Passin Dimes Podcast

Aug 9, 2024

Changing it up this week! Recently Matt Krueger VC Women's Indoor NextGen Lead Coach, UBC Assistant Coach, one of the creators of New Wave and all round great guy gave a presentation on Including Sensory Information Into Practices. This one is very coach heavy and gets into the details of motor learning and how to apply them in training. We hope you enjoy this one and we'll be back next week with more interviews and stories. Stay Excellent!

Aug 2, 2024

Finally! We got him! One of the best personalities in our sport, Irvan Brar joins the show! Irvan played at UBC where he helped them capture a National Championship. Brar has represented Canada on the youth, FISU, and Next Gen National Team. He's also played pro in Germany, Saudi Arabia, and Denmark. We talk about all of this and his overall love for our sport and how he finds ways to give back. 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 your friends about the show! Stay excellent!

Jul 26, 2024

Vancouver Open Champion and AVP Rookie of the Year Megan Rice joins the show! Megan grew up in California and committed to UC Santa Barbara before transferring to LMU. At LMU Megan would star on the indoor team and compete for both indoor and beach later in her career. Oddly enough, she never took beach seriously until her NCAA career and now competes regularly on the AVP Tour. We talk about all of this and more! 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 your friends about the show! Stay excellent!

Jul 19, 2024

York Lion Alex Ko joins the show! We talk about his path from Unity, Reach to York and the 9man Circuit with Toronto Qilin Volleyball Club. Alex has worked his way into being a USports starter. What makes it even more impressive is he went from a club and provincial team middle to starting libero and left side in the OUA. We also get into his favourite 9man venues and what he loves about the sport If you enjoyed this episode please pass it on to any members of the volleyball community you think would benefit or have a good laugh. Thanks, and stay excellent!

Jul 12, 2024

It's about time! We finally get a Université de Sherbrooke star on the show! Jer has won 3 RSEQ Championships, a CCAA Bronze, USports Bronze and 2 USports Silver medals! We discuss his path into volleyball, playing indoor and beach at a high level, his routines and so much more If you enjoyed this episode please pass it on to any members of the volleyball community you think would benefit or have a good laugh. Thanks, and stay excellent!

Jul 5, 2024

Friend of the Show Craig Moore returns to the show! We talk club volleyball, Side Out Beach Volleyball, and the best tournament of the year, the Vancouver Open! Cmoore always gives great coaching tips and his passion for our sport is contagious If you enjoyed this episode please pass it on to any members of the volleyball community you think would benefit or have a good laugh. Thanks, and stay excellent!

Jun 28, 2024

Team Canada Beach, Indoor Pro and UBC Alumni Coltyn Liu joins the show for a 3rd time. Coltyn grew up playing for Apex & Fraser Valley before attending UBC. Coltyn has played for Team Canada's Junior and Next Gen Indoor Teams before joining the Beach National Team. We get caught up on his last year at UBC, first year pro, training full time on the beach, his approach to journaling 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!

Jun 21, 2024

3x OUA Champion, National Team Member, and one of the creators of Air Time, Maxime Gratton joins the show! We talk about Max's sport background growing up, the moment he realized his father was an Olympian, winning the Ken Davies award, committing to and playing at MAC, National Team programs and so much more! We also discuss how he is a high performance athlete with diabetes and the strategies he uses to make sure he's ready on game day. 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 your friends about the show! Stay excellent!