Champions League Preview with Erik Shoji! | The Volleyball Source Podcast

Eric Loeppky is in the midst of his best pro season yet with Taranto in the Italian SuperLega as one of the highest scoring left sides in the best league in the world. He chats with Everett about his bounce-back season after a rough National Team summer, how he's balancing being a new dad & a professional, how crazy NCAA women's volleyball, and more!

Everett chats with Dylan Mortensen of the Saskatchewan Huskies after he broke the Canada West for All-Time Points & Kills!

🇨🇦 Daulton Sinoski hails from Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, and is the lone Canadian in the 🇵🇱 Polish Plus Liga this season! He comes on the podcast to chat about his journey to one of the best leagues in the world, growing up playing volleyball in Saskatchewan, his Métis heritage, and more!

🇨🇦 Sophie Bukovec had a breakout year on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour after partnering with Brandie Wilkerson and making a run to the 2022 World Championship Finals. If you're a new fan of Sophie's, you might think she came out of no where; but her fans know exactly how much time, patience, and dedication she's put in to the sport to get here!

A VERY special guest joins the show - reigning Champions League champion libero Erik Shoji!  Erik and Rob St. Claire get into the 2023 CEV Champions League, the reformatting of the bracket, the pools, the teams, and Zaksa's chances at the three-peat.

Long time Polish friend of the program Paweł Adamczyk, aka Adanos, joins the podcast this week to break down the 2022-2023 Polish PlusLiga season!  He and Rob St. Claire get into all 16 teams, a non-Polish team joining the league full time, the title favorites, and what on Earth Zaksa was thinking with their roster management this offseason.

For the second straight year, we have the pleasure of being joined by Tommaso Panini, aka TommyBlizzard, to preview the entire 2022-23 Italian SuperLega club season!  Tommy and Rob St. Claire first get an Italian perspective on the Italian men's World Championship win, then break down all 12 team rosters and big news for the upcoming SuperLega season.

On the eve of his official debut as Head Coach of Team Canada Men's Volleyball - 🇨🇦 Ben Josephson sits down to talk to Everett about his passion for coaching the National team, share some of his core beliefs and values, as well give you an inside look into how this new version of the Maple Volleys is going to play.