On this episode we talk with Larry Huras, Head Coach and Co-Founder of Hockey Coach Vision. Larry spent time coaching in France, Sweden, Switzerland, Germany, Norway and Austria and began his career as a player coach for 6 years. During his time as a Head Coach, Larry won 7 championships. It was great to talk with someone that started as a player coach and Larry shares the insights and lessons from starting his coaching road in this way. We also talk to Larry about his core values and coaching philosophy, how he motivates players to leave their comfort zone, his motivation for coaching and his 5 essentials to curating a winning team. We also chat a little about hockey coach vision and how that got started!

You can check out Larry's Ted Talk here: https://youtu.be/6NQy8dQeCEM.

Don't forget to check out Hockey Coach Vision at their website: www.hockeycoachvision.com. They also release a drill of the week on their YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/c/HockeyCoachVision. You can also follow them on Social Media @HockeyCoachVis on twitter.

You can also keep up with our show and its updates on our social media @thecoachsroad. 

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This week we welcome on Stuart Armstrong, the Host of The Talent Equation Podcast. With Stuart we try a new challenge of going into the conversation with no preparation of questions and the result was a great conversation on all things coaching, the ecological approach, social media, and his key takeaways from his time running his show! We also explore if and when its appropriate to use a linear approach, how to help coaches explore the ecological approach, NLP, CLA and other similar approaches, and deliberate practice. Finally, we talk about how Stuart sees the role of coach as a sense-maker or way-finder. This week's episode is also available through Stuart's platform so be to check that out as well!

In terms of resources, be sure to check out The Talent Equation Podcast and dive into those episodes! You can find Stuart's show, blog and more on the site: https://www.thetalentequation.co.uk. You can also check out all of our other recommendations from guests here in our drive: https://bit.ly/t-c-r-drive

You can also connect with Stuart on twitter @stu_arm to keep up with his work! Also be sure to connect with the show on Facebook, twitter and instagram @thecoachsroad!

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This week we welcome on Professor Cliff Mallet from The University of Queensland. Prof. Mallet joins us to talk about Needs Supportive Coaching, creating Needs Supportive Environments, Social Identity Theory, and Motivation. We explore a lot in this weeks conversation with Prof. Mallet and we also jump into the importance of understanding the person in context as well as the leadership skills that are needed to coach in a needs supportive way. Prof. Mallet provides a great episode with a lot on info and a lot of ideas for coaches of all ages so have a listen and enjoy!

Check out our recommendations and resources from all of our guests on our drive: https://bit.ly/t-c-r-drive

Don't forget to connect with the show on instagram, Facebook or Twitter @thecoachsroad.

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This week we welcome on Professor Jean Côté from Queens University in Kingston, ON. Prof. Côté has done a lot of research on early sampling and formulated the Development Model of Sports Participation (DMSP) back in 1999. We dive into the structure of the model in today's conversation and also talk about early sampling vs. early specializing, deliberate practice vs. deliberate play, and how to progress an athlete through the DMSP. We also talk about why sampling is important to consider when an athlete is young and the importance of diversification and play in the childhood years. Its a great chat with a lot of insights so we hope everyone enjoys!

Prof. Côté has a ton of research out in the world so just go out and look, there is some great stuff out there! You can also find some of our other guests research and recommendations in our drive here: https://bit.ly/t-c-r-drive

You can also follow Prof. Côté on twitter to keep up with his work and research on there. His handle is @jeancote46. Don't forget to also connect with the show on social media @thecoachsroad and check out our website as well thecoachsroad.com!

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This week we welcome on Juhamatti Yli-Junnila (Yli), the Head Coach of the U20 SM-Liiga Lahti Pelicans. Yli shares with us his beginnings in coaching including starting at the U13 age group and following some of his current players all the way to U20 SM. Yli also shares with us the philosophy and core values important to his coaching, the team identity his players have created this year, and the environment that he looks to create for his players and staff. We then chat about what motivated him to start coaching and what motivates him now, the biggest impact on his coaching, and what he sees the role of a coach being. 

Don't forget to check out our list of guest resources on our drive: https://bit.ly/t-c-r-drive

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This week we welcome on Markus Åkerblom, Assistant Coach of the Swedish Men's National Team. With Markus we talk about his coaching philosophy, why player centered environments are important and what the key elements are in a player centered environment. One thing we continue to return to in the episode is coaching with questions instead of answers. We also dive into creating a player centered environments through the lens of culture and generational differences. This is a great conversation so thanks to Markus for taking the time!

You can check out Markus' Webinar for USA Hockey in our guest resources drive here: https://bit.ly/t-c-r-drive

You can also connect with Markus on twitter (@AkerblomMarkus), instagram (@markblomm) or email ([email protected]). Don't forget to also connect with the show @thecoachsroad on twitter, Facebook and instagram, as well as our website thecoachsroad.com

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This week we welcome on Professor Charles Hillman, the Co-Director of the Center for Cognitive and Brain Health at Northeastern University in Massachusetts. Dr. Hillman also belongs to the Department of Psychology and the Department of Physical Therapy, Movement & Rehabilitation Sciences. In today's episode we focus on Dr. Hillman's work on physical activity and its impact on brain health. We talk about some key terms in the field, how we can develop a healthy brain, the benefits of a healthy brain and how we can maintain a healthy brain. We also talk about how we can use this information as coaches for ourselves and for our athletes! Dr. Hillman puts his research into an informational but very understandable conversation in today's episode so we hope everyone enjoys!

As always you can find the resources that Dr. Hillman recommends in our drive on the recommended articles page (https://bit.ly/t-c-r-drive). You can also check out his website here: https://web.northeastern.edu/cbhlab/. 

You can follow along with Dr. Hillman's lab on twitter @CBHLab. Don't forget to connect with the show as well @thecoachsroad on twitter, Facebook and instagram!

p.s. Sorry for the background noise in the intro and outro at times!

This week we welcome on Maso Lehtonen, Head Coach of Imatra Ketterä of the Mestis league in Finland. Maso is also an alumni of our program here in Vierumäki so it was nice to connect with him and learn more about his background, his coaching and his road overall. Maso shares with us why his teams find a sort of instant success, what he sees the role of a coach as and why he coaches. Its a great conversation with Maso so we hope you all enjoy!

As also, check out our drive full of the recommendations of all of our previous guests from our show: https://bit.ly/t-c-r-drive

Connect with Maso on Instagram and Twitter (@KingOfNekkasbyy) and connect with the show on social media (@thecoachsroad). Also check out our homepage thecoachsroad.com

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On this weeks episode we throw it back to an interview we conducted over the summer with our instructor Mika Vähälummukka. Mika runs the classes on strength and conditioning and physical development in our program. We hope this kicks us off into talking more strength and conditioning pedagogy, models and planning in addition to our other topics. With Mika we talk about the difference between the Youth Physical Development Model and the LTAD model, the key terms in the model, when to train what elements and more. Hope you enjoy the episode!

Check out the resources from Mika and the rest of our guests on the google drive: https://bit.ly/t-c-r-drive. 

Don't forget to connect with the show on social media @thecoachsroad and check out our website thecoachsroad.com