Passin Dimes Podcast

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. 

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. 

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 Brown Men's program in 2010 where the team would go on to make the playoffs 3/5 years, have an Academic All Canadian and win East Coach of the Year. Josh has also coached Team Ontario on the beach and indoor sides at National Team Challenge Cup and Canada Games. Most recently Josh was named Interim Head Coach of the Men's Next Gen program for Team Canada Beach. Hear about all of this and more. 

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. 

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. 

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.

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. 

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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!