Passin Dimes Podcast

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 ho...

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 enj...

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 Championshi...

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 yo...

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 giv...

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...

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...

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 epi...

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...

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 y...

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 mor...

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 comp...

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...

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,...

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 e...

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...

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 y...

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...

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 c...

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....

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 Ry...

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 hi...

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...

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 remem...