New Wave VB Founder, UBC Asst Coach, VC Youth National Team Asst Coach, Thompson Rivers former player and coach Matt Krueger joins the show! Matt had an outstanding playing career earning Provincial and National Championships before attending TWU. He started coaching while at Thompson Rivers before he pursued coaching full time while also completing his education in motor learning. We cover all of this and more! We hope you enjoy this episode. Be sure to tell your friends about us and please giv...
Jul 09, 2021•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 181
Dave Dooley is a CCAA National Champion, a Provincial Champion and National Silver Medalist with the Seaside Volleyball Club, and in 2022 Dave will coach the Team BC Beach Team at Canada Games! We hear all about Dave's experience, his passion for teaching and learning, and so much more! We hope you enjoy this episode. Be sure to tell your friends about us and please give a 5 Star review on Apple or wherever you listen! We couldn't be more excited to partner with Momentum Pro Camps. Momentum Pro ...
Jul 02, 2021•56 min•Ep. 180
Dan Meneley from Five One VB joins the show to talk all things volleyball. Dan played at Upper Canada College where he and host Josh Nichol met. Who knew a few years later they would both be in the media world of volleyball?! Dan also works for the CEV covering all the top matches from around Europe! We hope you enjoy this episode. Be sure to tell your friends about us and please give a 5 Star review on Apple or wherever you listen! We couldn't be more excited to partner with Momentum Pro Camps....
Jun 25, 2021•56 min•Ep. 179
Two World Champions on one Show! Melissa and Felipe Humana-Paredes join Josh and Garrett to discuss growing up in volleyball families, life on tour, the Olympic Qualification process, Volleyball Canada's Smart Room and so much more! We hope you enjoy this episode. Be sure to tell your friends about us and please give a 5 Star review on Apple! We couldn't be more excited to partner with Momentum Pro Camps. Momentum Pro Camps runs volleyball camps across Ontario, bringing professional athletes, co...
Jun 21, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 178
Team Canada and Trinity Western Spartan Jackson Howe joins the show to talk about growing up in an athletic family, having a twin who's also on the National Team, dominating club volleyball, playing at Trinity, the National Team and so much more! Jackson is one of the most dynamic middles in our sport today and we really appreciate the time he took to chat with us! We hope you enjoy this episode. Be sure to tell your friends about us and please give a 5 Star review on Apple! We couldn't be more ...
Jun 18, 2021•54 min•Ep. 177
Current Team Canada Beach star and U of Toronto & U of Alberta alumni Chris Towe joins Josh and Garrett and things get sharp early! We talk about OUA Rivalries, FIVB decision on the racist incident between Serbia and Thailand, VNL, Beach, the Canadian way and so much more! Thanks for listening! The best thing you can do for the show it to tell your friends! Momentum Pro Camps runs volleyball camps across Ontario, bringing professional athletes, coaches and resources to communities, clubs and...
Jun 14, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 176
Darby Dunn joined the show fresh off her NCAA National Championship appearance with LMU. We talk all about her experience with LMU and Stetson University in the NCAA, as well as her time at Douglas College and growing up in a volleyball family. Darby is off to Bulgaria to compete in more events and we'll see her representing Canada very soon! We hope you enjoy this episode. Be sure to tell your friends about us and please give a 5 Star review on Apple! We couldn't be more excited to partner with...
Jun 11, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 175
Queens Alumni, Retired Pro Player and Founder of Coach Scheerhoorn, Tyler Scheerhoorn joins the show! We talk rivalries of all kinds, but mostly sibling and league rivals. We also talk hazing and take a deep dive into the world of positive coaching. Thanks for listening! The best thing you can do for the show it to tell your friends! Check out Tyler on Instagram! @coachscheerhoorn Momentum Pro Camps runs volleyball camps across Ontario, bringing professional athletes, coaches and resources to co...
Jun 07, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 174
Trinity Western and Team Canada Star Brodie Hofer joins the show! Brodie has accomplished so much in his young career! He is a 4x National Champion (4 in a row!), High School Champ in BC, USports Champion with TWU, and has already represented Team Canada. We cover his start in volleyball, growing up in a volleyball family, the TWU culture and so much more! We hope you enjoy this episode. Be sure to tell your friends about us and please give a 5 Star review on Apple! We couldn't be more excited t...
Jun 04, 2021•58 min•Ep. 173
The Big Shooter John May joins Josh & Garrett for another great episode! The squad submits their picks for VNL, external focus in coaching, Crush Volleyball Club and so much more! Thank you so much for listening! If you enjoy the show please write a review and give a 5 Star rating on Apple Podcast, it helps the show a lot! Momentum Pro Camps runs volleyball camps across Ontario, bringing professional athletes, coaches and resources to communities, clubs and partners. Follow Momentum on socia...
May 31, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 172
Team Canada Sitting member Darek Symonowicz joins the show. Darek made the men’s national team in 2012, helped the squad win a bronze in Peru at ParaPan and looks to qualify for Tokyo next week at the Paralympic Qualifier! Follow Darek on Instagram to stay up to date on his training and our men's sitting team! @dareksymonowicz Thank you so much for listening! If you enjoy the show please write a review and give a 5 Star rating on Apple Podcast, it helps the show a lot! We couldn't be more excite...
May 28, 2021•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 171
FIVB Best Blocker and Future Olympian Brandie Wilkerson joins the show! John May returns for his 5th appearance, I think it's his 5th, we've lost count...The squad discusses the Cancun Hub, do players go back and read the comments on the live stream, Olympic Qualifying, the time John called Brandie lazy, growth mindset and believing in yourself. Thank you so much for listening! If you enjoy the show please write a review and give a 5 Star rating on Apple Podcast, it helps the show a lot! We coul...
May 24, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 170
Volleyball Guro Joe Trinsey joins the show! Joe is on the advisory staff for Gold Medal Squared, former technical coordinator for the U.S. women's national team (2013-2016) where he helped the squad win a World Championships and Bronze medal at the Olympics, former assistant coach with Team Canada and The host of the Volley Cast, a great podcast you should give a listen to. We hope you enjoy this episode. Be sure to tell your friends about us and please give a 5 Star review on Apple! We couldn't...
May 21, 2021•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 169
John May returns to the show to talk about the Cancun Hub, Olympic Qualifying, Continental Cup, and so much more with Josh and Garrett. We hope you enjoy this episode. Be sure to tell your friends about us and please give a 5 Star review on Apple! We couldn't be more excited to partner with Momentum Pro Camps. Momentum Pro Camps runs volleyball camps across Ontario, bringing professional athletes, coaches and resources to communities, clubs and partners. Follow Momentum on social media @momentum...
May 17, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 168
UBC Head Coach Mike Hawkins joins the show to talk about his impressive playing and coaching career. Mike's coaching resume includes Team Canada Youth National Team, Assistant Coach with UBC Okanagan, interim Head Coach and before that Assistant Coach at Thompson Rivers, Head Coach of Lethbridge College. As a player Mike competed for TRU and Mount Royal. 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...
May 14, 2021•1 hr 48 min•Ep. 167
Team Canada's Caroline Livingston and Captain Jen Cross join Josh and Garrett to discuss the Women's National Team prep for VNL. We also get into contract negotiations, the training environment, meeting their new teammates, Garrett and Jen argue about their high school days and so much more!! We hope you enjoy this episode. Be sure to tell your friends about us and please give a 5 Star review on Apple! We couldn't be more excited to partner with Momentum Pro Camps. Momentum Pro Camps runs volley...
May 10, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 166
USports National Champion with U of Toronto, Team Canada Indoor Alumni, and Current Team Canada Beach National Team member Anna Feore joins the podcast! We learned about Anna's journey from dance to volleyball, growing up in Stratford, joining Forest City, Team Ontario and the National Team! 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! We couldn't be ...
May 07, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 165
Two amazing coaches, Katie Hutchinson and Maria Krahn join Josh and Garrett to go deep into the challenges facing women in coaching! The squad agrees, disagrees and agrees to disagree and hopes to get you, friend of the show, to join the conversation so we can solve any issues effecting our sport today. We hope you enjoyed this episode. Please leave a comment, a 5 Star review and the best compliment you can give the show is telling your friends about us! We couldn't be more excited to partner wi...
May 03, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 164
Jared Brown joins the show to share some amazing stories and some great coaching tips. Jared is a 5 year assistant at U of M (two CIS Bronze Medals), 6 years with Bison Volleyball Club (2 National Championships, 2 National Finalists) 9 years with 204 (National Finalists in 2012), Assistant coach with Team Canada Youth Selects in 2017. 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 te...
Apr 30, 2021•1 hr 40 min•Ep. 163
TJ Sanders, Team Canada Setter, Olympian, and Ep 4 and 58 guest on Passin Dimes joins Garrett and Josh this week. The three share stories, opinions, and laughs as they talk about Trevor Lawrence's quote, beach vs indoor, how to get the best out of everyone 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! We couldn't be more excited to pa...
Apr 26, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 162
Former National Team Captain Keith Sanheim joins the show! Keith is a 1991 CIAU / Usports Champion and All Canadian. With the National Team Keith was a 1992 Olympic alternate, competed at World League, Norceca Championships, World Championships, World Cup and the Bronze Medal winning team at the 1999 Pan Am Games. He played professionally from 1993-2002 in Germany, Japan, France, Italy, Greece & Switzerland. We hope you enjoy this episode. If you've read this far please, please, please leave...
Apr 23, 2021•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 161
It's Garrett May's Birthday! Well, it was when we recorded. That's the dedication you can expect from Sharp Cuts! Joining Garrett and Josh are fan favourites John May and Oscar Kahu. The squad looks back at the glory days of Crush Volleyball, Oscar and John settle their playing time dispute, Garrett and John won an OVA Beach Tour event and the guys talk about Canada's #1 Beach Crew. We hope you enjoy this episode. Please leave a comment, a 5 Star review and the best compliment you can give the s...
Apr 19, 2021•55 min•Ep. 160
This week the tables have turned for Passin Dimes 2nd Anniversary! Friend of the show Eric Simon (Episode 133) steps up and offers to host an episode to interview co-creator and host of Passin Dimes, Josh Nichol. Josh started his coaching career over 18 years ago when he started coaching while in high school. Since then Josh has coached club for DRVC, Interclub, Leaside and Titans, school volleyball with Upper Canada College and Bishop Strachan School. Josh was lucky enough to restart the George...
Apr 16, 2021•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 159
Sharp Cuts welcomes National Team Player, Indoor and Beach, Kentucky Wildcats Alumni, and Big Deal at the Preds Volleyball Club, Becky Pavan and Queens Assistant Coach, Master of Coaching, former Head Coach of Niagara Knights, Natasha Spaling to the show! The squad talks about the support women get in the volleyball community, differences between the mens and women's game and transitioning from a player to coach. We hope you enjoy this episode. Please leave a comment, a 5 Star review and the bes...
Apr 12, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 158
Lexi Pollard joins us after finishing her first year of pro in Sweden! Lexi played for the Barrie Elites and Aurora Storm growing up before attending the University of Windsor. Lexi is the first female Lancer to turn pro! We hope you enjoy this episode. Please leave a comment, a 5 Star review and the best compliment you can give the show is telling your friends about us! We couldn't be more excited to partner with Momentum Pro Camps. Momentum Pro Camps runs volleyball camps across Ontario, bring...
Apr 09, 2021•54 min•Ep. 157
Sharp Cuts welcomes Olympians and Father - Son Duo, Don and Ben Saxton! The squad talks about the business of volleyball, volleyball families, a little east vs west discussion and so much more! Don and his family own and operate The Volley Dome in Calgary and Ben started the NBVL, so these two know what it takes to run a volleyball business. We hope you enjoy this episode. Please leave a comment, a 5 Star review and the best compliment you can give the show is telling your friends about us! We c...
Apr 05, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 156
Gabe Burlacu has represented Canada over 22 times including Youth World Championships, FISU Games, Norceca and the FIVB World Tour, earning 9 Top 10 Finishes! In this episode we discuss his start in volleyball, University of Windsor, his start in beach, playing with different partners, and his choice to move and train in BC. We hope you enjoy this episode. Please leave a comment, a 5 Star review and the best compliment you can give the show is telling your friends about us! We couldn't be more e...
Apr 02, 2021•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 155
Fan voted top guest John May and 3X Olympian Mark Heese join the show to discuss the connections between John, Garrett and Mark, coaching and the Next Generation of Beach Volleyball. We couldn't be more excited to partner with Momentum Pro Camps. Momentum Pro Camps runs volleyball camps across Ontario, bringing professional athletes, coaches and resources to communities, clubs and partners. Follow Momentum on social media @momentumprocamps for updates and details on future programs, or email the...
Mar 29, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 154
Florida State star Sara Putt joins the show to talk about NCAA, AVP, NVL Volleyball and her approach to the game. Sara was named to the CCSA All-Tournament x2, AVCA Top Flight Award, Preseason All-CCSA, 3X ACC Academic Honor Roll, AVCA All-American and is a NCAA National Finalist. We hope you enjoy this episode, please leave a 5 Star review and tell your friends. Stay Excellent! We couldn't be more excited to partner with Momentum Pro Camps. Momentum Pro Camps runs volleyball camps across Ontari...
Mar 26, 2021•54 min•Ep. 153
This week Garrett and Josh are joined by Andrew Kocur, Tomas Sorra and fan voted top guest John May! The squad discusses the business of volleyball, beach and indoor players and when do you have to choose, Estonia and their love of volleyball and so much more! We couldn't be more excited to partner with Momentum Pro Camps. Momentum Pro Camps runs volleyball camps across Ontario, bringing professional athletes, coaches and resources to communities, clubs and partners. Follow Momentum on social me...
Mar 22, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 152
