Hockey IQ Podcast

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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On this episode of the Hockey IQ podcast, we sit down with Sports Performance Coach, High Performance Mental Toughness Expert, Shaun Goodsell.

A few areas on this episode we discuss:
- Power of self talk and how to change it
- Mental training for performance
- Simple power of focus, internally and externally
- Mental hockey hands
- Fostering and developing leader on a hockey team
- Importance of creating emotional safety
- How to best give feedback and instructions
- Being a great ice hockey parent
- Power of removing judgement, internally and externally
- Clarity's role in performance and culture
- Why flow drills are the worst hockey drills

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On this episode of the Hockey IQ podcast, we sit down with Player Development Specialist, Sumeet Wareh.

A few areas on this episode we discuss:
- Edge control and skating development
- Importance of posture when skating
-  Using film to speed up player development
- Separating traits from the average vs the greats
- Developing trust to earn ice time
- Designing personalized development ice sessions
- How to develop players in season and over the years
- Elite player mindset of those players that make the NHL
- Focus asa separating factor
- How to best watch film to improve performance

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On this episode of the Hockey IQ podcast, we sit down with Skill Development Specialist + Total Package Hockey owner, Kevin Galerno.

A few areas on this episode we discuss:
- Helping players evaluate their game and find their identity
- Why more is not always better
- Ugly practice = great practice
- Adding variability into any type of practice
- Why some players make it and others don't
- NHL development camps
- Adding depth to a player's game
- What separates AHL players from NHL players
- Being great at things that don't show up on the scoresheet

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On this episode of the Hockey IQ podcast, we sit down with Skill Development Specialist + coach consultant, Derek Panchuk.

A few areas on this episode we discuss:
- Building bridges between academia and the art of coaching
- How to know if you coaching is effective 
- Accelerating athletic learning
- Creating great athlete & coach experiences
-  Building a positive relationship with failure
- Why feedback is a coach's best friend
- Handling problem learner and athletes that struggle to learn
-  Communicating expectations as a way to reduce dissappointment
- Asking great questions as the ultimate coaching hack
-  Coaches giving guidance instead of giving answers

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On this episode of the Hockey IQ podcast, we sit down with Youngtown Phantoms GM (and way more), Ryan Kosecki.

A few areas on this episode we discuss:
- Prioritizing youth leading to championships
- What talent evaluators look for in youth ice hockey players
- Invaluable nature of heads up hockey/scanning 
- Evolving USHL Youngstown Phantoms into a championship organization
- Using video within teaching hockey, technically + tactically
- Importance of playing multiple positions as young players
- Having evidence and analytics guide skill/talent development priorities

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On this episode of the Hockey IQ podcast, we sit down with skill development specialist, Joel Cressman.

A few areas on this episode we discuss:
- Journey to Seoul, Korea. Including Golf Canada & Korea's athletic system
- Invasion vs target-based sport skill development
- Norway and Erling Haaland's successful cohort development
- How to give great feedback and create positive development environments
-  Why former athletes are great employees and business owners.

Link to Joel's book "Seoul Ambition"

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On this episode of the Hockey IQ podcast, we sit down with coaches Nichlas Hardt and Nikolaj Kielland of Raw Nations.

A few areas on this episode we discuss:
- A professional player's mindset
- Improving performance driven by enjoying life more
- Small muscle training
- How coaches can build trust via failure/shock to help players take off their blinders
- Off-ice training and breathwork as a foundation
- Learning from North American hockey
- Finding balance in hockey/work and life

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On this episode of the Hockey IQ podcast, we sit down with Jon Mills, head coach of Kent State Men's Golf.

A few areas on this episode we discuss:
- The mental game
- Learning acceptance & letting go of things you cannot control.
- Preparing for competition via representativeness
- Playing to your identity
- Becoming your own best coach
- Finding accurate self-assessment
- More than golf... cleaning their own facility
- What coaches look for when recruiting
- Utilizing technology
- Value of taking a break and multiple sports
- What is special about the best golfers
- How to play well... have an effective swing that holds up under pressure
- Building special moments and relationships
- Coaching players by demanding and giving belief
- The value of handwritten 'Thank you' notes

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