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Our guest on this episode is Brandon Stojcevski, a professional hockey player with the Danbury Hat Tricks. We talk about his path through youth hockey, which included being cut from teams, multiple injuries, and missed seasons.  David and Brandon share stories about coaches they've had at various levels. They reflect on both inspirational and tough things that coaches have done to get the most out of their players.

Coaching Call is a show about coaching grassroots hockey.  We believe in using sport to make players better people on and off the ice. Your hosts are David Trombley, a coach with 30 years of experience at all levels and ages, and Susan Sim, a new house league coach. Submit your questions at http://newcoach.ca/ or in the comments.

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Our guest on this episode is Coach Michael Zigomanis, a former professional hockey player turned youth hockey coach. He was with the Pittsburgh Penguins when they won the Stanley Cup in 2009. Since that time, he has coached kids from 11-18 at A/AA/AAA levels.

Coach Ziggy, as he is known, has thought deeply about hockey and how to coach. We talk about his rules for players, his approach to practice planning, his power skating technology, and finally, John Wooden, the winningest coach in college basketball.

Although Coach Ziggy uses simple principles for developmental coaching and skills coaching, he finds them very difficult to implement.

Coaching Call is a show about coaching grassroots hockey.  We believe in using sport to make players better people on and off the ice. Your hosts are David Trombley, a coach with 30 years of experience at all levels and ages, and Susan Sim, a new house league coach. Submit your questions at http://newcoach.ca/ or in the comments.

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On this episode, our guest is Marie-Pierre Pelissou, member of Team France and SA Bern, and clinical project manager for Nestle. We talk about her personal journey through hockey and how coaching made a difference for her. Although she is living the dream of being a semi-professional player, there were times when her path wasn't clear and she quit hockey entirely.

Coaching Call is a show about coaching grassroots hockey.  We believe in using sport to make players better people on and off the ice. Your hosts are David Trombley, a coach with 30 years of experience at all levels and ages, and Susan Sim, a new house league coach. Submit your questions at http://newcoach.ca/ or in the comments.

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New coaches often feel like they are imposters, meaning that they don't know what they are doing. Sometimes this feeling persists even after multiple seasons as a winning coach. Our guest on this episode is Coach Chris Lothier, who both feels like an imposter and has coached three championship teams in a row.

Rather than establishing himself as an authority,  Coach Chris empowers his coaching staff and players to drive both the culture and hockey. The tactics that he uses includes allowing players to choose the MVP, letting players choose drills, and using positive affirmations.

Coaching Call is a show about coaching grassroots hockey.  We believe in using sport to make players better people on and off the ice. Your hosts are David Trombley, a coach with 30 years of experience at all levels and ages, and Susan Sim, a new house league coach. Submit your questions at http://newcoach.ca/ or in the comments.

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Traditionally, the best player on the team was the captain. But that's not necessarily the best approach for choosing your leadership group. In this episode, David and Susan talk about what jobs to give to captains and how to coach them to be leaders. Our guest, James Roxborough, shares his method for choosing captains, which includes a questionnaire.

The items in Coach James's questionnaire:
1. In your opinion, who from this group is the best at ‘leading by example’ (name up to 3  individuals)?
2. In your opinion, who from this group is the best at ‘being a vocal leader’ (name up to 3  individuals)?
3. In your opinion, who from this group is the best at ‘holding people accountable’ (name  up to 3 individuals)?
4. In your opinion, who from this group is the best at ‘cheerleader’ (name up to 3  individuals)?
5. In your opinion, who would you trust communicating with coaching staff on team issues  (name up to 3 individuals)?
6. In your opinion, who would you trust delivering messages from the coaching staff (name  up to 3 individuals)?
7. If you had an issue, in relation to the team or team environment, who is the one person  on the team, you trust to go to, to talk to or for support?
8.  If you had an issue outside the team, with your family, personal life etc, who is the one  person on the team, you trust to go to, to talk to or for support?

Coaching Call is a question show about coaching grassroots hockey.  We believe in using sport to make players better people on and off the ice. Your hosts are David Trombley, a coach with 30 years of experience at all levels and ages, and Susan Sim, a new house league coach. Submit your questions at http://newcoach.ca/ or in the comments.

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One of the great arts of coaching is putting players on lines and putting those lines on the ice in a game. Do you give player unequal ice time? Or do you give players equal ice time by rolling the lines? Who do you put on your power play and penalty killing special teams?

Our guest on this episode is John Bird, who won a city championship while rolling lines. John has coached youth hockey for over 25 years at levels ranging up to AAA.

Coaching Call is is a question show about coaching grassroots hockey. We have a certain take on coaching hockey. We believe in using sport to make players better people on and off the ice. Your hosts are David Trombley, a coach with 30 years of experience at all levels and ages, and Susan Sim, a new house league coach. Submit your questions at http://newcoach.ca/ or in the comments.

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With the start of the new hockey season, it's time to hold that all-important parent meeting. This meeting lays the foundation for productive relationships between coaches and parents. Our guest is Gary Titmarsh, who has maintained good relationships with his player's families for over 20 twenty years. 

Coaching Call is is a question show about coaching grassroots hockey. We have a certain take on coaching hockey. We believe in using sport to make players better people on and off the ice. Your hosts are David Trombley, a coach with 30 years of experience at all levels and ages, and Susan Sim, a new house league coach. Submit your questions at http://newcoach.ca/ or in the comments.

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A fellow new coach was nervous about losing his authority as a head coach if he had professional skills coaches. David gives advice on using a team approach to coaching. We bring in a goalie skills coach, Daniel Vella, to offer his perspective on working collaboratively.

Coaching Call is is a question show about coaching grassroots hockey. We have a certain take on coaching hockey. We believe in using sport to make players better people on and off the ice. Your hosts are David Trombley, a coach with 30 years of experience at all levels and ages, and Susan Sim, a new house league coach. Submit your questions at http://newcoach.ca/ or in the comments.

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Susan attended Hockey Canada’s Instructional Stream courses: Skating 1 and Development Defensemen 1. We debrief her experiences and Dave answers her questions. 

Coaching Call is is a question show about coaching grassroots hockey. We have a certain take on coaching hockey. We believe in using sport to make players better people on and off the ice. Your hosts are David Trombley, a coach with 30 years of experience at all levels and ages, and Susan Sim, a new house league coach. Submit your questions at http://newcoach.ca/ or in the comments.

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It's Dave's turn to ask a question about a situation with his women's recreational hockey league. Susan weighs in with her insights from software teams at big companies. 

Coaching Call is is a question show about coaching grassroots hockey. We have a certain take on coaching hockey. We believe in using sport to make players better people on and off the ice. Your hosts are David Trombley, a coach with 30 years of experience at all levels and ages, and Susan Sim, a new house league coach. Submit your questions at http://newcoach.ca/ or in the comments.