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! ht...
May 27, 2020•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 91
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! We are excited to announce our ...
May 22, 2020•49 min•Ep. 90
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 Shady Rays! For a limited time Shady Rays is offering our listeners 40% off when they purchase two (2...
May 20, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 89
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. We hope you enjoyed this episode ...
May 15, 2020•1 hr•Ep. 88
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. We hope you enjoy(ed) this episode! Please send any comments, give a 5 star review ...
May 13, 2020•40 min•Ep. 87
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 fr...
May 08, 2020•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 86
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! We hope you enjoyed this episode. Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss any new episodes!...
May 06, 2020•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 85
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 par...
May 01, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 84
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 s...
Apr 29, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 83
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 the show is telling your friends and leaving a 5 Star review! Stay Excellent friends!
Apr 24, 2020•42 min•Ep. 82
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! We hope you enjoyed...
Apr 22, 2020•46 min•Ep. 81
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 med...
Apr 17, 2020•43 min•Ep. 80
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 futu...
Apr 15, 2020•36 min•Ep. 79
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 ...
Apr 10, 2020•39 min•Ep. 78
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 challenge...
Apr 08, 2020•59 min•Ep. 77
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 Titl...
Apr 03, 2020•58 min•Ep. 76
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! We hope ...
Apr 01, 2020•37 min•Ep. 75
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 On...
Mar 27, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 74
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 Natio...
Mar 26, 2020•41 min•Ep. 73
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 compliment you can give the show is telling your friends and leaving a 5 Star review! Please leave a c...
Mar 20, 2020•44 min•Ep. 72
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 201...
Mar 18, 2020•38 min•Ep. 71
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 name...
Mar 13, 2020•55 min•Ep. 70
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...
Mar 06, 2020•55 min•Ep. 69
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. For more information on the West Coast Beach Volleyball Society or...
Mar 05, 2020•46 min•Ep. 68
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, as...
Feb 28, 2020•43 min•Ep. 67
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. We hope you enjoyed this episode. Please give us a 5 Star review if you feel like we earned it. Le...
Feb 26, 2020•46 min•Ep. 66
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. We hope you enjoyed this episode! Dan JVD had some great stories, be sure to tell your friends so they can enjoy this great episode as well! Please leave a 5 Star Review and a comment! Stay...
Feb 21, 2020•43 min•Ep. 65
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 t...
Feb 14, 2020•41 min•Ep. 64
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! We hope you enjoyed this episode, thanks for listing! The best compliment you can give the show is telling your friends! Give us a 5Star review if you think we earned it. N...
Feb 12, 2020•46 min•Ep. 63
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...
Feb 07, 2020•51 min•Ep. 62
