Passin Dimes Podcast

Sask Volleyball Hall of Famer, CIS Player of the Year, National Team and Professional player and current head coach of the University of Saskatchewan Mark Dodds joins the show. Mark has accomplish so much in his career. We talk about his start in volleyball, Canada Games, winning a National Championship with Red Deer College, being CIS POY, going to FTC, playing pro in Germany and Belgium, getting into coaching and so much 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! 

Canada's newest Next Gen athlete Amy Ozee joins the show! Growing up in Maui Hawaii Amy started playing beach at a young age. She would go on to play at the University of Hawaii and Cal Poly in the NCAA. Amy's father is Canadian and represented us as a professional downhill ski racer and world class windsurf racer. When it became time for Amy to decide who she would represent on the FIVB World Tour she followed her gut feeling and tried out for Team Canada. We hear 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! 

Humber Assistant Coach and former player Mack Robertson joins the show! Mack has won a National Championship and 3 OCAA Titles as a player and 4 OCAA Titles and an CCAA Silver as a coach. We talk about his path through sport, playing club, deciding to go to Humber, winning Nationals, becoming a coach, coaching club and so much 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! 

Team Canada Men's Indoor IST and S&C Lead Michael Cook joins the show! Michael has been with the squad since 2019 and has helped the program in so many ways. We dive into all the layers of his role, plus cover his journey from growing up in Sunderland, England, playing professional Rugby, working at the University of Alberta and so much 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! 

4x OCAA Champion, 2x National Silver Medalist Christ Bowen joins the show! Chris grew up playing in Georgetown with friends of the show Steve Abrams, Josh Timukas,  and others! Their club team would go onto win Silver at Grand Prix, Provincials and Nationals! Chris gives us all the details about his journey, switching from setter to libero, winning OCAA Gold, and so much 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! 

Friends of the Show Nolan Langley (6th appearance) and Josh Timukas (3rd appearance) join the show to do a very special USports Nationals Preview. We jump into the matchups and make our predictions. Be sure to make your own bracket and follow both the men's and women's events on CBC!   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! 

This week we take a deep dive into stats with Christophe Elek! Christophe has been a Sport Performance Analyst in the sport of volleyball for the past 10 years. Elek has worked with our Senior A Women, Next Gen Women, and U21 Men, as well as professional clubs in Turkey, France, Taiwan and others.  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! 

Katie Hutchinson is involved at every level of our sport! She is the current OVA President, Region 5 President, coach with Leaside Volleyball and does so much more! Katie has won the Ontario Volleyball Association Female Development Coach of the Year and is an OVA Recognition Award Winner for her work in the community. We discuss her start in our sport, her love of coaching, building team culture, developing athletes and so much 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! 

Bringing in a big shooter for Episode 300! Howie Grossinger joins the show to talk his time at the University of Toronto where he is a 3x Provincial Champion and National Silver Medalist, Coaching National and Provincial Championships, The Maccabiah Games, owning a team in One Volleyball, Camp Robin Hood and Camp Madawaska and so much 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! 

Norwegian National Team member and Mount Royal star Samson Olsen joins the show! Samson grew up in Norway but spent a lot of time in Canada growing up, so when it came time to decide to go to a professional club in Europe or the school route in North America it was only natural that he landed in the Canada West. We talk about the Norwegian sport system, making the decision to go to MRU, tips on how smaller setters can get the job done, how he became a volleyball fanatic, and so much 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! 

Windsor Lancer Josh Timukas makes his debut on the A Show! Fans will remember him from Sharp Cuts. Josh grew up playing for Georgetown Impact and Pakmen VC where he is a Provincial and National medalist. Josh has represented Canada on the beach at U21 World Championships. We talk about all of this and more and cover the big season the Lancers are having as we approach the OUA Playoffs.  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! 

Back to back weeks with Canadian Superstars! This week we are joined by star middle Pearce Eshenko. Pearce is a member of our Senior A team that helped the team qualify for Paris 2024. He has played professionally in Germany and is currently in Portugal. Friends of the show will remember his previous episode when he was a member of Trinity Western and helped the Spartans win 3 National Championships. We take a deep dive into the life of a pro, the details a middle must pay attention to and the Olympic Qualifier.  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! 

Canadian Superstar Stephen Maar joins the show! Stephen is an Olympian and has played 7 seasons pro in Italy and Russia. We cover everything from his club days with Storm and Crush, McMaster, National Team, Pro and his serve!  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! 

Alberta Pandas Star Ronnie Dickson joins the show! Ronnie grew up playing for Pandas VC, Team Alberta, and was one of the early members of the National Excellence Program. She has already represented Canada at U19 World Championships.  We talk about her journey through sport, recruiting, being a dominate middle, and so much 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! 

Manitoba Bisons Star Raya Surinx joins the show! Raya currently leads all of USports in scoring this season. Last season she was named USports Rookie of the Year. She has also spend time with our Next Gen and U23 National Team Programs. Prior to her Bisons career Raya helped Manitoba win Canada Games and was Manitoba Player of the Year. We talk about this, her spin serve, and so much 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! 

Changing it up this week! It's like Sharp Cuts, but not the same because no Garrett! This week we are joined by Pierce Johnson and  Tyler Latu'ila  and we go down the rabbit hole of talent development. Friends of the show will remember Pierce Johnson as OUA West Player of the Year, and current Pro. Tyler played pro for AS Athlesi Mytiline (Greece), SAIT Trojans Alumni and Provincial & National Team Coach. 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! 

Shawn Sky joins the show again! Shawn is the head coach at Mount Royal University. With the Mount Royal Cougars Shawn has 2x ACAC Championships, 2x CCAA Bronze, and an CCAA National Championship! He's also been a part of Team Alberta and Volleyball Canada programs. We take a deeper dive into his love for team building, sport psychology 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! 

Guelph Gryphon's and Team Canada star Jonny Pickett joins the show! Jonny grew up playing Big Bruce Volleyball and for the Bluewater Ballstix. He then committed to the University of Guelph where he is a 1st Team All Star and All Canadian. Jonny has played indoor and beach for Team Canada at U21 indoor, U21 Beach, FISU games and looking for more this season. We talk about all of this and 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! 

Trent Excalibur Captain Danny Austin joins the show. We take a deep dive into the complex world of being a middle blocker in the OUA! We also cover his journey from growing up in London, being injured his 18U year, the first few years at Trent 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! 

Windsor Lancer Star Darian Koskie joins the show! Darian comes from a great volleyball family with brother Noah also being a Lancer. Father Scott is a Hall of Famer and was long time Captain and starting Setter for Team Canada Darian has been a part of Team Canada's programs with our U21 Program. Before joining the Lancers he played for the University of Manitoba. We chat about all of this and 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!