Hockey IQ Podcast
Greg Revak interviews the best hockey minds around hockey IQ, hockey sense, training, and more
Episodes
On this episode of the Hockey IQ podcast, we sit down with Nick Smallridge to talk advanced coaching topics in a 3 part series.
A few areas on this episode we discuss:
- Why coaches implements systems and concepts... when those are helpful vs harmful
- Player Autonomy in Coaching
- Adaptive Coaching for Player Development
- Common coaching errors
- Forcing learning rather than designing learning
- Questioning players care or focus
- Breaking player&...
On this episode of the Hockey IQ podcast, we sit down with Nick Smallridge to talk advanced coaching topics in a 3 part series.
A few areas on this episode we discuss:
- Amplifying Error in Coaching... The effects of having players exaggerating their mistakes and poor behavior
- Finding athletic feel
- How to solve your team's bad habits (eg. don't work together well)
- Attuning players to their playing environment
- How to play quic...
On this episode of the Hockey IQ podcast, we sit down with Nick Smallridge to talk advanced coaching topics in a 3 part series.
A few areas on this episode we discuss:
- Reset rituals and mindset visualizations.
- Optimal arousal state
- Falling to standards rather than rising to the occasion
- Creating pressure/stakes at practice
- Giving up control as a coach to enhance player learning environments
- Self-Determination Theory
- What if the coach w...
On this episode of the Hockey IQ podcast, we sit down with ice hockey coach, Jamieson McVicar.
A few areas on this episode we discuss:
- Creating game transferable practice plans
- How to provide feedback that stick and empowers players
- CLA as an organizational philosophy
- Time under tension & Simplification not decompesition
- Skating away from pressure vs into pressure
- Importance of reflection time
- Many little coaching hacks you can ta...
On this episode of the Hockey IQ podcast, we sit down with ice hockey skating expert, Christian Grunnah.
A few areas on this episode we discuss:
- Skating lessons learned from National Champion speed skating father
- Weight distribution and transfer within ice skating
- Gym work for ice skating
- Value in slowing down to work on proper form principles
- Importance of glide
- How to maintain and gain speed through turns
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On this episode of the Hockey IQ podcast, we sit down with professional hockey player, Alina Muller of Switzerland.
A few areas on this episode we discuss:
- Value of pushing yourself, choosing hard, and seeing what good looks like
- Importance of off-ice work and time away from hockey
- Winning Broze Medal at the Olympics at age 15
- Training shooting by what actually is realistic
- Practice habits
- Preparation for performance... mentally and p...
On this episode of the Hockey IQ podcast, we sit down with hockey content creator, Anthony of Hockey Psychology.
A few areas on this episode we discuss:
- Weaponizing an asset rather than just having an asset
- Importance and benefits of off the puck play
- Why Macklin Celebrini is elite off the rush
- How NHLers are using modern skating techniques to their advantage
- Benefits of being reliable and consistent, illustrated by Sascha Barkov
- Shoo...
On this episode of the Hockey IQ podcast, we sit down with hockey skating specialist, Marcie Kierpiec.
A few areas on this episode we discuss:
- Teaching ice hockey skating technique and movement patterns.
- Maximizing reps during skating-focused practice
- Age-appropriate skating development
- Languaging to teach hockey skating
- Importance of gaining a feel for your skates and edges
- Fixing common hockey skating issues
- Linking strength training...
On this episode of the Hockey IQ podcast, we sit down with soccer coach and English teacher, Nick Smallridge.
A few areas on this episode we discuss:
- How to give impact team talks between periods/halfs and after the game
- Quality questions asking... going beyond just asking open-ended questions
- Guiding attention and focus to improve coaching effectiveness
- Cueing players via intentions NOT mechanicals/technique
- Benefits of overplanning...
On this episode of the Hockey IQ podcast, we sit down with hockey dad, Champs App founder, and curious hockey mind... Ray Tenenbaum.
A few areas on this episode we discuss:
- Game play styles and tactics
- What scouts look for in a hockey player
- Situational play, eg. Zone entries
- Puck management
- Clean defensive feet
- And more into the details of the game and pieces that are helpful to improve performance
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On this episode of the Hockey IQ podcast, we sit down with Coach Developer and Consultant, JP Nerbun.
A few areas on this episode we discuss:
- Leadership development as experiential
- Awareness at the first step
- Self-Authored internal scorecard
- Increasing self-awareness with 4 practical tips
- Attribute of faster developers
- Navigating conflict
- Preparing for confliect
- Effectiveness vs efficiency
- Emotional regulation for coaches
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On this episode of the Hockey IQ podcast, we sit down with Mental Performance coach, Cassidy Preston.
A few areas on this episode we discuss:
- Managing frustration
- Reset routines
- Yo-yo Confidence vs Sustainable Confidence
- Internal vs external confidence sources
- Earning your confidence
- Handling praise and success
- Power of accurate self assessment
- Overcoming overthinking
- Accepting and committing
- When to challenge someone vs supporting someon...
On this episode of the Hockey IQ podcast, we sit down with Shakopee HS Ice Hockey Head Coach, Calvin Simon.
A few areas on this episode we discuss:
- Finding balance between push and pull as a leader
- Value in feedback via observing and listening
- Group needs vs individual needs
- Being repetitive without being stale
- Teaching the team to look out for each other
- Praise in public with criticism in private
- Focus on your bobber
- Importance of diet...
On this episode of the Hockey IQ podcast, we sit down with The Coaching Lab founder Jack Rolfe.
A few areas on this episode we discuss:
- Self-reflection for both players and coaches
- Game-based learning techniques, challenges, and solutions
- Individualizing a team activity or game
- Quality question asking
- Why coaches should stand in multiple spots throughout an activity
- How to accelerate athletic learning
- Working backward to design a train...
On this episode of the Hockey IQ podcast, we sit down with ice hockey coach Don Granato to discuss best practices, coaching evolutions, and nuanced issues faced by ice hockey players.
A few areas on this episode we discuss:
- Attributes that lead to future success
- Effectiveness/Efficiency vs Talent/Skill
- Importance of having a willingness to do a role then grow from there
- False confidence vs real confidence
- Helping players understand t...
On this episode of the Hockey IQ podcast, we sit down with ice hockey coach Don Granato to discuss best practices, coaching evolutions, and nuanced issues faced by ice hockey players.
A few areas on this episode we discuss:
- Why development is critical to winning frequently
- Creating an environment that fosters a player's passion and grows a coach's influence
- Getting more out of your players
- Barometers for how well the coach...
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:
- What do players want out of playing ice hockey
- Characteristics in common with high achieving ice hockey players
- How to watch ice hockey if you want to improve
- Accurate self-assessment's place in becoming ...
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 an...
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...
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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