The Samurai Shift
The Samurai Shift podcast is a purpose-driven platform exploring how sport can evolve in service of the people within it.
It invites sports administrators, policymakers, program directors, coaches, and athletes past and present, who care about sport as a vehicle for human expression to pause, step back, and reflect on questions that are often overlooked.
FORMATION
Ep 1: Carl Graham - Founder of Northern Beaches Volleyball Association
Ep 2: Nathan McLeod - Director of SA Beach in South Australia
Ep 3: Boris Georgieff - President of Volleyball Queensland
COMPRESSION
Ep 4: Louise Bawden OLY - VA Board of Directors
Ep 5: Damian Schumann OLY - The 'outsider' who broke through
Ep 6: Michael Nelson - Olympic Coach now AIS Coach Development
FRACTURE
Ep 7: Alistair Lyne - Director of Vic Beach
Ep 8: Andrew Schacht OLY - Olympic Coach piloting AIS Coach Wellbeing program
Ep 9: Natalie Cook OLY - Olympic Gold Medalist and founder of the Aussie Athlete Fund
INTEGRATION
Ep 10: Lauren Soderberg - Olympic Coach & National Body Wellbeing Systems Leader
Ep 11: Craig Carracher - Volleyball Australia President
Ep 12: Baz Weidmeier - Former Volleyball NSW General Manager and International Event Manager
The Samurai Shift
Episode 3 - Boris Georgieff
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What do our sporting systems actually produce?
In this episode of The Samurai Shift, Peter “Chico” Jones sits down with Boris Georgieff — long-time President of Volleyball Queensland — to explore the realities of building and sustaining a state-wide sporting system.
From grassroots participation through to representative pathways, this conversation examines how systems are structured, what they prioritise, and how those priorities shape the experience of athletes, coaches, families, and communities.
Together, they explore the tensions that emerge as sport moves from participation into performance… and the challenge of keeping human development at the centre of increasingly complex systems.
This episode raises deeper questions about modern sport:
Who is the system ultimately serving?
What happens when performance becomes the dominant priority?
And how do we create environments where people remain connected to the game long after competition ends?
As The Samurai Shift continues to explore how sporting ecosystems shape human experience, this conversation moves further into the architecture beneath the game itself.