueger couldn't join us. We talk talent ID, how they organized the camp, watching the National Team at Tokyo and so much more!
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Finally some disagreements on this show! York U Alumni, former pro indoor player and current beach rising star Logan Mend joins the show as he and Garrett and Josh get into some heated topics. The one on everyones mind is Talent ID fresh off Canada's loss to Japan in men's indoor action at the Tokyo Olympics. Next we get into playing up, talent selections, nepotism, how geography effects the Canadian system and so much more! Let us know what you think on YouTube or Instagram as there is no easy answer to any of these topics!
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Chris Voth joined the pod to talk about growing up in a sports family, watching Bisons and National Team games at an early age that helped influenced his career to eventually play for the U of Manitoba Bisons and Team Canada. Chris also shares his decision to come out as Canada's first openly gay national team player. Chris is currently with Team Canada as an assistant coach with the B Team in Gatineau.
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Brock University Head Coach Steve Delaney and Garrett's biological father John May join the show to talk Olympics, COVID, OUA, the Labatt Pro Tour, Performance Currency and so much more!
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Jas Kim is a big part of the BC volleyball community. She has competed in the NBVL, Van Open, Several Volleyball BC events (winning the Penticton Pro in 2018, and competes in the KBVC. Hear about all this and more, annnndddddd the amazing story how her and friend of the show Dave Dooley, named their son Wilson!
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3x Olympian and Atlanta 96 Bronze Medalist Mark Heese joins Garrett and Josh to talk the Tokyo Olympics, being a Broadcaster with CBC, playing in the Celtique this past weekend with his son Markus, mental toughness and so much more!
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Team Canada Superstar, Trinity Western Alumni and Junior Dinos Alumni Hilary Howe joins the show! Fans will recognize Hilary from the recent VNL where she was one of Canada's top scores. Hilary played at Trinity Western in USports before joining the Senior National Team. She has represented Canada before on the B Team, FISU Games and Youth National Team. Hear all about this and more!
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Garrett and Josh are back with another episode of Sharp Cuts! The squad discusses Olympic qualifying, the Olympic Tournament Formats, hosting Canadian Events, coaching and so much more!
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New Wave VB Founder, UBC Asst Coach, VC Youth National Team Asst Coach, Thompson Rivers former player and coach Matt Krueger joins the show! Matt had an outstanding playing career earning Provincial and National Championships before attending TWU. He started coaching while at Thompson Rivers before he pursued coaching full time while also completing his education in motor learning. We cover all of this and more!
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Dave Dooley is a CCAA National Champion, a Provincial Champion and National Silver Medalist with the Seaside Volleyball Club, and in 2022 Dave will coach the Team BC Beach Team at Canada Games! We hear all about Dave's experience, his passion for teaching and learning, and so much more!
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Dan Meneley from Five One VB joins the show to talk all things volleyball. Dan played at Upper Canada College where he and host Josh Nichol met. Who knew a few years later they would both be in the media world of volleyball?! Dan also works for the CEV covering all the top matches from around Europe!
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Two World Champions on one Show! Melissa and Felipe Humana-Paredes join Josh and Garrett to discuss growing up in volleyball families, life on tour, the Olympic Qualification process, Volleyball Canada's Smart Room and so much more!
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Team Canada and Trinity Western Spartan Jackson Howe joins the show to talk about growing up in an athletic family, having a twin who's also on the National Team, dominating club volleyball, playing at Trinity, the National Team and so much more! Jackson is one of the most dynamic middles in our sport today and we really appreciate the time he took to chat with us!
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Current Team Canada Beach star and U of Toronto & U of Alberta alumni Chris Towe joins Josh and Garrett and things get sharp early! We talk about OUA Rivalries, FIVB decision on the racist incident between Serbia and Thailand, VNL, Beach, the Canadian way and so much more!
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Darby Dunn joined the show fresh off her NCAA National Championship appearance with LMU. We talk all about her experience with LMU and Stetson University in the NCAA, as well as her time at Douglas College and growing up in a volleyball family. Darby is off to Bulgaria to compete in more events and we'll see her representing Canada very soon!
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Queens Alumni, Retired Pro Player and Founder of Coach Scheerhoorn, Tyler Scheerhoorn joins the show! We talk rivalries of all kinds, but mostly sibling and league rivals. We also talk hazing and take a deep dive into the world of positive coaching.
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Trinity Western and Team Canada Star Brodie Hofer joins the show! Brodie has accomplished so much in his young career! He is a 4x National Champion (4 in a row!), High School Champ in BC, USports Champion with TWU, and has already represented Team Canada. We cover his start in volleyball, growing up in a volleyball family, the TWU culture and so much more!
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The Big Shooter John May joins Josh & Garrett for another great episode! The squad submits their picks for VNL, external focus in coaching, Crush Volleyball Club and so much more!
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Team Canada Sitting member Darek Symonowicz joins the show. Darek made the men’s national team in 2012, helped the squad win a bronze in Peru at ParaPan and looks to qualify for Tokyo next week at the Paralympic Qualifier! Follow Darek on Instagram to stay up to date on his training and our men's sitting team! @dareksymonowicz
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FIVB Best Blocker and Future Olympian Brandie Wilkerson joins the show! John May returns for his 5th appearance, I think it's his 5th, we've lost count...The squad discusses the Cancun Hub, do players go back and read the comments on the live stream, Olympic Qualifying, the time John called Brandie lazy, growth mindset and believing in yourself.
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Volleyball Guro Joe Trinsey joins the show! Joe is on the advisory staff for Gold Medal Squared, former technical coordinator for the U.S. women's national team (2013-2016) where he helped the squad win a World Championships and Bronze medal at the Olympics, former assistant coach with Team Canada and The host of the Volley Cast, a great podcast you should give a listen to.
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John May returns to the show to talk about the Cancun Hub, Olympic Qualifying, Continental Cup, and so much more with Josh and Garrett.
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UBC Head Coach Mike Hawkins joins the show to talk about his impressive playing and coaching career. Mike's coaching resume includes Team Canada Youth National Team, Assistant Coach with UBC Okanagan, interim Head Coach and before that Assistant Coach at Thompson Rivers, Head Coach of Lethbridge College. As a player Mike competed for TRU and Mount Royal.
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Team Canada's Caroline Livingston and Captain Jen Cross join Josh and Garrett to discuss the Women's National Team prep for VNL. We also get into contract negotiations, the training environment, meeting their new teammates, Garrett and Jen argue about their high school days and so much more!!
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USports National Champion with U of Toronto, Team Canada Indoor Alumni, and Current Team Canada Beach National Team member Anna Feore joins the podcast! We learned about Anna's journey from dance to volleyball, growing up in Stratford, joining Forest City, Team Ontario and the National Team!
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Two amazing coaches, Katie Hutchinson and Maria Krahn join Josh and Garrett to go deep into the challenges facing women in coaching! The squad agrees, disagrees and agrees to disagree and hopes to get you, friend of the show, to join the conversation so we can solve any issues effecting our sport today. We hope you enjoyed this episode. Please leave a comment, a 5 Star review and the best compliment you can give the show is telling your friends about us! We couldn't be more excited to partner with Momentum Pro Camps. Momentum Pro Camps runs volleyball camps across Ontario, bringing professional athletes, coaches and resources to communities, clubs and partners. Follow Momentum on social media @momentumprocamps for updates and details on future programs, or email them at contact@momentumprocamps.com! Stay Excellent Friends Be sure to check out Club Json at https://www.clubjson.com/ Use promo code dimes to get 15% off your order. Any order over $99 in North America will get free shipping!
Jared Brown joins the show to share some amazing stories and some great coaching tips. Jared is a 5 year assistant at U of M (two CIS Bronze Medals), 6 years with Bison Volleyball Club (2 National Championships, 2 National Finalists) 9 years with 204 (National Finalists in 2012), Assistant coach with Team Canada Youth Selects in 2017.
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TJ Sanders, Team Canada Setter, Olympian, and Ep 4 and 58 guest on Passin Dimes joins Garrett and Josh this week. The three share stories, opinions, and laughs as they talk about Trevor Lawrence's quote, beach vs indoor, how to get the best out of everyone and so much more!
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Former National Team Captain Keith Sanheim joins the show! Keith is a 1991 CIAU / Usports Champion and All Canadian. With the National Team Keith was a 1992 Olympic alternate, competed at World League, Norceca Championships, World Championships, World Cup and the Bronze Medal winning team at the 1999 Pan Am Games. He played professionally from 1993-2002 in Germany, Japan, France, Italy, Greece & Switzerland.
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It's Garrett May's Birthday! Well, it was when we recorded. That's the dedication you can expect from Sharp Cuts! Joining Garrett and Josh are fan favourites John May and Oscar Kahu. The squad looks back at the glory days of Crush Volleyball, Oscar and John settle their playing time dispute, Garrett and John won an OVA Beach Tour event and the guys talk about Canada's #1 Beach Crew.
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This week the tables have turned for Passin Dimes 2nd Anniversary! Friend of the show Eric Simon (Episode 133) steps up and offers to host an episode to interview co-creator and host of Passin Dimes, Josh Nichol.
Josh started his coaching career over 18 years ago when he started coaching while in high school. Since then Josh has coached club for DRVC, Interclub, Leaside and Titans, school volleyball with Upper Canada College and Bishop Strachan School. Josh was lucky enough to restart the George Brown Men's program in 2010 where the team would go on to make the playoffs 3/5 years, have an Academic All Canadian and win East Coach of the Year. Josh has also coached Team Ontario on the beach and indoor sides at National Team Challenge Cup and Canada Games. Most recently Josh was named Interim Head Coach of the Men's Next Gen program for Team Canada Beach. Hear about all of this and more.
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Sharp Cuts welcomes National Team Player, Indoor and Beach, Kentucky Wildcats Alumni, and Big Deal at the Preds Volleyball Club, Becky Pavan and Queens Assistant Coach, Master of Coaching, former Head Coach of Niagara Knights, Natasha Spaling to the show! The squad talks about the support women get in the volleyball community, differences between the mens and women's game and transitioning from a player to coach.
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Lexi Pollard joins us after finishing her first year of pro in Sweden! Lexi played for the Barrie Elites and Aurora Storm growing up before attending the University of Windsor. Lexi is the first female Lancer to turn pro! We hope you enjoy this episode. Please leave a comment, a 5 Star review and the best compliment you can give the show is telling your friends about us! We couldn't be more excited to partner with Momentum Pro Camps. Momentum Pro Camps runs volleyball camps across Ontario, bringing professional athletes, coaches and resources to communities, clubs and partners. Follow Momentum on social media @momentumprocamps for updates and details on future programs, or email them at contact@momentumprocamps.com! Stay Excellent Friends Be sure to check out Club Json at https://www.clubjson.com/ Use promo code dimes to get 15% off your order. Any order over $99 in North America will get free shipping!
Sharp Cuts welcomes Olympians and Father - Son Duo, Don and Ben Saxton! The squad talks about the business of volleyball, volleyball families, a little east vs west discussion and so much more! Don and his family own and operate The Volley Dome in Calgary and Ben started the NBVL, so these two know what it takes to run a volleyball business.
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Gabe Burlacu has represented Canada over 22 times including Youth World Championships, FISU Games, Norceca and the FIVB World Tour, earning 9 Top 10 Finishes! In this episode we discuss his start in volleyball, University of Windsor, his start in beach, playing with different partners, and his choice to move and train in BC. We hope you enjoy this episode. Please leave a comment, a 5 Star review and the best compliment you can give the show is telling your friends about us! We couldn't be more excited to partner with Momentum Pro Camps. Momentum Pro Camps runs volleyball camps across Ontario, bringing professional athletes, coaches and resources to communities, clubs and partners. Follow Momentum on social media @momentumprocamps for updates and details on future programs, or email them at contact@momentumprocamps.com! Stay Excellent Friends Be sure to check out Club Json at https://www.clubjson.com/ Use promo code dimes to get 15% off your order. Any order over $99 in North America will get free shipping!
Fan voted top guest John May and 3X Olympian Mark Heese join the show to discuss the connections between John, Garrett and Mark, coaching and the Next Generation of Beach Volleyball.
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Florida State star Sara Putt joins the show to talk about NCAA, AVP, NVL Volleyball and her approach to the game. Sara was named to the CCSA All-Tournament x2, AVCA Top Flight Award, Preseason All-CCSA, 3X ACC Academic Honor Roll, AVCA All-American and is a NCAA National Finalist.
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This week Garrett and Josh are joined by Andrew Kocur, Tomas Sorra and fan voted top guest John May! The squad discusses the business of volleyball, beach and indoor players and when do you have to choose, Estonia and their love of volleyball and so much more!
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Ian Eibbitt has done it all! He played for the Scarborough Solars growing up, represented Team Ontario at the Canada Games, competed on the Labatt Tour before moving into a leadership role as tournament director, commentator and more. Ian was one of the owners of Overkill, the world famous Canadian Volleyball Clothing Brand. Many would know Ian as the Director of Camp Madawaska. As a coach Eibbitt has coached with Leaside Volleyball Club, Durham Attack, Team Ontario, and Team Canada. He has earned the reputation as one of the best team building and leadership coaches in the country. We cover all of this and more in his episode.
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Garrett and Josh are joined by returning guest Jake MacNeil and from Episode 19 of the Passin Dimes Podcast, Joel Hannan! This week the squad discusses "twisted history" of our sport and plays out "what if" situations including what if Garrett doesn't go to U21 Worlds, instead Sam plays with Dan Dearing, or if Phil Dalhausser and Nick Lucena move to Qatar and compete internationally for them and finally what if the court was still 9x9m. We finish with a discussion about what our sport needs and the role of commentary at all levels.
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Nathan Groenveld is a 2x OUA Champion, 1st Team All Canadian, OUA Player of the Year, National Team Alumni, Former Niagara College Head Coach winning an OCAA Championship and CCAA Bronze and current Head Coach of the York Lions.
Nate shares his playing career and how he got into coaching. We take a deep dive into his coaching process and how he loves to go down the rabbit hole and look into the details of player development.
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Episode 3 of Sharp Cuts is here! Garrett and Josh are joined by returning guests Dan Dearing, Oscar Kahu and new guest...Canadian Olympian, U21 World Champion and all round good guy Sam Schachter!
The squad discusses their "welcome" to the tour moment, McDonalds in China, life on tour, relentless self belief and so much more!
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Volleyball Guru Nathan Janzen joins the show! Nathan is currently an assistant coach with the McMaster Marauders Women's Team. Nathan has coached high school, club, Team Ontario, Canada Games, Team Canada, and was Head Coach of the Niagara Knights Women's Team of the OCAA. Nathan is a Data Volley expert who uses his knowledge of data to effect training any player development.
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Sharp Cuts Episode 2 features Garrett May, Josh Nichol, the Big Shooter himself John May and the Real Deal Jake MacNeil! The group discusses their ignition point when they fell in love with volleyball, how they handle chirping and tough situations, how long an NBA team would need before they can win USports and so much more!
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Steven Abrams makes his second appearance on the show and this time brings rising star Jonny Pickett! Both Abrams and Pickett are training with Team Canada at the National Excellence Program (NEP) and have represented Canada at Youth World Championships on the beach. During league play the two friends are rivals as Steven plays for the Windsor Lancers and Jonny plays for the Guelph Gryphons.
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Welcome to the first ever episode of Sharp Cuts! Passin Dimes has joined forces with Garrett May and Yes Guy Gaming to bring you a new show concept. Get ready from some hot takes, strong opinions, enemies to become friends, friends to become enemies and a good time to be had by all.
Joining Josh and Garrett this week is Oscar Kahu, member of Crush Volleyball Club, Canada's #1 Beach Crew, George Brown Huskies and creator of Volley Chirps. Also joining the show is the man, the myth, the legend Dan Dearing! Dan is an alumni of Pakmen Volleyball Club and York University. Dan is training with Team Canada Beach where he continues to add to his legacy in our sport.
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Pierce Johnson joins the show to talk about growing up in the Chatham Kent area, being everyone's rival with CK in high school volleyball, playing club for the Ballhawks and LVC, his career as a Windsor Lancer, and now currently working with the National Excellence Program in Gatineau.
Pierce has represented Canada at FISU Games twice, won OUA West Player of the Year, and is a 2x Windsor Lancer Male Athlete of the Year.
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The one and only Sebastian Lethbridge joins the show! Seb has accomplished a lot in our sport! He's a provincial champion and national medalist at the club level, a Beach Nationals Silver Medalist, 3x OCAA Champion, CCAA National Champion and 3x Medalist, has represented Canada the Youth level and FISU games. He was named "Mr. Volleyball" and won the Ken Davies award from the Ontario Volleyball Association. We are lucky to have Sebastian take the time to tell us about his career and pass on some great tips!
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Jason Trepanier is the Executive Director of Volleyball Nova Scotia’s. Before joining VNS Jason was the Technical Director for the Ontario Volleyball Association. Jason deserves a lot of credit for his work implementing Long Term Athlete Development (LTAD). He has also overseen and developed policies and procedures for the Regional Teams, Provincial Teams, Beach Tours, Indoor Competitions, Club Accreditation, High Performance Sport Initiative and Quest for Gold programs.
As a player Jason represented Team Canada at the World Cup and Pan Am Games, as well as professionally in six countries over seven years. Jason won a CIS Silver Medal with the Dalhousie Tigers. Be sure to check out Club Json at https://www.clubjson.com/ Use promo code dimes to get 15% off your order. Any order over $99 in North America will get free shipping! We couldn't be more excited to partner with Momentum Pro Camps. Momentum Pro Camps runs volleyball camps across Ontario, bringing professional athletes, coaches and resources to communities, clubs and partners. Follow Momentum on social media @momentumprocamps for updates and details on future programs, or email them at contact@momentumprocamps.com! Stay Excellent Friends
Waterloo Warriors Head Coach Shayne White joins the show! Shayne has an impressive coaching resume that includes Team Canada Junior National Team Assistant, Head Coach and Assistant Coach of the Wilfred Laurier Men's and Women's programs, Canada Games, OVA Indoor Development Coach, Team Ontario mentor coach and much more!
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USA Star, AVP Vet, and 5xNorceca Medalist, Mark Burik joins the show! Mark is currently the CEO/Head Coach of https://www.betteratbeach.com/
Mark has played on all major tours and represented the USA at the Pan Am Games in Peru! On the indoor side Mark played at George Mason University before playing professionally in Sweden, Norway, and Croatia. Mark shared so many amazing stories from his playing and coaching career as well as some amazing road stories.
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Katarina Pantovic has already accomplished so much in our sport! She was a Team Canada's Youth National Team where she represented us at Norceca and World Championships. Most recently she trained with our Full Time Training Group. She has also been a member of Team BC and is a Canada Cup Gold Medalist. With Thunder Volleyball Club she is a provincial champion, all-star and MVP. Kat is also a superstar on the beach where she has represented Team BC at the Canada Cup and finished 9th at the Vancouver Open. Katarina is currently a member of the Cal Berkeley Golden Bears where she will play for the Indoor and Beach Varsity Teams.
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Frank St-Denis is a life long learner. Frank is the co-creator of the From the First Chair Podcast and has coached at the High School, Club, Provincial Team, Canada Games and National Team levels. Frank shares some great tips on athlete identification, seasonal planning, teaching and learning.
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Superstar Autumn Bailey makes her second appearance on the show! Autumn is currently with Team Canada's Women's Indoor Team. An injury caused her to miss her pro season in Italy this year. Autumn tells us all about her injury and her rehab program. She also shares Tom Black stories, attacking tips and so much more!
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Canadian Star Setter Dustin Schneider joins the show to tell us about his career. Dustin played for the University of Winnipeg Wesmen in where he won the CIS championship in 2007 and was named Championship MVP. Dustin would go on to join our National Team in 2007 where he would help Canada earn medals at the Norceca Championships in 2011, 2013 and 15, lead Canada to World League Finals and a bronze medal at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto. Professionally Dustin played in Austria, Portugal, France, Poland and Israel.
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Playing and Coaching Legend Hernan Humana joins the show! Hernan coached John Child and Mark Heese at the 1996 Olympics where the team won a bronze medal. He played for the Chile National Team for 11 seasons, is a three-time OUA East coach of the year award winner, former director of the Elite Beach Volleyball Club, OVA Technical Director, proud parent to friends of the show Melissa and Felipe Humana-Paredes.
Hernan is the author of Playing Under the Gun, a book detailing Hernan's playing experience in Chile under a brutal dictatorship before he choose to leave for Canada. The book is a must read and is available by contacting Hernan Humana on Facebook or Instagram, or shoot Passin Dimes a message on Instagram and we will make sure to put you in contact with Hernan!
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OUA Player of the Year, 2x CIS All Canadian, 2x OUA First Team All-Star, OVA Provincial Champion, OFSAA Medalist, and friend of the show Eric Simon joins the podcast! Eric grew up in London and played for Oakridge, Forest City, Western University before playing at a high level on the beach and professional volleyball in Sweden! Eric shared some amazing stories including how he worked himself into a great player and an April Fools prank in Sweden that went way to far.
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Isaac Kneubuhl is a 2x Hawaii High School State Player of the Year, Division I Collegiate All American at Cal State Northridge, European Indoor Professional Athlete and former member of the USA Men’s National Volleyball Team. Since finishing his playing career Isaac has become an expert in the area of volleyball biomechanics, specifically the approach and armswing. Follow TorqVB on Instagram and YouTube to learn more!
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Andrew Hinchey joins the show! Andrew is the owner and Head Coach of Soul Beach Volleyball. As an athlete Andrew was a member of Team Canada, earning two silver medals on the NORCECA tour. Andrew also had a lot of success on the NVL and OVA Beach Tours. Before going beach full time Hinchey played at the University of Western Mustangs where he set for the squad for five seasons.
As a coach Andrew has worked with Durham College where he was OCAA’s coach of the year in 2010. We discuss Andrew's grit, playing style, what he really enjoys about coaching and so much more!
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USA National Team Libero Justine Wong-Orantes joins the show! Justine started playing club volleyball at age 6, is the youngest known player to ever earn a AAA CBVA rating, represented the USA at the Youth World Championships twice, won a National Championship, NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team, Two-time AVCA All-America First Team, and Female Athlete of the Year at Nebraska. With the National Team Justine has won the Best Digger at 2019 NORCECA Women's Continental Championship, named Best Libero at 2019 Pan American Cup and has won the Pan American Cup and FIVB Volleyball Nations League (Gold)
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Janelle Albert has accomplished so much in her young career. She is a provincial champion in the OVA, OCAA, and OUA. She is a National Champion in club, USports and an CCAA Bronze Medalist. She was also named to the OUA All Rookie Team, OCAA Player of the Year, OCAA First Team All Star, CCAA Player of the Year, and an OVA All Star. Janelle has also competed in the One Volleyball League for the Q2 Panthers.
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World Champion and Canadian Olympian Sarah Pavan joins the show!! Sarah and partner Melissa Humana-Paredes won the 2019 World Championships. Also on the beach Sarah has earned a 5th at the 2016 Olympic Games, 3x FIVB World Tour Best Blocker, Commonwealth Games Champion, and 17-time World Tour medals
Sarah Pavan attended the University of Nebraska where she was named a 4-time First-Team All-American, National Player of the Year and Honda Broderick Cup as the top female student-athlete in the country in 2007. Sarah and the Cornhuskers won the 2006 NCAA National Championship.
Pavan played professionally in Italy, Brazil, China, and South Korea. During her indoor career she won 2 Brazilian Superliga Championships and the European Volleyball League’s top attacker.
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9Man Superstar Justin Lam joins the show! Justin played indoor volleyball in high school with friend of the show Nate Ngo (episode 41)before playing at the University of California, Santa Cruz. On the 9man circuit Justin was a member of West Coast with volleyball superstars Kevin Wong and Mike Lambert. Justin would later help start SF Paai Kau Smash. Overall Justin has won six (6) North American Chinese Invitational Volleyball Tournament (N.A.C.I.V.T.) Majors, including a 3-peat with Smash!
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Grant O'Gorman has already accomplished so much in his young career. At only 26 Grant has represented Canada over 90 times internationally, earning 13 podium finishes including winning the Sydney 2 Star, Silver at the Edmonton 3 Star, and two (2) Youth World Championships Medals. Before joining the Canadian National Team Grant won several Provincial and National Championships on the beach and as an indoor player with the Crush Volleyball Club. Hear all about his journey including mindset, adversity, his battle with cancer and much more!
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Paul Podstawka joins the show! Paul is a former member of Team Canada's Beach National Team. Paul has won Nationals, Provincials, Center of Gravity Champion, and has represented Canada several times on the FIVB World Tour and at Youth World Championships. Paul played indoor at York University where he is an OUA Champion, Second Team All Star and All Rookie Team award winner. Paul transferred to McMaster later in his career where he helped the team earn a Final 4 Finish. After his playing days Paul got into coaching, working with indoor clubs Scorpions Volleyball Club and Guelph Gryphons Volleyball Club. On the beach Paul works with the Legacy Beach Volleyball Club & private youth teams
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One of the best personalities in our sport, Steve Delaney joins the show! Steve grew up playing for West Side Volleyball Club before joining the Toronto Ruffriders at a young age. Steve would leave Ontario to attend the University of Winnipeg before playing pro in Finland and France. After playing pro indoors Steve would play pro beach on the FIVB, AVP, and Labatt Tours. Steve started his coaching career with the Halton Hurricanes where he helped the team win a Provincial and National Championship. He is now the current Head Coach of the Brock University Women's Volleyball Team. The Badgers won an OUA Silver Medal and earned a birth to Nationals before Covid cancelled the season.
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Canadian Legend Steve Brinkman joined the show to share his experience in our sport. Steve played 17 years for Team Canada, playing in over 300 international matches. Some highlights include a bronze medal at the Pan Am Games, finishing 7th at World Cup, and 11th at World Championships. Before joining the National Team, Steve played at the University of Manitoba where he won a CIS National Championship. Professionally Steve has played in Belgium, China, France, Greece, Italy, Japan and Russia, winning the Chinese, Greek, Italian, World Club Championship and European Cup championship. Steve remains in our sport as an assistant coach with the McMaster Marauders.
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Dr. Andrew Sulatycki had an early start in our sport. Andrew's parents Frank & Rozika Sulatycki are Hall of Famers in the OVA, OCAA and CCAA. Andrew was a member of Team Ontario, he was a 5 year starter at York University, winning 2x OUA Championships, he played professionally in Slovenia’s premiere division, won the 2012 Canadian National Men’s Open Championship and 2014 OVL Provincial Championship with the Toronto Ruffriders, and is currently a member of the Canadian Masters Volleyball team. Hear all about his experience and how an injury inspired Andrew to pursue his career as a Chiropractor.
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Team Canada Women's Team and University of Georgia Head Coach Tom Black joined the show to talk about his playing and coaching career. Tom played at UC San Diego where he was a four-year letter winner, Volleyball Magazine’s Small College Player of the Year and Small College All-American. Tom has coached for several programs including being an Assistant for the USC Men's Program, Head Coach of the UC San Diego women’s team, Head coach for indoor and beach at LMU, and assistant coach with the USA Women's National Team that earned a bronze medal at the 2016 Olympic Games.
Tom shared some amazing tips for coaches and athletes on growth mindset, principles, methods and so much more. Be sure to tell all your friends about this episode! Please leave a 5Star review and a comment. Stay excellent friends!
Rising Star Max Guehrer joined the show to tell us about his start in volleyball, competing at the U19 Worlds shortly after he started playing beach competitively, playing on the World Tour, his Podium finish in Ljubljana, Top 10 at the Espinho 4 Star, Anoc Games and so much more! We also talk about his clothing brand, Max G Apparel. Check it out if you want to own the most comfortable clothing for volleyball players
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Sophie Bukovec has built an impressive resume that includes several youth provincial and national medals, an OUA Championship, Tournament All Star & MVP, McMaster athletics Rookie of the year, Big West Conference champion with Long Beach, 3x NCAA champion, 2x PAC 12 champion, 2x All- American, U21 Beach Volleyball World Champion and has represented Canada 35x on the World Tour! Hear all about her journey including what her approach is to tough situations, how she got comfortable on the world stage and why she chose to go independent from the National Team.
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2x OUA Champion, OFSAA Champion, Beach National Champion, OVA Provincial Team Member, OVA Medalist, and all round great guy Alex Oneid joined the show to tell us all about growing up in Ottawa, Glashan Middle School, Glebe, Ottawa Mavericks, Queens University, Algonquin College, Beach, mental health and so much more!
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New Zealand Star Jason Lochhead joins the show to share his playing career, coaching career, golf game, and lots of great stories from the road.
Jason played 116 FIVB events, earning 78 main draw results and 11 top 10 finishes. Jason and partner Kirk Pitman narrowly missed the Olympics as players before joining the coaching ranks and working with top teams from around the world. Jason started his coaching career with Vanuatu, before leading super best friend of the show Ben Saxton and Chaim Schalk to their best results as a team. Jason then joined one of the best teams in the world Phil Dalhausser and Nick Lucena. Jason still works with Phil and Nick while also coaching with Florida State.
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University of Alberta Golden Bear volleyball alumni John Goranson joins the show to tell us about his 2x CIS/USports National Championships, 2x Canada West Titles, experience with the Junior National Team, Pro and playing in England while completing his Masters. Goranson also won the prestigious Block ‘A’ Ring that demonstrate an exceptional contribution to interuniversity sport in the areas of athletics, academics, community support, and leadership.
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Superstar Fred Winters took the time to share so many great stories from his experiences with the Canadian National Team and Professional Volleyball. Easily one of our favourite episodes (obviously they are all great, but this one especially!)
Fred joined our National Team in 2003 when he was entering his senior season at Pepperdine University, playing for the Waves and legend Marv Dunphy. During his career Fred included a lot including earning the captaincy with Team Canada, 2016 Olympian, 2x Champion of Brazil, 2x Champion of China, German Champion, Italian Champion, and Austrian Champion.
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Ryerson Rams Head Coach Matt Harris joins the show! Matt has been with Ryerson since 2012 when he joined the women’s program as an assistant before joining the men’s team in 2015-16 and taking over the head coach role in 2018.
Matt has a lot of coaching experience including but not limited to Glebe where he won an OFSAA Championship, Ottawa Kangaroos, National Capitals, Ottawa Fusion, Aurora Storm, Titans, and Pakmen. Team Ontario men’s program at National Team Challenge Cup, Canada Cup, USA HP, Canada Summer Games. Matt has also worked with Volleyball Canada with the Youth National Team and Senior B team.
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Superstar Gavin Schmitt joined the show to talk about his career that includes being approached at his part time job in high school to joining the National Team a few years later. Gavin is a CCAA National Champion with Red Deer College, he won league championships in Korea, Turkey, Greece, Brazil, and won several MPV, best opposite & best scorer awards. He is also a big reason why Canada qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio where the squad earned a 5th place finish. We cover all of this any more!
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Bryan Fraser is currently the head coach of the College of the Rockies Avalanche women's volleyball team. Bryan started coaching during his playing career when he had opportunities with his pro club in Holland and with the Saskatchewan Provincial Team Program.
As a player Bryan played for University of Saskatchewan Huskies for five years, Canada's Junior National Team and after graduation Bryan went to the Volleyball Canada full-time training centre. FTC helped Bryan prepare to represent Canada with our National B Team and play pro in Germany twice, Holland and France.
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Jessie and Mariah joined the show to talk about their careers and new project VolleyIQ! Both Jessie and Mariah played club for the Dinos Volleyball Club in Calgary and for Team Alberta growing up. Both would play their post secondary for the University of Alberta Pandas. Jessie is currently a member of the Canadian Women’s National Volleyball Team and has played overseas in France and Austria. Mariah competed in her first professional season in Germany this season. She has represented Canada several times including most recently at FISU Games in 2019.
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Megan Nagy (Dehod) took time out of her Wedding Anniversary to record an episode with us! Megan grew up in Saskatchewan where she competed in several spots including volleyball and baseball. She made the decision to pursue volleyball at Medicine Hat College where she earned First Team All-Star each year, Female Athlete of the Year and the Canadian Colleges Athletic Association Player of the Year. After college Megan played professionally in Laon, France. After focusing on indoor Megan made the goal of representing Canada on the beach! She moved to Toronto to tryout for the squad and begin training full time. During her career she has represented Canada 30 times, earning 14 top 10 finishes!
Megan and Kristen Moncks (both friends of the show!) recently started Evolve Volley. Evolve provides volleyball clinics and individual coaching for athletes to help them build their confidence and elevate their game. For more information check out their website! https://www.evolvevolley.com/
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Michael Denton joined us to talk about his career that includes 2x Ofsaa Championships, 4x Ontario Championships, 4x National Championship, 2x Volleyball Canada All-Star, playing at U of Toronto for five (5) years and being named Captain for four (4) of those seasons! Not to mention he was a member of Canada's Number 1 Beach Crew with the Ontario Volleyball Association.
Growing up Michael was a member of the original Crush club teams. Denton shares some John May stories and how he chose to attend the University of Toronto and helping develop the culture there. Michael is continuing his leadership with the Varsity Blues as a member of the coaching staff. We hope you enjoyed hearing about all of this and more!
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Patrick Johnston has accomplished so much! While playing for Durham Attack he helped the club win a Provincial and National Championship. Outside of club he would represent Canada at the NORCECA Youth Championships in Mexico City and Team Ontario at the Canada Games in Regina. Patrick committed to Thompson Rivers where he was awarded the Sports Task Force Athletes of the Year. Pat transferred back to Ontario to play for the University of Western Mustangs. He would earn OUA Libero of the Year and a Second Team OUA All-Star.
While at Western Pat completed his Masters of Coaching and would coach with the Mustangs and Boston College. After completing his education Pat would coach the Fanshawe Falcons to 3 Provincial Titles and a National Championship! At the club level Pat is a director at London Volleyball Club (LVC) where he has helped the club win several provincial and national championships.
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Canadian Libero Kristen Moncks joins the show! Kristen grew up playing for Aces and Dinos in Alberta before attending Medicine Hat College where she would be named Rookie of the Year and a 1st Team All Star during her career. After Medicine Hat she transfered to Trinity Western where she would help the Spartans win a Canada West and CIS Championship, and earn CIS Libero of the Year Honours. Currently in her 8th season with the Canadian National Team Kristen has seen two Olympic cycles and three different Head Coaches. Kristen also has three seasons of professioanl experience in Romania, Philippines and Finland.
Kristen teamed up with friend of the show Megan Nagy to start Evolve Volley. Evolve offers volleyball clinics and individual coaching for athletes to help them build their confidence and elevate their game. https://www.evolvevolley.com/
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2008 Olympic Gold Medalist Todd Rogers joins the show! Todd is a 2x Olympian, he's won 54 AVP Championships, when partnered with Phil Dalhausser the pair played in 57 events and played for a medal 44 times, winning 23 times! From 2008-2010, Rogers and Dalhausser won nine of the 13 FIVB Grand Slams they played! Todd is also a 4x Defensive Player of the Year on the FIVB, Best Setter (2005), Most Inspirational (2008), Team of the Year with Phil in 2010, and Tour Champion in 2010. After retiring Todd continued his coaching career taking the lead as the Head Coach of the Cal Poly Women's Beach Volleyball program!
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The Big Shooter, King of the Beach, John May joins the show! As a player John lead the York Lions to 3 OUA Championships, and was a 2x 1st Team All Star. Fun fact, May would play one season at BYU in the NCAA. Later on John stopped playing to create the Labatt Tour that would help Canada compete at the highest level on the FIVB Tour. John would go on to coach Mark Heese and John Child at the 2004 Olympics where the team finished 5th. John would make another appearance at the Olympics, this time coaching Jamie Broder and Kristina Valjas/May at the 2016 games. John was also with the squad when Broder/Valjas captured Canada's first ever FIVB Gold Medal on the women's side! Another first for Canada was when Sam Schachter and Garrett May won our first Youth World Championships where John was a part of the coaching staff.
No stranger to the indoor game, early on in his coaching career John lead the U of Toronto Women's Team to their first OUA Championship. More recently John coached the York Lions Women's program. John was also the man behind Crush, one of, it not the most dominate club team to ever play in Canada.
John has put a lot of time into our sport and had a lot of influence on several levels of volleyball. We really appreciate him coming on the show and hope you enjoy this episode! Please give a 5 Star review, leave a comment and the best compliment you can give Passin Dimes is telling your friends about us! Stay Excellent!
Craig Marshall joined us to take a deep dive into the coaching world. Craig is currently attending the University of Alberta in pursuit of his Master’s Degree in Coaching. Craig has coached with the Golden Bears for 5 seasons, Team Alberta, King's University Men's and Women's Teams as an Assistant and for several clubs. Craig is a 2x Canada West Champion, 8x Provincial Champion and was part of the Bears USports win in 2014. Craig shared a lot of information his practical experience combined with his Masters, what he's changed over the years and some ideas he's borrowed from the great coaches he's worked with.
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Kamila Haase grew up competing in Track and Field and Figure Skating. She made the change to volleyball in grade 11 and her career took off from there. Playing club for the Scarborough Titans, Kamila then made Team Ontario and the Youth National Team. Kamila attended McMaster where she was named to the OUA All Rookie Team and helped the Marauders win an OUA Gold and Silver medal during her career. Next season Kamila will be in Hungry playing for MÁV Előre Sport Club Hungaria.
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How lucky are we?! John Mayer shared his playing and coaching experience with us as well as some amazing tips that coaches can use right away. John is an NCAA Champion with Pepperdine, on the beach John has won 4x AVP, 63 Top 5 AVP Finishes, 2x FIVB Gold Medalist, 5 Top 5 finishes in only 31 events, and 3x Medalist on the Norceca Tour. As a coach John has worked with LMU Women's Beach Team, Gold Medal Squared, Flint / Day & Allen / Slick on the FIVB Tour, and the US Men's Collegiate National Team. John is one of the creators and hosts of the Coach Your Brains Out Podcast.
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The all time leader in KBVA (Clivers) wins and prize money, 6x BC Provincial Champion, Seaside Open Champion, Jonny Wiskar joined the show! Jonny played indoor at Capilano in the CCAA before transferring to UBC in the CIS (USports). Jonny may be one of the best, if not the best, beach player in Canada to never represent Canada in an international tournament. Jonny tells us all about the tournaments he's played in and what it's like playing with Matt LeBourdais, Maverick Hatch, Jared Kraus, Rudy Verhoeff, Ben Saxton and so many others! Jonny also tells us about Jort Court, Challenge Court, the NBVL, Van Open, and so much more!
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Joey Jarvis shares his unique journey to the National Team and Professional Volleyball! Joey's path includes playing at Pakmen Volleyball Club, choosing not to play at the post secondary level, working his way through the adult tournament ranks, making a name for himself in the One Volleyball League, attending the Volleyball Canada National Excellence Program (formally Full Time Training Centre, FTC), making Volleyball Canada's National B' Team, and signing his first pro contract with German Club TV Rottenburg. Joey shares all of these details and gives some tips that have helped bring his game to the next level.
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Megatron, Megan Nash joined the show to tell us about her career in the Ontario Volleyball Association (OVA), University of Central Arkansas, and Loyola Marymount University. At Central Arkansas Megan won the Southland Conference Championship in 2017, Southland All-Academic First Team 2014 – 2017, 3x First Team All Conference Player, Southland Student-Athlete of the Year, 2x UCA Female Student-Athlete of the Year. After transferring to focus on beach at LMU, Megan won a West Coast Conference Title and was awarded WCC First Team All Conference. Megan has already represented Canada earning her first main draw appearance in China and a Bronze Medal on the Norceca Tour.
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UCLA and Canadian Youth National Team Star Cole Ketrynski joined the show to tell us about his career, recruiting, what he learned during his first year at UCLA, and what he's looking forward to next! Cole was selected to Off the Block's Freshman All-America team, named to the second-team All-MPSF team and to the All-MPSF Freshman team. He is a Provincial and National Champion for Beach and Indoor and won a Gold Medal playing indoor at the 2017 Canada Summer Games.
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Canadian National Team Member, University of Pittsburgh Alumni, 3x ACC Champion, and new signing to Volley-Ball Club Chamalières (France) Layne Van Buskirk joins the show! Layne achieved so much at Pitt including competing at the NCAA Tournament all four (4) years of her career, 2x AVCA All-America Honorable Mention, 2x All-ACC First Team, 2x All-ACC Academic Team, and ACC All-Freshman Team. Layne tells us all about her National Team and Pitt Career as well as her start in our sport and her skills on the tennis court.
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3x Olympian, 1996 Bronze Medalist, 10x National Champion, winner of the FIVB Most Inspirational Award, Mark Heese joins the show! Fun fact out of 160+ plus FIVB events played Mark finished in the Top 5 - 45 times!! Mark told us all about his start in our sport, including how getting into a group of 4 on the beach and basketball tryout had a huge impact on our sport! We covered how he build his confidence and mental toughness, his impressive work ethic, and so much more!
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Canadian National Team Setter Kim Robitaille joined the show to talk about growing up in Repentigny where volleyball is very popular! Kim's passion for the sport also grew when she was a ball girl at the FIVB Events in Montreal. She played Cégep before committing to the Vert & Or at the University de Sherbrooke. Currently a member of our National Team Kim represented Canada at the Pan Am Games in Peru. Recently Kim resigned with her pro club Quimper Volley 29 in France. We learn all about this and so much more!
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2x Olympian Josh Binstock joins the show to tell us all about his career, the Olympics, his competitive advantage, and his newest project The Binstock Angle. Josh represented Canada over 100 times including the Olympics, Pan Am Games, FIVB World Tour and Norceca Tour. He has medalled several times on tour and is a 3x National Champion!
To learn more about The Binstock Angle or to register for Josh's first session on June 7th please follow the link below. Also follow The Binstock Angle on Instagram! https://linktr.ee/TheBinstockAngle
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Pearce Eshenko has built an impressive resume that includes representing Canada on the Youth, Junior and National B Team, 3 National Championships and 4 Canada West Championships with Trinity Western. Pearce has played in the Canada West and USports Finals every year of his career.
Pearce has earned several awards including the Complete Champion Award, Scholar-Athlete Award, and is a 5x Academic All-Canadian. Next year Pearce will play for Helios Giesen of the German league!
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U of T Hall of Fame'r, 5x OUA Champion, 5x OUA First Team All Star, 4x All Canadian, Beach National Team Member including representing Canada at the Pan AM Games, Coach and creator of Team 12 Training Mike Slean joined us to tell some amazing stories and share his experiences at all levels including growing up a basketball player, playing beach with Dan Lewis, the Labatt Tour, traveling on the FIVB World Tour, giving indoor pro a shot, and so much more!
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Brett Walsh is a 2x USports Champion with the Alberta Golden Bears, USports Player of the Year, All Time Assist Leader and Assists Per Set Leader for USports, a Belgium Cup winner and a member of the Canadian National Team. He's accomplished so much in our sport and has a bright future ahead of him!
Brett's father started the Precision Volleyball Academy, a project that Brett and girlfriend Tessa have reignited. Check out their website to work with Brett and get personalized setting feedback! https://www.precisionvolleyballacademy.com/
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Canada Women's Sitting Volleyball Captain Danielle Ellis joined us to tell us about her impressive career and how the team is preparing for next summer's challenge in Tokyo! Danielle Ellis has been with the team since 2008, with a small break in between to finish her studies. She has represented Canada at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio, Parapan Games in Peru, and helped the team earn their spot at the 2021 Paralympic Games. We cover all of this and so much more!
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Felip-HEY Humana-Paredes joins the show to take us through everything he accomplished in his career including leading York from the basement to the OUA Final Four, Team Canada's National B Team, and representing Canada on the Beach where he won several medals on the Norceca Tour and a National Championship with friend of the show Christian Redmann!
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Sarah-Jeanne has already represented Canada eight times before her 24th birthday! SJ made her debut for Canada with partner Helene Racourt where they finished 4th at a Jamaica Norceca. The pair continued their impressive start finishing 9th at the Cambodia FIVB event. Sarah-Jeanne has also earned podium success at the Grand Prix Beach Quebec and Quebec Provincials. SJ played indoor at the University of Sherbrooke where she earned USports All Rookie Team Honours.
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Lea has already earned an impressive resume and she a Junior! Lea won a silver at Canada Games, represented Canada the U21 World Championships finishing 9th, competed at the Edmonton 3Star, set the University of Hawaii freshman record for wins, and won a NCAA Championship with UCLA! Before the World hit pause Lea won Volleyball Canada's trails to compete at FISU Games, we hope to see her representing Canada soon.
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The Abrams brothers joined the show to talk about their careers and some amazing back yard battles. Robbie played at the University of Guelph, has been on the podium in both the Provincials and Nationals on the Beach and represented Canada at U21 Worlds. Steven currently plays at the University of Windsor where he was named to the OUA All Rookie team, he also represented Canada on the Beach at U21 and has some hardware from the OVA, Volleyball Canada and Canada Cup.
The brothers combined with friend of the show Jake MacNeil and other amazing guys have had a lot of great times in our sport and didn't skip any details in this episode (except for trying to keep it PG). Learn about Robbie and Jake coaching Steven's club team and the legends of the best backyard game ever played.
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Penn State Star Tori Gorrell joined us to to talk about club, recruiting, her time at Penn State, the early days of her Pro Career in Puerto Rico before the world hit pause. Tori shared a lot of details on how she earned a spot on one of the best teams in the NCAA and what goes into being a valuable member of the team, even when you're not starting. Hear some great tips and stories from her journey so far!
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Denmark Star Martin Trans joined us to talk about the beach volleyball system in Denmark, his career, their training group and some mental tips that have helped him improve so quickly. Martin represented Denmark six times at youth CEV events before going on the FIVB World Tour. He's finished in the Top 5 an impressive 9 times out of 14 events. Including winning the 2019 Continental Cup in Umag and a Silver Medal at the Tel Aviv 1 Star. Fun fact Martin's last 4 events have been with different partners from the Beach Volley Team Denmark. In each of those events he finished in the Top5. Team Members include, Martin Trans, Kristoffer Abell, Mads Rosager, Jacob Brinck, Daniel Thomsen, and Morten Overgaard.
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Chhase took time from his studies to take us on a journey through his volleyball career. We learned all about his club career, Baden Cup as a player and Coach, Camosun College Chargers and the great Charles Parkinson. (shout out to Dave Dooley for leading the Chargers to an CCAA Championship this season!) We also learned about Chhase's transfer to the University of New Brunswick and playing for the Reds where he was named AUS Libero of the Year. Chhase is a character around the beach community so we had to talk about his start, the KBVA, Vancouver Open and his appearance at Beach Blast's Play with the Pros. We cover his future career as a chiropractor and a great story to close with how he started dating Alyssa Wolf.
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Canadian Star Sarah Chase joined the show to talk about her first season of pro in Hungary, being a member of the National Team since she was 18U, winning Nationals and playing both indoor and beach in the NCAA at Saint Mary's College, and what it takes to be an elite outside hitter!
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Australian Star Tim Dickson joins the show to tell us about his career, winning the 2019 Pacific Games, representing Australia in both Indoor and Beach Volleyball internationally, and earning four (4) - Top 5 finishes on the World Tour in only 14 events. Tim has battled through a lot of injuries and found a lot of great opportunities by staying focused and working through it. Special thanks to friend of the show Canadian Beach Star Sergey Grabovskyy for introducing us to Tim!
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Sarah Melenka from Team Canada's Women's Sitting Volleyball Team joins the show to talk about qualifying for Tokyo, Parapan American Games in Peru and her career with Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT)’s varsity team.
Sarah was diagnosed with compartment syndrome at age 15. After several surgeries she returned to play competing in track and field and volleyball in high school before becoming a varsity athlete in the CCAA. Sarah is a big part of our National Team earning a bronze medal at Parapan Games and qualifying for Tokyo when they won their qualifier on home soil in Halifax!
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Kofi joined the show shortly after he broke the news that he will be focusing on music full time and not continuing with volleyball (for now we hope). Gyimah played for the Scarborough Titans, Team Ontario, Youth National Team before committing to UCLA. While dominating at UCLA Kofi represented Canada on our Junior National Team and this past summer played for our Senior National Team at VNL.
Kofi recently signed with Red Bull Records, we can't wait for his first album! Hopefully in the new future he can pull off a "Mika Zibanejad" and be a professional athlete (beach or indoor) while also being a professional artist.
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Superstar Samantha Bricio joined the show to talk about her amazing career! Samantha joined Mexico's Senior National Team at the age of 15. Bricio competed in the NCAA for USC where she won several awards including Pac-12 Freshman of the Year, Volleyball Magazine's NCAA Freshman of the Year, AVCA National Player of the Year, Volleyball Magazine's Player of the Year, espnW National Volleyball Player of the Year, PrepVolleyball.com National Player of the Year, and HERO Sport's National Volleyball Player of the Year.
As a professional Samantha has been named an Italian League All-Star, the Italian SuperCup Most Valuable Player and has won the Italian SuperCup, Italian Cup, CEV Champions League Runner-Up, and the Italian League Championship.
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York Lions Star Sarah Williams joined the show to talk about her journey through club, high school, recruiting and her career at York. Sarah is a 2x Ofsaa Champion, 18U OVA Provincial Champion with Leaside, 16U OVA Provincial Champion with Halton, OUA First Team All-Star, OUA Second-Team All-Star, and a member of the OUA All Rookie Team. It wasn't all sunshine and rainbows during Sarah's career. She gives us the inside scoop on how she dealt with being cut from club a few times and the challenges of playing for new coaches at York and having to tryout every time their was a change.
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National Team Libero Dre Foreman joined us to talk about his career in volleyball, share some great stories (The Blair Bann one is easily Top 5 in show history!), and talk about what his future plans are. Andre is currently with the National Excellence Program (NEP) in Gatineau, Quebec. Last summer Dre was on our National B Team that competed at the Pan American Cup. Foreman has won dozens of medals during his career including a Bronze at CCAA Nationals with the Fanshawe Falcons, 2 National Titles and a Provincial Championship with London Fire. Dre's LVC club team won a medal at Nationals every year from 15U-18U!
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U SPORTS Champion, Championship MVP, and USports Rookie of the year Amanda Moppett-Beatch joins the show! Amanda grew up in Calgary and went on to have a great career with the Calgary Dinos. After university Amanda played for our National Team and played pro in France before going full time on the beach. Amanda currently plays in the NBVL and last year won the Canadian Championship for the One Volleyball League with the Cold Garden Tropikills. We talk about all of this and so much more!
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This week we were joined by Jarron Mueller! Jarron played at Mount Royal in the CCAA before transferring to the Alberta Golden Bear where he was a National Champion and Team Captain. Jarron also played professionally and for our National Team where he won a silver medal at the 2011 Pan am Cup and competed in 2011 Junior World Championships. Most recently Jarron played in the NBVL Calgary League and is the Calgary Commissioner of the Calgary division of the Canadian Volleyball League (formally One Volleyball)
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The Jayme & Markus joined us to talk about growing up on the North Shore of Vancouver and how Jayme influenced Marcus into the player he is today! Stick around to the end of the episode to hear a great story from the first co-ed tournament they ever play!
Fans will recognize Jayme from playing at Simon Fraser University on the indoor side before transferring to the University of Alabama at Birmingham to play NCAA Beach.
Friends of the Show will know that Markus recently captured a CCAA National Championship with Capilano University and that on the beach side Markus will represent Canada this summer at FISU games!
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Aja Gyimah is a Western University Mustang Alumni where she won an OUA medal every season,2x OUA All-Star, Quest for Gold recipient and 2x Academic All-Canadian and is the owner of Compete Nutrition, an evidence-based nutrition consulting practice.
Aja takes us through her career and offers some great nutrition tips for athletes of all ages and levels.
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Julia Murmann & Kat Georgiadis are teammates on the Leaside Volleyball Club 18U Team, Youth National Team and this summer will represent Canada again with the Junior National Team!
Julia Murmann is a defending 18U National Champion with Leaside and was last season's Nationals MVP. Julia will attend the University of Toronto next season.
Kat represented Canada for the second season last summer. She was the starting libero on one of Canada's most successful youth teams finishing 2nd at the 2018 Girls NORCECA Continental Championship. Kat will attend Santa Clara next year.
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This is a big one!!! World Champion Melissa Humana-Paredes joins the show to walk us through her journey from being around high level beach volleyball her whole life to becoming one of the best players in the world. Melissa grew up watching her father coach Canadian Legends Mark Heese and John Child, while training at the Elite Beach Club where dozens of top Canadians were introduced to beach volleyball.
Melissa and Sarah were named the 2019 FIVB Team of the Year 2019. Melissa has also been named the FIVB Best Defensive Player (2019), FIVB Best Setter (2018 & 2019), AVP Best Defensive Player (2019), AVP Newcomer of the Year (2019), FIVB Most Improved Player (2017), FIVB Top Rookie (2014), National Champion, Provincial Champion and so much more.
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Superstar Alexandra Poletto took time from her busy schedule to join the show when she was back home in Toronto. Alex is currently representing Canada on the beach while training with p1440 in California. Alex attended USC where she played NCAA Beach. Before USC she attended Colorardo State as a star middle with the indoor team. As a youth athlete she was a Provincial Champion and National All Star with Leaside Volleyball Club. Alex is also a U21 National Team for beach and represented Canada at the U19 World Championships.
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Super Best Friend of the show Ben Saxton makes his long awaited return to the Passin Dimes Podcast! Ben is an Olympian, has represented Canada for over 15 years on the World Tour, a CIS Champion, President of WeCoBeVo, and the creator of the NBVL! We hear all about the NBVL finals between Calgary and Vancouver, coaching Pacific Elite Beach Volleyball, and learn about his upcoming season with Grant O'Gorman on the FIVB World Tour.
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This is a big one! Volleyball Legend Scott Koskie joined us to talk about his 13 year career with the National Team, being named captain for 6 of those seasons, his 10 year professional career in Spain, Austria, France, and Qatar, his career at the University of Manitoba where he won 2 National Championships, was a 3 time All-Canadian, National Player of the Year, and a University of Manitoba Athlete of the Year
Since retiring Scott has been inducted into the Manitoba Volleyball Hall of Fame, assistant coach with the University of Manitoba Bisons, assistant coach with the Women’s National Team from 2010-2015 and Head Coach for Junior Women’s National Team. Scott is currently the Provincial High Performance Coach for Volleyball Manitoba.
In 1995 Scott lead what may be the best CIS/USports team of all time! We get into the details of what it would take to earn that crown and who else is in the running.
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Rising Star Justin Lui joined the show to talk about all the details that go into being a top libero. Who better to teach us about the position than a Four-time OVA Provincial champion (2014-17), Two-time National Champion (2014, 2016), USA HP champions (2017), Canada Games champions (2017), OVA Ken Davies Award winner (2018), member of the Junior National Team and started for Stanford in the NCAA.
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Olympian & National Team Middle Daniel Jansen Van Doorn joined us all the way from Belgium to discuss the Olympic Qualifier in Vancouver, his current pro season in Belgium (spoiler alert we recorded this before Daniel and the squad won the Belgian Cup!) his pro career and CIS success with Trinity Western.
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Defending National Champion Simon Fecteau-Boutin finally joins the show! We have been asking Simon since the show started and are over the moon we finally got him! Simon lead us through his journey from growing up in Quebec, attending Limoilou and Laval, moving to Toronto to commit to beach full time, early travel stories and what he's looking forward to this season.
Simon is a 2x National Champion, represented Canada over 30 times internationally, medalled on the Norceca Tour, and competed in the Toronto Pro Beach League for Galaxy Volleyball Club.
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TWU Spartan Jacob Kern joins the show during his bye week to discuss the current season, Trinity Western's culture, his work ethic, the Can Am Showcase, and his future plans! Jacob is a 3x USports Champion, USports Silver Medalist, 3x Canada West Championships, CanWest Silver Medalist, Youth & Junior National Team member!
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Beach National Team member Alex Russell joined us to discuss why he gave up his indoor pro career to join the Beach National Team. Alex shares stories about growing up with his siblings, Dalhousie Alumni mother and Olympian father. Alex climbed the ladder from club volleyball in BC, the Provincial team, University of British Columbia, the Canadian Junior National Team twice, and a professional career in the Czech. During all of this Alex would play beach at Kits Beach with the KBVA and Vancouver Open.
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Canadian Adam Spragg joins us from Newcastle England where he is currently completing his masters at Northumbria University. Before traveling to England to complete his studies Adam grew up in Ontario playing most of his club ball for the Aurora Storm and beach on the OVA Beach Tour. After high school Adam attended Dalhousie University (once a Tiger, always a Tiger) in Halifax, Nova Scotia where he won an AUS Title, competed at USports Nationals, and won the AUS Student-Athlete Community Service Award.
In this episode we learn about Adam's start in volleyball and how he created so many opportunities to leave home to pursue his education and play high level volleyball along the way.
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Canadian National Team setter Brie King joins the show after being highly recommended by friends of the show Autumn Bailey and Jen Cross! Brie joined the National Team this summer and jumped from the Next Gen Squad to the Senior Team in just 4 months. She gives us a behind the scenes look at their Olympic Qualifier and leaving school early to go play pro to help the National Team. She also tells us about how setters and hitters need to connect on and off the court and advice for young players.
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Canadian Beach National Team athlete Will Hoey joins the show to talk about his success last season, dealing with injuries, qualifying for a 3Star, Winning Provincials, Queen's Volleyball, Football and taking the lead on organizing a fundraiser for the Beach National Team!
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TJ Sanders becomes our first returning guests! His first episode was a tough act to follow, we can say without any bias, that this is his best episode yet! TJ gives us a behind the scenes look at the Olympic Qualifier in Vancouver as well as his decision not to return to his professional club this year, what makes the National Team Program so competitive and what he enjoys about coaching! We covered a lot in a short amount of time and can't want to have him on again!
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Zeid Hamadeh joined the show to tell us about Pacific Elite Beach and all the exciting things they are up to.
Zeid started playing volleyball in the Ottawa area before moving to the GTA. After winning an 18U Ontario Championship with the Durham Attack. He then went on to play varsity for the Western University Mustangs and University of British Columbia Thunderbirds. Zeid is currently working towards his masters degree in genetics after he completing his degree in medical sciences at Western. On the beach he won the Ontario Summer Games in 2016. Zeid will represent Canada this season on the FIVB World Tour.
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Superstar Eric Loeppky joined the show just before the Can Am Holiday Showcase to teach us about the Trinity Western Spartan's culture, coaching staff, and winning history. Eric also tells us about his National Team experience and if he has considered going pro before graduation. Loeppky is a 2x USports Champion, USports Silver Medalist, 2x Canada West Champion, Manitoba High School AAAA Champion, and represented Canada with the Junior and Senior National Teams.
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McMaster Marauders Head Coach Dave Preston joined the show to discuss the program, culture, the Can Am Holiday Showcase, National Team and so much more!
With McMaster Dave won six consecutive conference titles, and nine in total! Since Dave joined McMaster they have competed at 12 U SPORTS Championships. MAC has won two silver and four bronze medals at the national championship tournament between 2013 and 2018. Dave has spent two years as the head coach of the Canadian Junior Men’s National Team. He was also an assistant coach for the Canadian Senior Men’s National Team that won a bronze medal at the 1999 Pan Am Games. We hope you enjoyed this episode! The best compliment you can give the show is telling your friends and leaving a 5 Star review! Please leave a comment, we love hearing from you! Stay Excellent friends!
Alberta Golden Bears Head Coach Brock Davidiuk joined the show to talk about the Can Am Holiday Showcase, the Golden Bears current season, his playing career, and how to train the setter.
As a player Brock dominated Canadian Volleyball with back-to-back CCAA National Championships in 2002 and 2003, 2x First-All-Tournament Team at CCAA Nationals, CCAA Academic All-Canadian, CCAA Most Valuable Player of the National Championship, CCAA All-Canadian, CCAA Men’s Volleyball Player of the Year, 2005 Canada West and CIS Championships second team Canada West all-star in 2004, first team all-star and CIS All-Canadian in 2005, MVP of the CIS Championship. Davidiuk competed for Canada from 2004-12 where he was named Captain.
After playing Brock began coaching at U of Alberta where he assisted for legend Terry Danyluk before coming the Head Coach of the program. Brock has earned the reputation for being one of Canada's top setting coaches!
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Superstar Derek Epp joins the show to tell us about Trinity Western's season so far and what they expect from the Can Am Holiday Showcase happening in Toronto from December 28-31 in Toronto.
We also learn about how Derek progressed from the Youth to Junior, then to The National B team and finally suited up for the National A Team this summer! Derek also teaches us about the Saskatchewan Volleyball system and how a province that isn't talked about very often has produced some high end talent!
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USports Player of the Year, 2x National Champion, 2x National Silver Medalist, Pro Player and National Team Member and now Coach Adam Schreimer joins us to discuss his career and experience! Adam has accomplished everything in our sport and is now moving onto his coaching career at Trinity Western.
Adam shares his tactical knowledge and what the big "secret" is to TWU's success. If you're one of the awesome people who actually reads these please check out the Blake and Adam show that Adam filmed at TWU with superstar Blake Scheerhoorn! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uboB97u8EHA
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Head Coach of the Lewis University Flyers, Dan Friend joins us to talk about the Can Am Holiday Showcase, Lewis's upcoming season and his experience USA Volleyball!
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Ohio State Senior Kyle Skinner joins the show to discuss the Can Am Holiday Volleyball Showcase in Toronto December 28 – 31, 2019. We also discuss their upcoming season, his film degree, and it wouldn't be a Passin Dimes episode if we didn't cover his experience representing the USA on the beach at U19 and U21 World Championships!
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The logo Garrett May finally makes an appearance on the show! Garrett is a Provincial, National, and World Champion! We discuss his start in volleyball, his mental toughness and belief, what it takes to play at the highest level and sooooo much more!!
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Ohio State Buckeye’s coach Kevin Burch joined the show to share his experience with 7 National Championship teams, how the East has levelled the playing field after the West dominated NCAA Men's Volleyball for so long, what it looks like when the Buckeyes are at their best and so much more!
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Jen Cross joins us all the way from Bulgaria to discuss the National Team, Champions League, Pro Volleyball, University of Michigan, Beach, playing on one of the best club teams ever and sooooooo much more!
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England's rising star Harry Jones joined the show to tell us about his start in volleyball, how young he was when he first represented England, playing at University, how his family is involved in every level of English volleyball and making the jump from Juniors to the FIVB World Tour!
Harry came highly recommend by friend of the show Andy Kos who competed against Harry at the U21 World Championships!
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Caroline Lemay joins us all the way from Austria, where she is enjoying her first year of pro! Caroline grew up in Ottawa where she played her club volleyball and attended the University of Ottawa. With the Ottawa Gee Gees she was a 2x RSEQ Second All-Star and USports Academic All-Canadian! We learn all about her journey through volleyball, finding a pro contract and what her future goals are.
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Andrew Shotbolt and Toure Nwakwesi join the show to tell us all about the York Lions culture, how they plan on getting over the quarter final curse, and how the program has changed since they joined.
Both Andrew and Toure are in their 5th year with the Lions. Andrew is a OUA East 1st Team All Star, OVA Provincial Silver Medalist, Easter National Medalist and OFSAA Champion! Toure is a 2nd Team All Star, National Silver Medalist with Pakmen and grad of Mayfield where he played with friend of the show Chris Towe.
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Kat & Alex Tsiofas took time out of their busy schedules to join the show after Queens played U of Toronto. We were lucky to hear about their start in volleyball, club experience, deciding to attend rival schools and how their parents found a way to support both when they met on the court!
Kat & Alex are teaming up for a great event on February 1st at Queens University to support Carley's Angles. You can learn more and join Team Carley by checking out their website here: https://teamcarley.ca/
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Darby Taylor and the Brock Badgers have started the season 6-0! Darby took the time out of her schedule while visiting York to meet with us to discuss club volleyball, Team Ontario, choosing the NCAA, coming back to Canada and her next steps to turn pro. Darby was an OFSAA Champion with Eden Volleyball and their MVP in 2015. She was named to the MAAC All Rookie Team at Siena University and has been named a OUA Second-Team All Star. Our guess is she adds to her impressive resume this season in the OUA.
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USA Performance Analyst Nate Ngo joins the show to talk about qualifying for Tokyo, game prep, trends in NCAA and International Volleyball and how he got his start in the big world of stats!
Nate and the UCLA Bruins will be competing at the Can Am Holiday Volleyball Showcase Dec 28-31 in Toronto. Follow this link to see the schedule and get your tickets! http://cahvs.com/
If you don't have a volleyball bro participating in Movember, Passin Dimes' own Josh Nichol is growing a moustache to change the face of men's health. Donate to his page with this link https://mobro.co/joshnichol?mc=1
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Jeremy Davies took the time out of his busy schedule to chat with us about his experience with the National Team this summer, his pro career in Finland, what it was like representing Canada in his first international Competition, and how he developed into the player he is while at the University of Brandon.
If you'd like to check out Chris Voth's Volley Video please follow this link https://www.instagram.com/volleyvideo/
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Captain Doug Learoyd joins the show to teach us everything we need to know about sitting volleyball and how the Sitting Canucks can qualify for the 2020 Games! Doug has been representing Canada since he was 14, when he joined the Standing Team and helped them to a World Championship. Since the sport changed to sitting, Doug has helped Canada win 4 straight medals at the Para Pan Am Games!
If you are eligible and interested in trying out for Canada's sitting programs please contact Manager of Para High Performance Nicole Ban nban@volleyball.ca
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This week we are joined by USports and Ryerson Ram star Lauren Veltman! Lauren is a National and Provincial Champion with Ryerson University. She has also won several individual awards including an OUA First-Team All-Star, a Second-Team OUA All-Star, member of the OUA All-Rookie Team and Ryerson Rams Female Rookie of the Year. Before attending Ryerson, Lauren was a member of the Pakmen Volleyball Club where she won a Provincial Championship and National Silver medal in her 18U year. She was an OVA All-Star in her 17U and 18U and Volleyball Canada All-Star in 17U. Fun fact, Lauren was a star lacrosse player, making the provincial team in 2010.
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Colin Walker has coached at the University, Youth National Team, Club, Regional, and School level! He shares his knowledge and how he keeps learning after many years of experience and success
Colin is taking the lead for starting a Mens Volleyball Team at the University of Ottawa. If you'd like to get involved with fundraising or organizing events for the squad please contact Colin cwalker@sportscan.ca
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This week's guest is all round beauty Jeff Millar! He is currently the head coach of the Fanshawe Falcons Women's Volleyball Team. He was recently the Fanshawe Men's Volleyball Assistant Coach from 2017-2019, where he won two OCAA championships, one CCAA silver medal and a CCAA gold medal in 2018-19. Jeff has also coached at Nipissing University, London Fire, Durham Attack, Canadore College, Camp Madawaska and many other teams I'm sure we're forgetting.
Jeff takes us through his coaching philosophy and also shares some tips for development! We hope you enjoyed this episode! Please leave a 5 Star Review and Subscribe to the show! Stay Excellent Friends!
Andy Kos has won 5 National Championships, competed at U21 Beach Youth Worlds, and is currently at the University of Toronto. Kos fires us up for the upcoming OUA season and hints on a few rivalries in the GTA.
We also cover his beach career which includes getting hustled for lunch by a future international star in Hermosa!
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We had to chase him for a while, but we finally got Mike Plantinga to join the show! What a journey Mike has had from moving to Toronto fro a summer to earn a nomination for Youth Worlds to leaving U of Alberta early to commit to beach full time. He has been grinding since he arrived in Toronto where he was a baker, server, coach and many other odd jobs just to keep his head above water. Great story and great guy to root for! Mike is a National Champion, Top 4 Finish at Pan Am, an proud owner of the Galaxy Volleyball Club.
Mike is an amazing family man, and with that you can hear his recently turned 1 year old son in the background a few times. It is not our best audio to date, but who could be mad at the little guy and Mike gave an amazing interview. Thanks for your understanding and enjoy the show!
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While in China we were lucky enough to run into 2012 Olympian, Youth World Champion, and half of Team Llama Becchara Palmer! Becchara shares her impressive journey to playing internationally, how she manages a full time career and being a main draw player on the FIVB, playing in the AFL, World Championships, fundraising for Team Llama and so much more!
We hope you enjoy this episode! For more interviews with Olympians we've had TJ Sanders, Heather Bansley and Super Best Friend of the Show Ben Saxton. For international guests check out The Mart Tiisaar & Kusti Nolvak Show, The Mathias Berntsen Show and The Billy Allen Show.
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Shanice Marcelle is one of Canada's most decorated athletes! She won a CIS/USports Championships all 5 years while she was at UBC. She has also won a Championships with her German Pro Team. This summer she earned her 8th Championship by winning Volleyball Canada Beach Nationals!
Shanice also earned CIS Player of the Year honours and was named the flag bearer at the FISU Games.
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Logan Mend just signed his first professional contract with Hapoel Kfar Saba in Israel. We talk about his process for deciding on a pro team, his first Cliver win, U21 World Championships, York Lions and so much more! Logan is one of the few athletes who can play Beach and Indoor at the highest levels. He is starting his pro career on the indoor side; but we hope to see him representing Canada very soon on the Beach!
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Friend of the Show and fan favourite Tomas Sorra makes his long awaited debut on the show! Tomas is one of the few athletes to compete for Canada at the U21 level for both Beach and Indoor. Tomas is currently playing for the Calgary Dinos. He was a member of Pakmen where he medalled at Nationals and won two Provincial Championships! Tomas was also a key player on one of the best Regional Teams.
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Toronto is hosting teams from all over North America this weekend to crown the 75th annual 9Man Major Champions! We were lucky to sit down with Edmund Chan and Jenny Hui from the hosting committee to discuss the size of the event, history, rules, and so much more! 9Man has a great community and are thankful to have the opportunity to share it with our listeners!
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HEATHER BANSLEY!!! Dallas and Josh were over the moon when Superstar Olympian Heather Bansley agreed to join the show. We learn about her early years in our sport, University of Toronto, her process and path to the top, tales from the road and so much more!
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Sophia and Alina currently play for the University of Toronto Varsity Blues, where they are defending OUA Champions! They both have won One Volleyball Premier Championships and have dominated on the beach. The fun doesn't end there, both played are graduated of the Ottawa Mavericks Volleyball Club! Alina also represented Canada at the FISU Games this summer! We talk about all of this and more on Episode 27 of Passin Dimes.
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Josh and Dallas bring some strong opinions to this episode. Who do they think will qualify for the Olympics, who is going to win Beach Nationals, who is the best multi sport athlete in vball, and who holds the most unbreakable record in Canadian Volleyball. We'd love to hear your opinions on all of these subjects and much more!
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Payton Sproule took the time out of her busy training schedule to join us! Payton is an rising star in Ontario who has already verbally committed to the University of Central Arkansas before her senior year of high school. North Bay may not sound like a volleyball hot bed to some, but thanks to the wonderful community there Payton has met many role models through Norceca Beach Tour events, OVA Grand Slams and Volleyball Canada Beach Nationals.
Payton tells us about what it was like growing up in the North Bay volleyball community, her role models, the NCAA recruiting process, and what's next as she enters her last year of high school before going to play D1 in the NCAA.
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Worth the wait! This week's episode features long awaited guests Jaki Ellis and Jolande Amoraal, the creators of the One Volleyball League! We cover everything from the creation of the Challenger Series, Premier League, Canada Cup, favourite players and big future plans!
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Thanks to Grant O'Gorman for the hook up, we were able to meet with Mathias Berntsen of the Norway Beach Volley Vikings while he was in Edmonton! Mathias has played in over 30 FIVB events for Norway at the young age of 23. He has won two youth CEV events and 3 Top 5 results at FIVB Youth events.
During this episode we cover the Norway Sport System, the coolest high school, ToppVolley Norway, and tales from the road. Be sure to follow the Beach Volley Vikings on all social media platforms and check out their amazing YouTube page https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmY5YcHnXW3lDFTf_WpDbVg
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This is a big one! This week we are joined by USA Beach Superstar, Published Author, and Top Podcast Host BILLY ALLEN! Thanks to Friend of the Show Grant O'Gorman who helped schedule all of our international guests! Billy took the time to meet with us after winning the Bronze Medal at the Edmonton 3 Star.
Billy has represented the USA on the FIVB Beach Tour over 30 times and played in over 100 AVP events, winning Seattle twice. Billy is also an author of two books, one volleyball related, Coach Your Brains Out (link below), and one non volleyball related, Good Blood. Volleyball fans will also know Billy from the podcast Coach Your Brains Out, that comes out every Friday. Fans will also recognize Billy from Danny Kinda.
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We ran into Maverick Hatch during the Beach Canada Cup in Edmonton, he was gracious enough to sit down with us and discuss his journey to the national team, his pro career, transitioning to his career, married life, and what programs he is currently coaching. Mav shared some great stories from on and off the court, can't wait to have him on again when Dallas can join and add that dry cool wit.
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Mart Tiisaar & Kusti Nolvak from Estonia took time out of their busy schedules at the Edmonton 3 Star to sit down with us and share how they compete on the World Tour without technically having a National Federation for Beach, why they went to the beach after playing indoor pro, who they train with, and lots of other fun facts!
After this episode you will be a super fan of Estonia Beach because they are genuinely great guys who have found a way to compete at the highest level without any support when they started. They have funded their own careers for 4 years and have now started funding other players from Estonia so they can train and compete on the World Tour.
Follow them on Instagram and Facebook, and check out their website (friendly tip, it helps if you speak Estonian) https://www.instagram.com/nolvaktiisaar/
http://nolvaktiisaar.ee/
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Ryerson Ram and Madawaska Madness member Joel Hannan joins the show this week! He has a unique path to high level volleyball. Growing up as a hockey player, Joel started playing rec tournaments in first year university and was hooked. Now a masters student Joel is a varsity athlete for the Ryerson Rams. We cover his path, OUA Volleyball, Beach, and his Masters studies on athletes and thier career paths.
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Beach National Team Member MC Lapointe joins us at the Passin Dimes studio this week. MC and partner Amanda Harnett won Canada's bid to represent us at the 2019 Pan Am games in Peru later this month. On this episode we cover the path to Pan AM with MC, as well as, her early beginnings into volleyball in Quebec, Cegep/CIS, how she tried out for the beach national team, and some great stories from the road.
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Two guests are better than one! This week Liam Kopp and Chris Towe stopped by the Passin Dimes studio to share some great stories from the road, a lot of laughs and how they've reached the top level of our sport!
Chris and Liam grew up in one of the best generations with 5 of the 13 members of Team Canada Beach Next Gen Program coming from the same circle of friends. Jake MacNeil, Will Hoey, Gabe Burlacu, Liam Kopp, Sergey Grabovskyy and Chris Towe grew up playing with and against each other on the OVA Beach Tour.
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Shaun and Dave from the Beach Volleyball Academy in Port Stanley, ON joined Passin Dimes while they were at the OVA Grand Slam. Shaun and Dave have built an amazing beach program in Southwestern Ontario that has introduced hundreds of athletes to beach volleyball. Their energy and love for the sport is obvious every session they host in Port Stanley!
Shaun and Dave passion for the sport has also lead them to host a Play with the Pros and Parents/Child Tournament. These two love the sport and are a huge part of the sport's growth in Ontario!
To learn more about the Beach Volleyball Academy please follow this link
http://www.beachvolleyballacademy.com/BeachVolleyballAcademy/index.html
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We are very lucky to have international superstar Brandie Wilkerson join the show this week! Brandie and partner Heather Bansley are a top ranked team on the FIVB World Tour.
Brandie took us down the path of how she started playing, her playing career at York University, and what got her into beach. We also learn about how she dominates internationally as a vegetarian.
We continued our power couple debate continued this week, surprisingly Brandie does not put her and Will Hoey #1.
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Wesley Kwong joins the show to give us an in depth look at 9man Volleyball. He gives us a great history lesson and shares all the details that make the community so great. Even if you've never seen 9man this episode is for you!
Wesley is a 16 year vet of the sport with Ngun Lam Volleyball. He's seen it all from winning the Canada Day, New York Mini, being a finalist at the Major, and a mentor/ambassador for the sport. Josh was lucky enough to coach at Ngun Lam and meet amazing people like Wes who truly care about the sport and culture within it.
If you are interested in learning more about 9man please check out a great document http://www.9-man.com/
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Lucky Number 13! This week we are joined by power couple Anna Dunn-Suen & Roland Bouchard. They educated us on their beach seasons, being a student athlete, Usports, volleyball power couples, and how they met.
Good luck to Anna and Roland who are completing this weekend at the OVA Grand Slam in Toronto, Ontario. If you are at the event be sure to say hi to Josh and Dallas who will be on site at the event.
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Canadian Beach Superstar Aaron Nusbaum joins the show! Aaron has represented Canada at the Youth Worlds where he medalled twice, Norceca Tour also medalled twice including a tournament win in 2018, Gold Medalist at the Maccabiah Games, World Championships, and is in the running to be nominated to represent Canada at the 2019 Pan Am Games in Peru.
Aaron is also an owner of One Volleyball Premier League The Magnes Spartans! Catch Aaron's team in action every week this June and July around the GTA and hopefully in Edmonton this July for the One Volleyball Canada Cup!
Dallas and Josh also provide an update for the men's and women's indoor teams as well as the world of beach volleyball. Please send us your comments and a 5Star review (until Dallas's appeal for a 6Star review is accepted) Stay excellent!
Olympian, Superstar, and Super Friend of the show Ben Saxton makes his debut on Passin Dimes! He goes into detail on his volleyball family, CIS Championships, and playing over 15 years and 130 events for Canada on the beach!
We also cover Ben's two businesses he started to grow volleyball on the west coast. The West Coast Beach Volleyball Society (https://www.wecobevo.com/) is an organization created to raise funds not only to develop an elite athlete environment for Western Canadians beach athletes to train and thrive on the West Coast, but also in community spirit, we are donating a percentage of all our funds raised to KidSport.
His second project is The National Beach Volleyball League (https://nbvl.ca/) The NBVL’s mission is to cultivate a professional environment for both men’s and women’s Beach Volleyball in Canada through the development of professional leagues in major cities.
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Marc Wilson joins the show fresh off his new contract to play in Czechia next year. Marc takes us on a journey from club with the Waterloo Tigers, University of Guelph, Team Canada and Pro in France and Czech.
More importantly Marc is newly engaged, big congratulations to Marc and his fiance! We also go off the board to learn about Marc's first drink of alcohol and how he was a world ranked gamer! Enjoy and Stay Excellent!
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Canadian Superstar Autumn Bailey made time for us before training to talk her journey to the National Team through high school, club, the NCAA and Pro. We also get into the transfer process from Marquette to Michigan State (GO GREEN!) Autumn shares advice on how she recovered from injury and had a big bounce back season after a rough first weekend back.
To see Autumn and the Women's National Team play live check out volleyball.ca to learn more about the Women’s Volleyball Challenge Cup, in Châteauguay, QC, May 31-June 02, 2019.
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How lucky are we?! Jesse Elser was at Volleyball Canada Youth Nationals supporting his brother Aaron before he headed to Gatineau for Team Canada tryouts. He was gracious enough to take the time to appear on the show. He shared the details on his journey to the national team, including moving away from home in grade 12 to train full time with the FTC group. We also discuss how he returned from from injury, the Trinity Western culture, and so much more!
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Craig Moore (CMoore) and Jodi Zbyszewski (Jodi Z) were in town for youth nationals and we were soooo lucky to have them join us for a bonus episode. We discuss everything from USports, Beach, Indoor, Kits Beach, Clivers, The Van Open, Sideout Beach Club, The Vancouver Community and tips to give athletes confidence. CMoore and Jodi Z have so much to offer from their own playing careers and stellar coaching careers.
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Erik Mattson joins Passin Dimes this week to discuss his amazing career, fashion advice and what he's up to now. Thanks to the wonderful staff at Volleyball Canada, Josh and Dallas were able to record a few guests at Indoor Youth Nationals in Toronto. We were so lucky to run into Erik Mattson who was there coaching his 16U team.
For anyone not familiar with Erik he was a key member of possibly the best club team ever Toronto Blues. Went on to win a National Championship with the Alberta Golden Bears. From there he spent 4 years over seas playing professionally. Now Erik is giving back by coaching and will return to Alberta this fall to further his education and coach some kids. If you're in Alberta check out Pursuit Volley and the Setter Academy to work with Erik this fall!
Becky Pavan joins the show! She shares all the details about being recruited to the NCAA and what her poor mailman went through, what it was like playing for both the indoor and beach National teams for Canada, and the joy and pressure of playing pro (especially in Poland).
Josh and Dallas also cover the NCAA Beach Volleyball Championships and Men's Indoor Championships. Dallas doesn't like the dual system because it doesn't showcase his skills as an individual... Josh gets fired up that Alison isn't in the Itapema Brazil FIVB 4 Star. (HOW MANY GOLD MEDALS DO YOU NEED TO WIN TO GET A WILDCARD!!)
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This week we are joined by Team Canada Setter TJ Sanders. He gives us all the details from club, his decision to leave university to train full time with the National team, recovering from injury and all the mental madness that goes into being one of the best setters in the world!
Dallas and Josh also cover all the Canadians competing in the 2019 NCAA Beach Championships
You can help celebrate Beach Volleyball Olympian Conrad Leinemann's birthday by donating to Can Fund. Can Fund is a not for profit organization dedicated to supporting Canadian Athletes. http://canadianathletesnow.ca/
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Jake MacNeil joins Passin Dimes as the first real official guest (Dallas doesn't count). We discuss everything from Jake's entry into the sport, his amazing family, what it's like on tour and some amazing adventures Jake and Dallas had on the road. Enjoy!
Canada hosted our World Championships Trials! Hear about who's in and what the countdown to May 6th means to our men's teams. We also discuss the Pan Am Games watch with several teams going for Canada's spot. Dallas and Josh can't contain their excitement for the Edmonton 3Star this July. We also discuss the FIVB Star System vs the old school Open/Grand Slam model. Enjoy and stay excellent!
Former FIVB Player Dallas Keith and current Volleyball Canada Performance Analyst Josh Nichol share the origin of the Passin' Dimes Podcast. Dallas shares some road stories from Youth World Championships, Aulstralia, Slovenia and many more!