Hockey IQ Podcast

On this episode of the Hockey IQ podcast, we sit down with development coach Brian Slugocki to discuss best practices, coaching evolutions, and nuance issued faced by ice hockey players.

A few areas on this episode we discuss:

• Overcoming anxiety and desire to be the perfect coach
• Evolution toward a collaborative approach
• How to coach all players, regardless of motivation
• Helping players gain a feel for the game
• How to help players and coaches bounce back after a tough stretch of games
• The non-negotiable of winning teams
• Importance of psychological safety
• Building a tribe of mentors
• Relationship building with players

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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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