This week we chat with Bob Mancini, Regional Manager for USA Hockey's American Development Model. Bob has also spent time with the Oilers Organization and the South African Hockey Association and has been with USAH since the start of the ADM in 2009. With Bob we get into the development path of his son Victor, how his time with the Oilers and South Africa helps him in his current role, and how the ADM has changed in the 12 years it has been around so far. One of the changes is a larger emphasis on coach education which is something we also explore with Bob and why they have shifted the focus from what to coach to more how to coach.

You can check out the resources from all of our guests on our drive here: https://bit.ly/t-c-r-drive. Bob has been on The Hockey Think Tank Podcast a couple of times, you can check out those links in the drive!

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This week we welcome on Hero Mali, Strength Coach for Jokerit in the KHL and the Finnish Men’s National Team. Hero has had a lot of success in his almost 14 years on the pro level winning championships at the national and international level. With Hero we talk about the difference in being a strength coach for a club team and a national team as well as how the cooperation in the coaching staff works. We also explore how Jokerit adapted to COVID, the impact on the motivation of the players, and the demands and unique aspects of working and playing in the KHL. We finish the conversation by talking with Hero about how he implements the ever coming stream of new research and technology into his coaching.

You can check out all the resources from our guests on our google drive found here: https://bit.ly/t-c-r-drive

Don’t forget to connect with the show on social media @thecoachsroad on twitter, instagram and Facebook.

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This week we welcome on Petteri Kilpivaara, Assistant Coach of the Dresdner Eislöwen in the DEL2. Petteri is a former DP student belonging to the DP4 class of students. He has a vast amount of experience at several levels and ages of hockey including working as an Assistant Coach for the Finnish Women's National Team for 4 years. In this conversation Petteri shares his learnings from his time with the Women's team, his motivation to start coaching, what he sees the role of a coach being, and his coaching philosophy and core values. He also goes into the difference between being an assistant coach and a head coach as well as the environment that he wants to create for his players. 

You can see more of Petteri's path on his elite profile page: https://www.eliteprospects.com/staff/1609/petteri-kilpivaara

Check out all the resources from our previous guests on our google drive: https://bit.ly/t-c-r-drive. 

Don't forget to reach out with any questions or recommendations on social media (@thecoachsroad) or through email on our site thecoachsroad.com/contact

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This week we welcome on Jeff LoVecchio, a Performance Coach and Owner of RIPT HOCKEY. Jeff also hosts The Hockey Think Tank Podcast along with Topher Scott. With Jeff we explore more into Strength and Conditioning and he provides us with some great conversation of training specifics for the first half of the conversation including what a typical session looks like for his athletes, what type of training he prefers, and a bit on developing athleticism vs strength. For the back half of the conversation we dive into the the environment he wants to create in his gym and session for his athletes including external cueing and feedback, gym culture and the personalities he looks for in athletes. We finish up with how the gym can teach life skills and what it takes to be an elite athlete. We hope you enjoy this week's episode!

Check out our episode with Topher Scott, the other host of The Hockey Think Tank (Episode 27) as well as all of their great episodes and their other resources on their website: https://thehockeythinktank.com. You can also check out Jeff's work on Train Heroic here: https://marketplace.trainheroic.com/brand/ript-hockey. You can check out our other resources in our drive: https://bit.ly/t-c-r-drive.

Connect with Jeff on Instagram or Twitter and feel free to DM him with any questions about how he trains his athletes. His handle is @jefflovecchio on both sites. Don't forget to connect with the show on social media @thecoachsroad.

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This week we welcome on the Founder of The Coaches Site and the Host of The Glass and Out Podcast, Aaron Wilbur. Aaron shares with us his favorite parts of running the site and the podcast, what he has taken away from the experience and how he applies the learnings in his life and coaching. We then talk about promoting yourself as a coach, taking theory into practice, and how being a good coach is a work in progress. 

We also discuss The Global Skills Showcase which is running from March 22-26 on The Coaches Site. We are excited to give away TWO access passes to the Showcase through our Twitter and Instagram so check out our posts on those platforms to enter! Big thanks to Aaron and The Coaches Site for the giveaway!

Check out everything from The Coaches Site online at thecoachessite.com and on social media @TheCoachesSite on twitter, instagram and Facebook. You can also view all of our past guests' recommendations on our drive including the books and pods that Aaron recommends on our drive: https://bit.ly/t-c-r-drive

Don't forget to connect with the show on social media as well @thecoachsroad. 

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This week we welcome on Peter Bolin, a Coach Mentor for Seclerland Hockey Academy in Romania and Hungary. With Peter we chat about his work as a coach mentor and how he establishes a mission for the club, changes the coaches behavior and works with the members of the club. We also explore the idea of giving feedback to our players based on their behaviors as well as the various types of behaviors. Peter connects this with developing good citizens and not just hockey players. Hope everyone enjoys the conversation!

You can check out all the resources from our previous guests on our drive: https://bit.ly/t-c-r-drive.

You can connect with Peter via email at [email protected]. Don't forget to connect with the show on social media @thecoachsroad on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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In this episode we talk with Mike Harder, Director of Hockey Club Reno Ice, a brand new club in Reno, Nevada. Mike had a long playing career in the NCAA, AHL and various leagues in Europe. We dive into how that impacted his coaching and also explore how he got started in coaching, what he sees the role of a coach being, the philosophy of his club, and the goals he has for the new program in Reno. Finally we talk about the environment that they create for their athletes, the role that plays in their early success and how his past experience has impacted that environment. 

You can check out all the resources from our guests on our drive: https://bit.ly/t-c-r-drive. 

You can also connect with the show on social media @thecoachsroad on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. 

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This week we welcome on Mikael Tolkki, the video coach of the Finnish U20 National Team. Mikael also does some work for the International Ice Hockey Center of Excellence based in Vierumäki. With Mikael we explore video coaching including the role of a video coach and the benefit of having a quality video coach. We also dive into a very interesting topic of integrating technology into our coaching and how we can better utilize the tools out there to give feedback to players, improve team play and enhance player development. We hope everyone enjoys!

Don’t forget to check out our drive for resources from our past guests. You can browse all the recommendations here: https://bit.ly/t-c-r-drive

Also do not forget to connect with the show on social media (@thecoachsroad).

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This week we welcome on Jake Jensen, Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for Eisbären Berlin. Jake also has a Masters in Science from SNHU, and has received a CSCS through the NSCA in the US. In today's episode we dive into the world of Strength and Conditioning for the first time on our show and explore Jake's transition from American Football to Ice Hockey, LTAD, testing and monitoring athletes and finally we look at offseason training and what that consists of. Jake provides a nice blend of theory and practical ideas in today's episode and we hope everyone enjoys!

You can check out more of Jake's work from his website: https://www.jakejensenstrength.com. Here he posts several articles, books and other publications he has helped produce. You can check out all the resources from our guests on our drive here: https://bit.ly/t-c-r-drive.

You can also connect with Jake on twitter (@jake_sportsci) and instagram (@Jake_jensen1) to keep up with his work. You can also connect with the show on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @thecoachsroad.

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This week we welcome on Rich White, the Innovations Manager for Emergent MVMT. We talk with Rich about Emergent and their purpose, their new course Origins (use code ‘coachsroad21’ for a 20% discount), and dive into ecological dynamics, ecological psychology and the dynamic systems theory. We also chat about his journey to using ecological dynamics, how to take the theory into practice and the role of sports coaches, S&C coaches and movement skill acquisition coaches.

The new course, Origins, which Rich helped create, is a call to action to stop making sports about the adults and give it back to the kids. “We want to get the youth to love movement and not just sport.” Check it out more here: emergentmvmt.com/product/origins/ and use code ‘coachsroad21’ for 20% off! You can also check out the other courses, blogs and podcasts that Emergent MVMT releases here: https://linktr.ee/emergence.

You can also check out some other resources from all our previous guests in our drive: https://bit.ly/t-c-r-drive.

Keep up with Emergent MVMT on twitter @EMERGENTMVMT. You can also keep up with the show on social media @thecoachsroad and check out our website thecoachsroad.com

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