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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York Lion Aidan Labossiere joins the show! Aidan grew up in Winnipeg playing for 204 and Team Manitoba before joining the Lions! We talk about being in a volleyball family, getting reps during covid, developing as a setter, the beach scene in Toba and so much more! 

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U of Alberta Alumni & National Champion, former National Team member, Luke Snider joins the show! Luke played professionally in Denmark and Austria before focusing on coaching where he has lead the Laurier Golden Hawks, Waterloo Warriors, Team Ontario, and KW Preds. We discuss his start in our sport, choosing to transfer from Laurier to Alberta, how the libero position has evolved , Team Canada, and so much more! 

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U of Hawaii Alumni and former pro player Brook Sedore joins the show! Brook grew up in Grand Prairie, Alberta where he was part of a strong club and school program, winning back to back Provincial Championships. He was also a part of Team Alberta where he won Canada Games. Brook played professionally in Germany, Estonia, France and Cyprus before focusing on his love of coaching. Hear some amazing stories and Brook's love for our sport in this interview. 

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Brock University Head Coach, OUA Coach of the Year and Friend of the Show Steve Delaney joins the show again! On this episode we take a deep dive into the Brock Badgers culture, training, and behind the scenes from National Championships. If you want to hear more from Steve check out episode 124

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Big games, holiday breaks, Christmas Markets, different rosters for different events, and Pierce Johnson is heading back overseas! We cover so much in this week's episode from Kim Robitaille, Alina Dormann, Pierce Johnson, and Lexi Pollard.  Tune in every Wednesday where we will hear from current professionals sharing updates on their season, on court and off court stories, rivalry games, who gets the aux cord in the team room, and so much more! 

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2x Canada Games Gold Medalist Alix Krahn joins the show! Alix won the games in 2009 as a player and this past summer helped Team Manitoba win Gold as the Head Coach of the Women's Team! Alix is an alumni of the University of Winnipeg where she earned CIS academic all-Canadian honours. Alix has coached with the U of Winnipeg, U of Manitoba, York U and is now with the U of Toronto Varsity Blues. 

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World Championship's Silver Medalist and MVP Heidi Peters joins the show! Heidi has represented Canada at the Paralympic Games twice, Parapan Am Games twice, and helped the squad win the last chance qualifier in Halifax to send the team to Tokyo. She has been on the team since 2013, we hear all about her career, the growth of the team and so much more! 

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Rowdy crowds, injury rehab, rivalry games, meals on the road and so much more! This week we get updates from Brett Walsh, Veronica Derylo, and Pearce Eshenko.  Tune in every Wednesday where we will hear from current professionals sharing updates on their season, on court and off court stories, rivalry games, who gets the aux cord in the team room, and so much more! 

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Max Losier & Nicolas Doucet from the Laval Rouge et Or join the show to give us the behind the scenes on Max's 39 kill night! Of course we get to Players and Clowns of the Week and so much more! 

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Nolan Langley returns to the show! We go down the rabbit hole of setting distribution, coaching the setting position, running the middle in transition and so much more! Nolan is an OUA Bronze Medalist, All Rookie Team and 2nd Team All Star and Windsor Lancers Alumni. Before becoming a Lancer Nolan played for Storm where he is a multiple OVA Provincial and VC National silver medalist in club. 

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Wait what?! Your club fired your coach, but they have to stay with the team until you find a replacement with the correct certification level? Double decker buses and a revenge game coming up?? Hear these stories and more from Layne and Navrett on what's going on with their teams overseas  Tune in every Wednesday where we will hear from current professionals sharing updates on their season, on court and off court stories, rivalry games, who gets the aux cord in the team room, and so much more! 

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Alberta Panda Justine Kolody joins the show! Justine was the starting setter on this year's squad that won USports Silver and Can West Bronze! She also set on Team Manitoba that took down Canada Games in 2021. We talk about her start in our sport, playing at the cottage, her love for setting, learning as a first year starter, National Team experience and so much more! 

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OUA & USports Champion, Beach National Team Member and Friend of the Show Anna Feore joins Sharp Cuts! Does it matter that she thought she was coming on Passin Dimes? You be the judge, but we think she was extra fired up to argue with Josh and Garrett. We get into beach players and are they failed indoor players, players and clowns of the week, and so much more! 

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Pierce Johnson returns to the show to talk his transition to the beach, mixing learning and competing in training and his new business Sportifi!

Sportifi is a mentoring service Pierce started for athletes, teams and coaches. Services include meetings, video review, watching pro video, sharing ideas, receiving feedback, and so much more!  To get started, contact Pierce at: Pierceshepjohnson@gmail.com

Pierce has represented Canada at FISU Games twice and with the Beach National Team, won OUA West Player of the Year, and is a 2x Windsor Lancer Male Athlete of the Year. 

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Thanks for tuning into another episode of Tales from Overseas! Friends of the Show Laura Condotta, Kim Robitaille, Alina Dormann, Brett Walsh, Pearce Eshenko. We hear all about the league play, some seasons ending, cup matches, rowdy fans, running into other Canadians and so much more!  Tune in every Wednesday where we will hear from current professionals sharing updates on their season, on court and off court stories, rivalry games, who gets the aux cord in the team room, and so much more! 

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One half of Team Charizard, Charlie Winser joins the show! Charlie is in his first year with Trent University. He represented Canada at U19 World Championships, played for Pakmen and is from Georgetown Ontario, a city that may have the most National Team players per capita. We get into all of this and the usual favourites like Player and Clown of the week, and so much more! 

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4x OVA Beach Provincial Champion Mark Gatto joins the show! Mark grew up playing for Forest Heights in Kitchener where they were always a top team in Ontario. He then went on to play for the Waterloo Warriors and Laurier Golden Hawks before playing for Big Ups in the OVL. Mark has always been big in the beach scene playing in 8 of 9 provincial finals! Hear about all of this and more! 

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Thanks for tuning into Episode 5 of Tales from Overseas where we hear from Friend of the Show Layne Van Buskirk, Anton Napolitano, and Navrett Suhan. We hear all about the league play, coaches messing up rotations, running into other Canadians and so much more!  Tune in every Wednesday where we will hear from current professionals sharing updates on their season, on court and off court stories, rivalry games, who gets the aux cord in the team room, and so much more! 

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Sophie Bukovec returns to the show! Of course we get into the news that Sophie is now playing with Sarah Pavan. We touch on coaching news of Team Canada and also get into everyone's favourite segment Player and Clown of the week! 

Sophie is a World Champion, 3x NCAA Champion, Canada Games Champion, and current National Team member.

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Mount Royal Head Coach Shawn Sky joins the show! Shawn started his post secondary coaching career for the Grant MacEwan Griffins before making the move to MRU when they were a part of the ACAC. 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 cover all of this, his love for team building, sport psychology and more! 

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No Olympian? No Problem! The streak of Olympic guest ends, but we have fan favourites Pierce and Nolan back for Round 3 on Sharp Cuts! Windsor Lancer Alumni Pierce and Nolan join the show to talk about USports and the Top 10, beach results, and of course Player and Clown of the Week! 

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Brock Badger and Ottawa Mavericks Alumni, Jacob Rainville joins the show! Jacob has won provincial and national medals with the Mavs, represented Team Ontario, and was a member of Team Canada Youth National Team. Jacob is currently the manager of the Brock Badgers men's volleyball team. We cover all of this and more!

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Former National Team Libero Cassie Bujan joins the show! Cassis attended the University of Manitoba where she set the single season record for digs in the Canada West. She was the starting libero on Canada's first ever VNL team. Cassie also played pro in Spain. We hear all about her journey and more! 

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Thanks for tuning into Episode 4 of Tales from Overseas where we hear from Friend of the Show Gabi Maciagowski, Anton Napolitano, Logan House, Lexi Pollard, and Bella Noble . We hear all about the league play, living situations, visas, and so much more!  Tune in every Wednesday where we will hear from current professionals sharing updates on their season, on court and off court stories, rivalry games, who gets the aux cord in the team room, and so much more! 

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World Champion and Canadian Olympian Sarah Pavan joins the once again! Sarah, Garrett and Josh discuss the partner changes, World Tour, Team Canada's coaching change and so much more! 

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CIS (USports) National Champion Bruno Lortie joins the show! Bruno grew up in the Ottawa area where he played hockey for most of his young sports career. He would tryout for a U16 team as an under age athlete for Ottawa Mavericks, where he fell in love with volleyball. With the Mavs he would earn several provincial and national medals. He then went to Laval where he got a chance to play with his brother Jérémie. Bruno played for Canada on our Junior National Team and trained with FTC before going pro in France. Hear all about this and more! 

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Thanks for tuning into Episode 4 of Tales from Overseas where we hear from Friend of the Show Kim Robitaille, Pearson Eshenko, Laura Condotta, and Joey Jarvis. We hear all about the league play, trying new food, how the CEV works, how covid can effect your roster and so much more!  Tune in every Wednesday where we will hear from current professionals sharing updates on their season, on court and off court stories, rivalry games, who gets the aux cord in the team room, and so much more! 

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2x Olympian, 3x Defensive Player of the Year, Top Tier Coach and fan favourite Heather Bansley joins the show! We discuss our Indoor Women World's results, speculate on partner changes, talk Olympics, coaching, discuss if Garrett has actually retired or not and everyone's favourite segment Player and Clown of the week!

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National Team Athlete and UBCO Star Sydney Grills joins the show! Sydney played club for Thunder Volleyball Club where she is a National Champion, played for Team BC at the Canada Games, and Youth and Junior National Teams before joining UBCO and our Senior National Team. We hear all about her pathway and more!  

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Thanks for tuning into Episode 3 of Tales from Overseas where we hear from Friend of the Show Layne Van Buskirk, Alina Dormann, Logan House, and another friend of the show makes a guest appearance during their update! We hear all about the sponsor events, living situations, what do you do if your coach doesn't speak english and so much more!  Tune in every Wednesday where we will hear from current professionals sharing updates on their season, on court and off court stories, rivalry games, who gets the aux cord in the team room, and so much more! 

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Provincial & National Champion, Norceca Medalist and ANOC Games Bronze Medalist Tori Cowley joins the show! We talk about her start in volleyball, her love of competition, why she kept trying after being cut from the Provincial Team, playing at Laurier, and of course some Norceca stories! All this and more! 

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Thanks for tuning into Episode 2 of Tales from Overseas where we hear from Friend of the Show Laura Condotta. We hear all about the club set up, sponsors, media, and so much more!  Tune in every Wednesday where we will hear from current professionals sharing updates on their season, on court and off court stories, rivalry games, who gets the aux cord in the team room, and so much more! 

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The show is back and better than ever! After a short break Garrett and Josh are back and they are bringing TJ Sanders with them! TJ recently retired from our National Team, but the 2x Olympian left the door open for his return. We talk about copy cat coaches, Canada's new offence, the success of the women's program, and so much more! Oh and don't forget everyone's favourite segment Player and Clown of the week!

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Western Mustang Amit Sayal joins the show! Amit is a 2x Ontario Champion and National Champion with Durham Attack. With the Mustangs Amit earned a starting spot and was part of one of the toughest teams to play against. We also get the inside details on the Indian Circuit where Amit plays for Indocan. Also we finally get some intel on who was behind one of the best Instagram Accounts, Not Western Mustangs.  

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Queen's Alumni, 2x OUA Champion, 2x Dale Iwanoczko Award winner, and National Team athlete Zac Hutcheson joins the show! Zac grew up in Kingston and is one of the top Pegasus athletes to go on and compete at Queens University. We cover his journey from club, university, to Team Canada! 

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Thanks for checking out Episode 1 of Tales from Overseas a show where we hear from current professionals share updates on their season, on court and off court stories, rivalry games, who gets the aux cord in the team room, and so much more!  This week we hear from Pearce. Eshenko, Layne Van Buskirk, Bella Noble, and Gabriela (Gabi) Maciagowski! 

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4x Ryerson Player of the Year, OUA Player of the Year, OUA All Star, and All Canadian Ryan Vandenburg (better known as Snake) joins the show. We cover everything from his growth spurt in high school, dominating at University, pro, and joining the Beach National Team where he represented Canada at World Championships! Hear about all of this and more!

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Layne Van Buskirk returns to the show! Layne is a Canadian National Team Member, University of Pittsburgh Alumni, 3x ACC Champion, and new signing to Ladies in Black Aachen (Germany) Layne tells us all about her National Team and Pro Career as well as who controls the playlist in the team room

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Canada fails to advance beyond pool play at Worlds and Garrett is upset! Is our new rival Tunisia? Is the Excellence Room a Real thing? This week's Player and Clown of the week and so much more! 

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Robbie Abrams returns to the show after a busy summer! Robbie was the announcer at Beach - Canada Games and proud winner of another Super Mega Backyard Mega Bowl! Robbie played at the University of Guelph, has been on the podium in both the Provincials and Nationals on the Beach and represented Canada at U21 Worlds. 

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University of Arizona Alumni Jasmine Safar joins the show! Jas grew up playing for Defensa where she won Provincial medals before focusing on beach full time. Safar has represented Canada at U19 & U21 World Championships and done well domestically including finishing 2nd at OVA Adult Elite Ontario Championships. We cover her career, her ability to play with anyone, and so much more! 

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MRU All Star, Team Canada Member, Canada Games Medalist Luis Lange joins the show! We learn about his journey from growing up in Venezuela and loving baseball and moving to Calgary where he joined one of the best volleyball communities. We also chat about how complex the middle position is and what Luis is looking forward to this season. 

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Back by popular demand, Pierce Johnson joins the show! We go deep into the Kent Steffes quote, and discuss is winning a skill? We also cover the world of volleyball and everyone's favourite segment (we think) Player and Clown of the week! 

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3x OUA Champion, USports National Champion, and VC Valenciennes pro Veronica Derylo joins the show! We discuss her journey from starting club in 15U, recruiting for University, U of Toronto, how she got her first contract, coming back from injury and so much more! 

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Team Canada Stars Kiera Van Ryk & Layne Van Buskirk join the show to talk about their pro seasons, training camp, VNL / Olympic Qualifying and so much more! It's a quick episode this week but jam packed with great info. 

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Wes Chen has worn many hats! He worked for Volleyball Canada as the Athlete Pathways and Youth/Junior National Team Coordinator as well as being on staff to plan and execute special events. He completed his master’s degree specializing in sport-related brain trauma with the Neurotrauma Impact Science Laboratory at the University of Ottawa. Where he then worked with VC to create their concussion protocol. As an athlete Wes played for Glashan a legendary school in Ottawa and went on to play for Glebe where he won an OFSAA Championship. The Championships didn't end there, Wes was on staff at Queens University where he helped the squad win 2 OUA Championships. 

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Gabe Burlacu returns to the show! Gabe has represented Canada at Youth World Championships, FISU Games, Norceca, FIVB World Tour, and King of the Court. In this episode we get caught up with his current season, including winning Volleyball BC Provincials and also dive down the rabbit hole of Gabe's other passion, coaching.  

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No Guest? NO PROBLEM?! Garrett came prepared for this one and we get into it! Who has the best backyard court, silly rules we don't follow properly, Commonwealth Games, and everyone's favourite Player and Clown of the week! 

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