Passin Dimes Podcast

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!  Be sure to check out Club Json at https://www.clubjson.com/ Use promo co...

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.  Use...

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 B...

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...

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 As...

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 Ac...

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!  We hope you enjoyed the Shayne White Show! He shared some amazing stories a...

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 play...

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 super...

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.  We hope you enjoyed this episode! Please leave a 5 Star Review and keep those comments coming! We are ov...

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!  We hope you enjoyed Autumn's second time on the show! Please leave a 5 Star Review...

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 bronz...

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 Hum...

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...

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 Y...

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...

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...

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...

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-America...

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 C...

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 a...

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 M...

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...

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 Champio...

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 Championsh...