Passin Dimes Podcast

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.  If you enjoyed this show or any of the previous episodes please give a 5 star review on Apple, leave a comment and remember the best compliment you can give us is telling your friends about the show! Stay excellent! 

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!  If you enjoyed this show or any of the previous episodes please give a 5 star review on Apple, leave a comment and remember the best compliment you can give us is telling your friends about the show! Stay excellent! 

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  If you enjoyed this episode please pass it on to any members of the volleyball community you think would benefit or have a good laugh. Thanks, and stay excellent!   

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 If you enjoyed this episode please pass it on to any members of the volleyball community you think would benefit or have a good laugh. Thanks, and stay excellent! 

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 If you enjoyed this episode please pass it on to any members of the volleyball community you think would benefit or have a good laugh. Thanks, and stay excellent! 

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! 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!    

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.  If you enjoyed this show or any of the previous episodes please give a 5 star review on Apple, leave a comment and remember the best compliment you can give us is telling your friends about the show! Stay excellent! 

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!  If you enjoyed this show or any of the previous episodes please give a 5 star review on Apple, leave a comment and remember the best compliment you can give us is telling your friends about the show! Stay excellent! 

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!  If you enjoyed this show or any of the previous episodes please give a 5 star review on Apple, leave a comment and remember the best compliment you can give us is telling your friends about the show! Stay excellent! 

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!  If you enjoyed this show or any of the previous episodes please give a 5 star review on Apple, leave a comment and remember the best compliment you can give us is telling your friends about the show! Stay excellent! 

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!  If you enjoyed this show or any of the previous episodes please give a 5 star review on Apple, leave a comment and remember the best compliment you can give us is telling your friends about the show! Stay excellent! 

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!  If you enjoyed this show or any of the previous episodes please give a 5 star review on Apple, leave a comment and remember the best compliment you can give us is telling your friends about the show! Stay excellent! 

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.   If you enjoyed this show or any of the previous episodes please give a 5 star review on Apple, leave a comment and remember the best compliment you can give us is telling your friends about the show! Stay excellent! 

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.  If you enjoyed this show or any of the previous episodes please give a 5 star review on Apple, leave a comment and remember the best compliment you can give us is telling your friends about the show! Stay excellent! 

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!  If you enjoyed this show or any of the previous episodes please give a 5 star review on Apple, leave a comment and remember the best compliment you can give us is telling your friends about the show! Stay excellent! 

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!  If you enjoyed this show or any of the previous episodes please give a 5 star review on Apple, leave a comment and remember the best compliment you can give us is telling your friends about the show! Stay excellent! 

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.   If you enjoyed this show or any of the previous episodes please give a 5 star review on Apple, leave a comment and remember the best compliment you can give us is telling your friends about the show! Stay excellent! 

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!  If you enjoyed this show or any of the previous episodes please give a 5 star review on Apple, leave a comment and remember the best compliment you can give us is telling your friends about the show! Stay excellent! 

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!  If you enjoyed this show or any of the previous episodes please give a 5 star review on Apple, leave a comment and remember the best compliment you can give us is telling your friends about the show! Stay excellent! 

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. If you enjoyed this show or any of the previous episodes please give a 5 star review on Apple, leave a comment and remember the best compliment you can give us is telling your friends about the show! Stay excellent! 

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!   If you enjoyed this show or any of the previous episodes please give a 5 star review on Apple, leave a comment and remember the best compliment you can give us is telling your friends about the show! Stay excellent! 

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.  If you enjoyed this show or any of the previous episodes please give a 5 star review on Apple, leave a comment and remember the best compliment you can give us is telling your friends about the show! Stay excellent! 

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!  If you enjoyed this show or any of the previous episodes please give a 5 star review on Apple, leave a comment and remember the best compliment you can give us is telling your friends about the show! Stay excellent! 

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!  If you enjoyed this show or any of the previous episodes please give a 5 star review on Apple, leave a comment and remember the best compliment you can give us is telling your friends about the show! Stay excellent! 

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!   If you enjoyed this show or any of the previous episodes please give a 5 star review on Apple, leave a comment and remember the best compliment you can give us is telling your friends about the show! Stay excellent! 

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.  If you enjoyed this show or any of the previous episodes please give a 5 star review on Apple, leave a comment and remember the best compliment you can give us is telling your friends about the show! Stay excellent! 

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.  If you enjoyed this show or any of the previous episodes please give a 5 star review on Apple, leave a comment and remember the best compliment you can give us is telling your friends about the show! Stay excellent! 

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!  If you enjoyed this show or any of the previous episodes please give a 5 star review on Apple, leave a comment and remember the best compliment you can give us is telling your friends about the show! Stay excellent! 

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!  If you enjoyed this show or any of the previous episodes please give a 5 star review on Apple, leave a comment and remember the best compliment you can give us is telling your friends about the show! Stay excellent! 

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!  If you enjoyed this show or any of the previous episodes please give a 5 star review on Apple, leave a comment and remember the best compliment you can give us is telling your friends about the show! Stay excellent! 

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. If you enjoyed this show or any of the previous episodes please give a 5 star review on Apple, leave a comment and remember the best compliment you can give us is telling your friends about the show! Stay excellent! 

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!  If you enjoyed this show or any of the previous episodes please give a 5 star review on Apple, leave a comment and remember the best compliment you can give us is telling your friends about the show! Stay excellent! 

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!  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! 

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!  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! 

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!  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! 

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.  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! 

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!  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! 

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!  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! 

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!  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! 

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!  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! 

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!  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! 

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.   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! 

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.  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! 

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!  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! 

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.  We hope you enjoyed this episode. Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss any new episodes every Friday! Please give a 5 Star review, leave a comment and the best compliment you can give the show is by telling your friends! Stay Excellent! 

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.   We hope you enjoyed this episode. Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss any new episodes every Friday! Please give a 5 Star review, leave a comment and the best compliment you can give the show is by telling your friends! Stay Excellent! 

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.  If you enjoyed this show or any of the previous episodes please give a 5 star review on Apple, leave a comment and remember the best compliment you can give us is telling your friends about the show! Stay excellent! 

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!  If you enjoyed this show or any of the previous episodes please give a 5 star review on Apple, leave a comment and remember the best compliment you can give us is telling your friends about the show! Stay excellent! 

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.  If you enjoyed this show or any of the previous episodes please give a 5 star review on Apple, leave a comment and remember the best compliment you can give us is telling your friends about the show! Stay excellent! 

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!  If you enjoyed this show or any of the previous episodes please give a 5 star review on Apple, leave a comment and remember the best compliment you can give us is telling your friends about the show! Stay excellent!