Natasha Spaling joins the show! Natasha is currently with the Guelph Gryphons as an Assistant Coach, she was formally with the Queen's Gaels as an AC, Head Coach of Niagara College, Waterloo Warriors alumni and will be on the Canada Games staff for Team Ontario at Canada Games! Tash has a Masters of Coaching, hear all about her studies and more! Please tell your friends about the show, give a 5 Star review and comment on Apple! Momentum Volleyball is the online Canadian hub for volleyball story ...
Oct 29, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 211
Beach National Team and University of Laval Alumni Simon Fecteau-Boutin joins the show! Simon brings a lot of logic to the discussion about cegep and years of eligibility on the CCAA/Usports. We also discuss Garrett playing in a rec league and having the best time, Garrett vs Simon all time and what happened when they played together! Be sure to tell your friends about us and please give a 5 Star review on Apple! Momentum Volleyball is the online Canadian hub for volleyball story telling, report...
Oct 25, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 210
Former National Team Libero Bryan Duquette joins the show! Bryan played for Forest City growing up where his team went from Tier 3 to becoming Tier 1 Provincial and National Champions! Bryan played his post-secondary volleyball at Dalhousie University where he is a 3x AUS Champion. He went on to make FTC and Team Canada before going pro in Germany and France. Bryan is now back in Canada and helping the Dalhousie Tigers, once a Tiger always a Tiger! Please tell your friends about the show, give a...
Oct 22, 2021•57 min•Ep. 209
U of Toronto Varsity Blue and former Queen's Gael Zane Grossinger joins the show! The squad gets heated discussing what would happen in an OUA vs Canada West All-Star Game. What do you think, who wins? Is it even close? We also discuss growing up with a volleyball parent and what the role of a down official really is. All this and more! Be sure to tell your friends about us and please give a 5 Star review on Apple! Momentum Volleyball is the online Canadian hub for volleyball story telling, repo...
Oct 18, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 208
Mender! Paul Mend joins the show to tell his story about how a California kid became a huge part of the volleyball community in Canada! Paul grew up in the USA before attending SFU for teacher's college. Paul quickly started coaching the BC community for both school and club. Paul coached the first Provincial Beach Team in BC. Paul has also helped make the Kits Beach scene what it is in Vancouver before moving to the Okanagan Valley. Fans will also recognize Paul from announcing at Van Open, Can...
Oct 15, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 207
Happy Thanksgiving to our Canadian listeners! This week we are joined by Beach National Team member Anna Dunn-Suen. The squad talks about volleyball drinking games and some suggestions for your next back yard game, Snow Volleyball, should short court be in the Olympics, and how can we get the refs to show off their personalities. Be sure to tell your friends about us and please give a 5 Star review on Apple! Momentum Volleyball is the online Canadian hub for volleyball story telling, reporting, ...
Oct 11, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 206
Kylie Wasser joins the show to talk about her playing career, coaching and overcoming some pretty gnarly health concerns growing up. Kylie is an alumni of McMaster University where she is an OUA Champion. Kylie has coached club, Region 3, Team Ontario HP Programs and at Camp Madawaska. Please tell your friends about the show, give a 5 Star review and comment on Apple! Momentum Volleyball is the online Canadian hub for volleyball story telling, reporting, and event coverage, allowing content crea...
Oct 08, 2021•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 205
Beach National Team member Sarah-Jeanne Meunier-Bédard and Garrett's biological father, the big shooter, John May join the show. We review Sarah-Jeanne's season, the World Tour and how we should copy tennis, how Garrett has changed since he moved out west, what SJ didn't like about Ontario when she moved here, and so much more! Be sure to tell your friends about us and please give a 5 Star review on Apple! Momentum Volleyball is the online Canadian hub for volleyball story telling, reporting, an...
Oct 04, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 204
Canadian Superstar Nick Hoag joins the show! Nick is a 2x Olympian currently playing his 10th pro season in Turkey with Arkas. Nick has won a cup in Turkey, Italy, France and has a Champions League and World League Bronze Medal. We talk about Nick's career, his love of the serving game, how he and Team Canada have developed and what we can look forward to next. Be sure to tell your friends about us and please give a 5 Star review on Apple! Momentum Volleyball is the online Canadian hub for volle...
Oct 01, 2021•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 203
Super Best Friend of the Show Ben Saxton makes his record setting 4th appearance on Passin Dimes with Friend of the Show Craig Moore. The group talks about BC Volleyball, Volleyball Communities, Federation models and so much more! Be sure to tell your friends about us and please give a 5 Star review on Apple! Momentum Volleyball is the online Canadian hub for volleyball story telling, reporting, and event coverage, allowing content creators to connect with fans, coaches and players. Momentum is ...
Sep 27, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 202
Laura Condotta joins us all the way from Cyprus where she is currently playing pro indoor! Laura has also played pro in Switzerland and was a member of Team Canada Beach. Before going pro Laura played her post-secondary volleyball at Brock University. With the Brock Badgers Laura was OUA West Player of the Year, OUA First Team All-Star, and a USports Second Team All Canadian. We talk about all of this and so much more! Be sure to tell your friends about us and please give a 5 Star review! Moment...
Sep 24, 2021•58 min•Ep. 201
That's a BIG BLOCK BATTI! James Battiston joins Sharp Cuts to talk coaching, how long a coach should stay with the same team, and the squad gets into it with who is Canada's best player ever for Beach, Indoor, Men and Women! Be sure to tell your friends about us and please give a 5 Star review on Apple! Momentum Volleyball is the online Canadian hub for volleyball story telling, reporting, and event coverage, allowing content creators to connect with fans, coaches and players. Momentum is the hu...
Sep 20, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 200
Star Setter Ciaran McGovern joins the show! Ciaran has done it all! He was Alberta player of the year and 2x Provincial Champion in High School, National Champion in Club, winner of the National Team Challenge Cup with Team Alberta and CIS Champion with the Calgary Dino. Ciaran represented Canada at the Youth, Junior and Senior level. We talk about all of this, his coaching career and so much more! Be sure to tell your friends about us and please give a 5 Star review! Momentum Volleyball is the ...
Sep 17, 2021•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 199
Sharp Cuts is back and so is Friend of the Show Becky Pavan! The squad talks tryouts, Ontario vs everyone, and Garrett creates the most challenging Fantasy Draft Format of all time! Be sure to comment on YouTube, Instagram and Facebook on who would be on your team! Be sure to tell your friends about us and please give a 5 Star review on Apple! Momentum Volleyball is the online Canadian hub for volleyball story telling, reporting, and event coverage, allowing content creators to connect with fans...
Sep 13, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 198
Fan Favourite, Team Canada alumni, and Head Coach of SAIT Trojans Dallas Soonias joins the show! We talk about Dallas's youth career, university, winning a National Championship at U of Alberta, going pro, Team Canada, his coaching career and so much more! Be sure to tell your friends about us and please give a 5 Star review! Momentum Volleyball is the online Canadian hub for volleyball story telling, reporting, and event coverage, allowing content creators to connect with fans, coaches and play...
Sep 10, 2021•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 197
James "Batti" Battiston joins the show to talk about his start in volleyball, club, winning Nationals with Scarborough Falcons, committing to York U and winning an OUA Championship, playing pro, representing Canada on the beach, his coaching career and so much more! Be sure to tell your friends about us and please give a 5 Star review! Momentum Volleyball is the online Canadian hub for volleyball story telling, reporting, and event coverage, allowing content creators to connect with fans, coache...
Sep 03, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 196
Co-Owner of Beach Blast and King of the Beach Josh Gluskin joins the show! Josh talks to us about his path through volleyball, the volleyball business, and so much more! Be sure to tell your friends about us and please give a 5 Star review on Apple! Momentum Volleyball is the online Canadian hub for volleyball story telling, reporting, and event coverage, allowing content creators to connect with fans, coaches and players. Momentum is the hub for athletes, coaches and fans to find free and paid ...
Aug 27, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 195
One of Canada's best blockers, Team BC Coach and Garrett's former partner Maverick Hatch joins returning favourite John May as the squad talks about working with challenging athletes, communicating with your partner on the beach, training vs free play for kids, and so much more! Be sure to tell your friends about us and please give a 5 Star review on Apple! Momentum Volleyball is the online Canadian hub for volleyball story telling, reporting, and event coverage, allowing content creators to con...
Aug 23, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 194
UFV Head Coach Nathan Bennett joins the show! Nathan also coached the Capilano Blues where he earned PACWEST coach of the year and won a conference championship that same season. He would go on to be an assistant coach with the Thompson Rivers University men's and women's program. Bennett has also coached the Saskatchewan Huskies, Team BC, VCCE. As a played Nathan played for Alberta Golden Bears, winning a U SPORTS national championship in 1997. He then played 12 seasons playing professional vol...
Aug 20, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 193
Friend of the show Jake MacNeil joins Garrett and Josh to discuss Canada's identity, the age you should commit to beach full time, and so much more! Be sure to tell your friends about us and please give a 5 Star review on Apple! Momentum Volleyball is the online Canadian hub for volleyball story telling, reporting, and event coverage, allowing content creators to connect with fans, coaches and players. Momentum is the hub for athletes, coaches and fans to find free and paid volleyball content, a...
Aug 16, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 192
National Team athlete Shainah Joseph joins the show! Shainah is an alumni of the Ottawa Mavericks, is an Evelyn Hollick Award, Florida Gators Alumni, and is currently getting ready for her next pro season in France. We hope you enjoy this episode. Be sure to tell your friends about us and please give a 5 Star review on Apple! Momentum Volleyball is the online Canadian hub for volleyball story telling, reporting, and event coverage, allowing content creators to connect with fans, coaches and play...
Aug 13, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 191
2x Olympian Josh Binstock joins the show. We get fired up over the Olympics, clutch mindset, hand setting, and so much more. We also discover that Josh Binstock is the one downloading our shows. If you enjoy the show let us know on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube! Be sure to tell your friends about us and please give a 5 Star review on Apple! Momentum Volleyball is the online Canadian hub for volleyball story telling, reporting, and event coverage, allowing content creators to connect with fans...
Aug 09, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 190
Coaches Michael Hawkins, Brock Davidiuk, Dave Preston, Nathan Groenveld, and Jared Brown join the show to let us know about the Youth National Team! Unfortunately Matt Krueger couldn't join us. We talk talent ID, how they organized the camp, watching the National Team at Tokyo 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! Momentum Volleyball is the online Canadian hub for volleyball story telling, reporting, and ...
Aug 06, 2021•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 189
Finally some disagreements on this show! York U Alumni, former pro indoor player and current beach rising star Logan Mend joins the show as he and Garrett and Josh get into some heated topics. The one on everyones mind is Talent ID fresh off Canada's loss to Japan in men's indoor action at the Tokyo Olympics. Next we get into playing up, talent selections, nepotism, how geography effects the Canadian system and so much more! Let us know what you think on YouTube or Instagram as there is no easy ...
Aug 02, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 188
Chris Voth joined the pod to talk about growing up in a sports family, watching Bisons and National Team games at an early age that helped influenced his career to eventually play for the U of Manitoba Bisons and Team Canada. Chris also shares his decision to come out as Canada's first openly gay national team player. Chris is currently with Team Canada as an assistant coach with the B Team in Gatineau. We hope you enjoy this episode. Be sure to tell your friends about us and please give a 5 Sta...
Jul 30, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 187
Brock University Head Coach Steve Delaney and Garrett's biological father John May join the show to talk Olympics, COVID, OUA, the Labatt Pro Tour, Performance Currency 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, coaches and resources to communities, clubs and ...
Jul 26, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 186
Jas Kim is a big part of the BC volleyball community. She has competed in the NBVL, Van Open, Several Volleyball BC events (winning the Penticton Pro in 2018, and competes in the KBVC. Hear about all this and more, annnndddddd the amazing story how her and friend of the show Dave Dooley, named their son Wilson! 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 Pr...
Jul 23, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 185
3x Olympian and Atlanta 96 Bronze Medalist Mark Heese joins Garrett and Josh to talk the Tokyo Olympics, being a Broadcaster with CBC, playing in the Celtique this past weekend with his son Markus, mental toughness 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...
Jul 19, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 184
Team Canada Superstar, Trinity Western Alumni and Junior Dinos Alumni Hilary Howe joins the show! Fans will recognize Hilary from the recent VNL where she was one of Canada's top scores. Hilary played at Trinity Western in USports before joining the Senior National Team. She has represented Canada before on the B Team, FISU Games and Youth National Team. Hear all about this and 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...
Jul 16, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 183
Garrett and Josh are back with another episode of Sharp Cuts! The squad discusses Olympic qualifying, the Olympic Tournament Formats, hosting Canadian Events, coaching 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, coaches and resources to communities, clubs and p...
Jul 12, 2021•59 min•Ep. 182
