On this episode of the Hockey IQ podcast, we sit down with former player turned entrepreneur & media personality, Jordan Schmaltz.

A few areas on this episode we discuss:

• Reading the game from a defenseman's perspective
• Coaching up your teammates
• How to make the game easier
• Coffin corner
• Difference between AHL and NHL
• Importance of passing to handedness
• Communication is key
• Player identity and roles
• Carving out a roster spot and building to the role you want

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On this episode of the Hockey IQ podcast, we sit down with strength and performance coach, Jon Stea.

A few areas on this episode we discuss:

• Hockey specific strength & conditioning
• Learning to learn
• Intentionality within an improvement process
• Mental stability
• Athletic variability
• Minimum viable coaching & instruction
• Helping athletes become their own best coaches
• Keeping the most important thing the most important thing

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On this episode of the Hockey IQ podcast, we sit down with Skill Acquisition expert & Irish PE teacher, Philip O'Callaghan.

A few areas on this episode we discuss:

• Games for game understanding
• Applying theory in a practical way
• Common issues of how players get in their own way and inhibit their ability to learn
• Why coaches should avoid giving answers to their athletes
• Importance of variability within skill acquisition
• Scaling to find the appropriate challenge level
• Ideas for practice planning
• Building a great learning environment
• Self-Determination theory

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On this episode of the Hockey IQ podcast, we sit down with Sweden Ice Hockey Association Director of education & research, John Lind.

A few areas on this episode we discuss:

• Evidence-based development
• Benefits of bio-banding
• Body checking in women's hockey
• Shrinking rink and net sizes in youth hockey
• Scanning's correlation to performance success
• Practice design & activity selection
• Coach development
• Importance of question asking
• Moving from "What to coach" to "How to coach"
• Project with Arsenal AFC

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On this episode of the Hockey IQ podcast, we dive into our modern defensemen series. Episode 3 is all about great rush defending.

A few areas on this episode we discuss:
- Playing passive vs aggressive rush defense
- Inside leverage and playing within the dots
- Rush defense footwork
- What surfing is in ice hockey
- How players are using surfing to kill plays early
- Reading the pinch in ice hockey
- Surveying beyond what is directly in front of you

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On this episode of the Hockey IQ podcast, we dive into our modern defensemen series. Episode 2 is all about great point play.

A few areas on this episode we discuss:
- Shorting the offensive zone
- Difference in positioning and what that does
- Why scoring in the NHL is up over the past decade plus.
- How NHL league leading defensemen score goals
- Catching/receiving pucks at the point 
- Common mistakes players make at the point

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On this episode of the Hockey IQ podcast, we dive into our modern defensemen series. Episode 1 is all about great defending.

A few areas on this episode we discuss:
- Winning possession with position before possession
- Controlling an opponent's speed
- Proper pivoting
- Getting defensive stops
- Positioning to make defending easier
- Shorting the offensive zone.

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On this episode of the Hockey IQ podcast, we sit down with Adam Zlatkus, analyst with Along The Ice (YouTube, Instagram, etc.).

A few areas on this episode we discuss:
- How Peter Forsberg changed hockey
- Genius on the Sedin twins
- Power of 'change of speed' & why not having the puck has it's benefits
- Technical & Tactical empahty
- The art and science of why goal scorers shoot low
- Routes into the goalie to make their lives difficult
- Benefits of holding the puck in your hop pocket
- Smart backchecking and common backcheck issues
- New PP entry wrinkle in the NHL... the 3rd man slingshot

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On this episode of the Hockey IQ podcast, we sit down with U12 and High School coach, Mitchell Goodin.

A few areas on this episode we discuss:
- Metrics for player feedback
- Going beyond simply putting together a team
- How to create dynamic players instead of robots
- Games as a showcase of what you learned in practice
- "Good players can play on one foot and one edge at a time"
- Developing a player's feel for their game and the game
- The best ways to run video review 
- Importance of capturing video at practice

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On this episode of the Hockey IQ podcast, we sit down with former NHL player and current AHL coach, Mark Letestu.

A few areas on this episode we discuss:
- Mark's playing path from AA to Jr B to the NHL
- Succeeding as a smaller & slower hockey player
- How to think so you can find soft spot on the ice
- Problem creators & asking questions of the defenders
- Reading body language to play a step ahead
- Earning trust so you can earn opportunities and confidence
- Defense as the basis of creating offense
- Importance of building your physicality in a functional way
- Practice habits
- Creating an identity for yourself
- How to win more faceoffs
- Importance of being specific in coaching feedback
- Embracing feedback as a step in being a great learner

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