Passin Dimes Podcast

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! 

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. 

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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! 

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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 

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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

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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

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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!

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. 

USports & Can West Coach of the Year Pat Hennelly joins the show! Pat is head coach of the Thompson Rivers University (TRU) WolfPack Men's Team. We talk about his journey from player to coach, assisting at UBC, coaching in the Untied States, recruiting international players, and so much more! 

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Mathias Elser joins the show! Mathias grew up in Calgary playing for Canuck and Team Alberta before attending NEP and committing to Trinity Western where he is a 2x Can West Champion and National Champion. He's represented Canada at many levels, including making our Senior A team at a very young age. We discuss all things volleyball, his family's love of sport, his values, turning pro 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!