Passin Dimes Podcast

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 con...

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...

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 Jo...

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 A...

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 FIV...

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...

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...

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!  We are excited to announce our partnership with...

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 Universi...

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 represent...

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...

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 journe...

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...

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 th...

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!  We hope you enjoy this episode! Please check out our other episodes and remember the best compliment you can give...

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 fri...

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...

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.  Kof...

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 Playe...

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. S...

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 meda...

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 Vol...

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 an...

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 Birmin...

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.  We hope you enjoyed this episode! The best c...