Team Canada Women's Team and University of Georgia Head Coach Tom Black joined the show to talk about his playing and coaching career. Tom played at UC San Diego where he was a four-year letter winner, Volleyball Magazine’s Small College Player of the Year and Small College All-American. Tom has coached for several programs including being an Assistant for the USC Men's Program, Head Coach of the UC San Diego women’s team, Head coach for indoor and beach at LMU, and assistant coach with the USA ...
Sep 18, 2020•51 min•Ep. 121
Rising Star Max Guehrer joined the show to tell us about his start in volleyball, competing at the U19 Worlds shortly after he started playing beach competitively, playing on the World Tour, his Podium finish in Ljubljana, Top 10 at the Espinho 4 Star, Anoc Games and so much more! We also talk about his clothing brand, Max G Apparel. Check it out if you want to own the most comfortable clothing for volleyball players https://my-site-109769-100987.square.site/ We hope you enjoy this episode! Plea...
Sep 11, 2020•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 120
Sophie Bukovec has built an impressive resume that includes several youth provincial and national medals, an OUA Championship, Tournament All Star & MVP, McMaster athletics Rookie of the year, Big West Conference champion with Long Beach, 3x NCAA champion, 2x PAC 12 champion, 2x All- American, U21 Beach Volleyball World Champion and has represented Canada 35x on the World Tour! Hear all about her journey including what her approach is to tough situations, how she got comfortable on the world...
Sep 04, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 119
2x OUA Champion, OFSAA Champion, Beach National Champion, OVA Provincial Team Member, OVA Medalist, and all round great guy Alex Oneid joined the show to tell us all about growing up in Ottawa, Glashan Middle School, Glebe, Ottawa Mavericks, Queens University, Algonquin College, Beach, mental health and so much more! We hope you enjoy this episode! Please leave a 5 Star review and a comment, we enjoy hearing from you. Remember friends, the best compliment you can give the show is telling your fr...
Aug 28, 2020•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 118
New Zealand Star Jason Lochhead joins the show to share his playing career, coaching career, golf game, and lots of great stories from the road. Jason played 116 FIVB events, earning 78 main draw results and 11 top 10 finishes. Jason and partner Kirk Pitman narrowly missed the Olympics as players before joining the coaching ranks and working with top teams from around the world. Jason started his coaching career with Vanuatu, before leading super best friend of the show Ben Saxton and Chaim Scha...
Aug 26, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 117
University of Alberta Golden Bear volleyball alumni John Goranson joins the show to tell us about his 2x CIS/USports National Championships, 2x Canada West Titles, experience with the Junior National Team, Pro and playing in England while completing his Masters. Goranson also won the prestigious Block ‘A’ Ring that demonstrate an exceptional contribution to interuniversity sport in the areas of athletics, academics, community support, and leadership. We hope you enjoyed this episode. Be sure to ...
Aug 21, 2020•47 min•Ep. 116
Superstar Fred Winters took the time to share so many great stories from his experiences with the Canadian National Team and Professional Volleyball. Easily one of our favourite episodes (obviously they are all great, but this one especially!) Fred joined our National Team in 2003 when he was entering his senior season at Pepperdine University, playing for the Waves and legend Marv Dunphy. During his career Fred included a lot including earning the captaincy with Team Canada, 2016 Olympian, 2x C...
Aug 19, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 115
Ryerson Rams Head Coach Matt Harris joins the show! Matt has been with Ryerson since 2012 when he joined the women’s program as an assistant before joining the men’s team in 2015-16 and taking over the head coach role in 2018. Matt has a lot of coaching experience including but not limited to Glebe where he won an OFSAA Championship, Ottawa Kangaroos, National Capitals, Ottawa Fusion, Aurora Storm, Titans, and Pakmen. Team Ontario men’s program at National Team Challenge Cup, Canada Cup, USA HP,...
Aug 14, 2020•52 min•Ep. 114
Superstar Gavin Schmitt joined the show to talk about his career that includes being approached at his part time job in high school to joining the National Team a few years later. Gavin is a CCAA National Champion with Red Deer College, he won league championships in Korea, Turkey, Greece, Brazil, and won several MPV, best opposite & best scorer awards. He is also a big reason why Canada qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio where the squad earned a 5th place finish. We cover all of th...
Aug 12, 2020•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 113
Bryan Fraser is currently the head coach of the College of the Rockies Avalanche women's volleyball team. Bryan started coaching during his playing career when he had opportunities with his pro club in Holland and with the Saskatchewan Provincial Team Program. As a player Bryan played for University of Saskatchewan Huskies for five years, Canada's Junior National Team and after graduation Bryan went to the Volleyball Canada full-time training centre. FTC helped Bryan prepare to represent Canada ...
Aug 07, 2020•55 min•Ep. 112
Jessie and Mariah joined the show to talk about their careers and new project VolleyIQ! Both Jessie and Mariah played club for the Dinos Volleyball Club in Calgary and for Team Alberta growing up. Both would play their post secondary for the University of Alberta Pandas. Jessie is currently a member of the Canadian Women’s National Volleyball Team and has played overseas in France and Austria. Mariah competed in her first professional season in Germany this season. She has represented Canada sev...
Aug 05, 2020•39 min•Ep. 111
Megan Nagy (Dehod) took time out of her Wedding Anniversary to record an episode with us! Megan grew up in Saskatchewan where she competed in several spots including volleyball and baseball. She made the decision to pursue volleyball at Medicine Hat College where she earned First Team All-Star each year, Female Athlete of the Year and the Canadian Colleges Athletic Association Player of the Year. After college Megan played professionally in Laon, France. After focusing on indoor Megan made the g...
Jul 31, 2020•55 min•Ep. 110
Michael Denton joined us to talk about his career that includes 2x Ofsaa Championships, 4x Ontario Championships, 4x National Championship, 2x Volleyball Canada All-Star, playing at U of Toronto for five (5) years and being named Captain for four (4) of those seasons! Not to mention he was a member of Canada's Number 1 Beach Crew with the Ontario Volleyball Association. Growing up Michael was a member of the original Crush club teams. Denton shares some John May stories and how he chose to atten...
Jul 29, 2020•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 109
Patrick Johnston has accomplished so much! While playing for Durham Attack he helped the club win a Provincial and National Championship. Outside of club he would represent Canada at the NORCECA Youth Championships in Mexico City and Team Ontario at the Canada Games in Regina. Patrick committed to Thompson Rivers where he was awarded the Sports Task Force Athletes of the Year. Pat transferred back to Ontario to play for the University of Western Mustangs. He would earn OUA Libero of the Year and...
Jul 24, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 108
Canadian Libero Kristen Moncks joins the show! Kristen grew up playing for Aces and Dinos in Alberta before attending Medicine Hat College where she would be named Rookie of the Year and a 1st Team All Star during her career. After Medicine Hat she transfered to Trinity Western where she would help the Spartans win a Canada West and CIS Championship, and earn CIS Libero of the Year Honours. Currently in her 8th season with the Canadian National Team Kristen has seen two Olympic cycles and three ...
Jul 22, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 107
2008 Olympic Gold Medalist Todd Rogers joins the show! Todd is a 2x Olympian, he's won 54 AVP Championships, when partnered with Phil Dalhausser the pair played in 57 events and played for a medal 44 times, winning 23 times! From 2008-2010, Rogers and Dalhausser won nine of the 13 FIVB Grand Slams they played! Todd is also a 4x Defensive Player of the Year on the FIVB, Best Setter (2005), Most Inspirational (2008), Team of the Year with Phil in 2010, and Tour Champion in 2010. After retiring Tod...
Jul 17, 2020•58 min•Ep. 106
The Big Shooter, King of the Beach, John May joins the show! As a player John lead the York Lions to 3 OUA Championships, and was a 2x 1st Team All Star. Fun fact, May would play one season at BYU in the NCAA. Later on John stopped playing to create the Labatt Tour that would help Canada compete at the highest level on the FIVB Tour. John would go on to coach Mark Heese and John Child at the 2004 Olympics where the team finished 5th. John would make another appearance at the Olympics, this time ...
Jul 15, 2020•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 105
Craig Marshall joined us to take a deep dive into the coaching world. Craig is currently attending the University of Alberta in pursuit of his Master’s Degree in Coaching. Craig has coached with the Golden Bears for 5 seasons, Team Alberta, King's University Men's and Women's Teams as an Assistant and for several clubs. Craig is a 2x Canada West Champion, 8x Provincial Champion and was part of the Bears USports win in 2014. Craig shared a lot of information his practical experience combined with...
Jul 10, 2020•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 104
Kamila Haase grew up competing in Track and Field and Figure Skating. She made the change to volleyball in grade 11 and her career took off from there. Playing club for the Scarborough Titans, Kamila then made Team Ontario and the Youth National Team. Kamila attended McMaster where she was named to the OUA All Rookie Team and helped the Marauders win an OUA Gold and Silver medal during her career. Next season Kamila will be in Hungry playing for MÁV Előre Sport Club Hungaria. We hope you enjoyed...
Jul 08, 2020•59 min•Ep. 103
How lucky are we?! John Mayer shared his playing and coaching experience with us as well as some amazing tips that coaches can use right away. John is an NCAA Champion with Pepperdine, on the beach John has won 4x AVP, 63 Top 5 AVP Finishes, 2x FIVB Gold Medalist, 5 Top 5 finishes in only 31 events, and 3x Medalist on the Norceca Tour. As a coach John has worked with LMU Women's Beach Team, Gold Medal Squared, Flint / Day & Allen / Slick on the FIVB Tour, and the US Men's Collegiate National...
Jul 03, 2020•58 min•Ep. 102
The all time leader in KBVA (Clivers) wins and prize money, 6x BC Provincial Champion, Seaside Open Champion, Jonny Wiskar joined the show! Jonny played indoor at Capilano in the CCAA before transferring to UBC in the CIS (USports). Jonny may be one of the best, if not the best, beach player in Canada to never represent Canada in an international tournament. Jonny tells us all about the tournaments he's played in and what it's like playing with Matt LeBourdais, Maverick Hatch, Jared Kraus, Rudy ...
Jul 01, 2020•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 101
Joey Jarvis shares his unique journey to the National Team and Professional Volleyball! Joey's path includes playing at Pakmen Volleyball Club, choosing not to play at the post secondary level, working his way through the adult tournament ranks, making a name for himself in the One Volleyball League, attending the Volleyball Canada National Excellence Program (formally Full Time Training Centre, FTC), making Volleyball Canada's National B' Team, and signing his first pro contract with German Clu...
Jun 26, 2020•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 100
Megatron, Megan Nash joined the show to tell us about her career in the Ontario Volleyball Association (OVA), University of Central Arkansas, and Loyola Marymount University. At Central Arkansas Megan won the Southland Conference Championship in 2017, Southland All-Academic First Team 2014 – 2017, 3x First Team All Conference Player, Southland Student-Athlete of the Year, 2x UCA Female Student-Athlete of the Year. After transferring to focus on beach at LMU, Megan won a West Coast Conference Tit...
Jun 24, 2020•54 min•Ep. 99
UCLA and Canadian Youth National Team Star Cole Ketrynski joined the show to tell us about his career, recruiting, what he learned during his first year at UCLA, and what he's looking forward to next! Cole was selected to Off the Block's Freshman All-America team, named to the second-team All-MPSF team and to the All-MPSF Freshman team. He is a Provincial and National Champion for Beach and Indoor and won a Gold Medal playing indoor at the 2017 Canada Summer Games. We are excited to announce our...
Jun 19, 2020•49 min•Ep. 98
Canadian National Team Member, University of Pittsburgh Alumni, 3x ACC Champion, and new signing to Volley-Ball Club Chamalières (France) Layne Van Buskirk joins the show! Layne achieved so much at Pitt including competing at the NCAA Tournament all four (4) years of her career, 2x AVCA All-America Honorable Mention, 2x All-ACC First Team, 2x All-ACC Academic Team, and ACC All-Freshman Team. Layne tells us all about her National Team and Pitt Career as well as her start in our sport and her skil...
Jun 17, 2020•55 min•Ep. 97
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 confidence and mental toughness, his impressive work ethic, and so much more! We are excited to announc...
Jun 12, 2020•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 96
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 Peru. Recently Kim resigned with her pro club Quimper Volley 29 in France. We learn all about th...
Jun 10, 2020•56 min•Ep. 95
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 Josh's first session on June 7th please follow the link below. Also follow The Binstock Angle on Instagr...
Jun 05, 2020•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 94
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 All-Canadian. Next year Pearce will play for Helios Giesen of the German league! We are excited to an...
Jun 03, 2020•1 hr•Ep. 93
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 FIVB World Tour, giving indoor pro a shot, and so much more! We are excited to announce our partnership...
May 29, 2020•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 92
