Level 1 Coach

Level 1 Coach

By Drew Carlson and Mikhail BryanSportsHockey
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Level 1 Coach episodes

  • Awareness Clues and Accountability

    Topics-


    -Accountability Buddy System

    -Extreme Ownership

    -"You might not be the best coach for every player on your team." -Cody Royle

    -Rule of 3: self, teammate, coach

    -Simple systems to give you speed


    Links:

    Adam Davidson Tweet


    Signaling Busyness Article by Drew and Mikhail

    50 min
  • Adapting, Observing, and the Red Queen Hypothesis

    Topics:

    -Adapting year to year, or when to hold true and slightly iterate

    -Deprogramming players, and disrupting causes disruption

    -How Derek Lalonde used a tactic to improve player ownership

    -Idea how to speed up feedback loops to iterate


    Mark Bennett


    Lalonde idea article


    Right Idea, Wrong Place


    39 min
  • 3 Razors to Improve your Thinking

    In this episode, Mikhail and Drew speak about 3 razors:

    1. The bragging razor

    2. The surgeon's paradox

    3. The humility razor


    Article mentioned: https://drewcarlsonhp.substack.com/p/a-paradox-to-choose-better-people


    George Mack Twitter: @george_mack

    44 min
  • Infinite Topics of Conversation

    We bounce from topic to topic exploring 5 or 6 rabbit holes from:


    -Infinite Players playing with the boundaries of talent acquisition

    -Russian 5 came from being 'contrarian and right'

    -What we miss when we go look to copy success

    -Developing players by accident vs. intentionally

    -Unofficial Pipeline speculation to keep players compounding their development

    58 min
  • Prepare Yourself for the Long Game of Coaching

    Mikhail and I speak on:


    -How to increase your own thoughts by paradoxically decreasing inputs

    -Blood stagnates, thoughts stagnate

    -Coach as High Performer

    -How to periodize your career for sustainability

    -Figuring out your 'kill criteria as a Level 1 Coach


    49 min
  • The Infinite Game Takes Conviction

    Some case studies and conversation topics include:


    -Tampa's process with the infinite game

    -Buffalo following a similar process with Granato and Adams

    -The next teams to take that step

    -The advantages of the infinite game

    -Chicago Steel case study on coach promotion


    Related Readings: https://drewcarlsonhp.substack.com/p/infinite-players-in-infinite-games


    Article 2 by Mikhail: https://beyondtheglasshockey.com/2022/04/development-of-an-infinite-game.html

    50 min
  • Learning From a Level 50

    We riff on a presentation Mikhail saw at the AHCA convention in Naples.


    Topics Include:

    -being 'higher brained'

    -energy/quantum dynamics "what you fear is what you get"

    -'aligning the rooms'


    19 min

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Open-sourced conversations between Drew Carlson and Mikhail Bryan.