Patrick Francie

Same as a basketball team, but you know, each player has a team behind him generally, especially the better players to your point, they have specialists that come in and work with them. And the mental performance of it is not necessarily that they, the, you know, it's not a psychiatric thing necessarily. It's how do I deal with my life?

Same as a basketball team, but you know, each player has a team behind him generally, especially the better players to your point, they have specialists that come in and work with them. And the mental performance of it is not necessarily that they, the, you know, it's not a psychiatric thing necessarily. It's how do I deal with my life?

And that's where it gets in the way, whether it's marriage or friends or in-laws or kids, other team players. You know, how do you handle some of the things that go on? And that's a mental thing. It's not a physical or technical thing.

And that's where it gets in the way, whether it's marriage or friends or in-laws or kids, other team players. You know, how do you handle some of the things that go on? And that's a mental thing. It's not a physical or technical thing.

Yeah, it's an important aspect of it all. I'll give you a quick story that was in only because I was kind of connected to it. She worked with a player who was a fourth line player. He was better than the fourth line. He believed himself better to be than the fourth line. But he could never cut a spot on the second line or the first line. And so she started working with him.

Yeah, it's an important aspect of it all. I'll give you a quick story that was in only because I was kind of connected to it. She worked with a player who was a fourth line player. He was better than the fourth line. He believed himself better to be than the fourth line. But he could never cut a spot on the second line or the first line. And so she started working with him.

And she's seeing what he's operating on top of his resentment for the coaches. And he doesn't feel like he's being seen and da-da-da. And she said to him, she said, I'm going to give you a little different view of the world. She says, why don't you consider being the captain of your fourth line? And why don't you focus on being the best fourth line in the whole league?

And she's seeing what he's operating on top of his resentment for the coaches. And he doesn't feel like he's being seen and da-da-da. And she said to him, she said, I'm going to give you a little different view of the world. She says, why don't you consider being the captain of your fourth line? And why don't you focus on being the best fourth line in the whole league?

And so she started working with him to be the leader on that fourth line, not the whole team, be the captain of your fourth line and be the best line on the ice, drive your guys to do that. Well, interesting. I knew that backstory, you know, a few months in where I'm happy to watch a hockey game, which I rarely do, but the announcer said,

And so she started working with him to be the leader on that fourth line, not the whole team, be the captain of your fourth line and be the best line on the ice, drive your guys to do that. Well, interesting. I knew that backstory, you know, a few months in where I'm happy to watch a hockey game, which I rarely do, but the announcer said,

when that line came on and he talked about that particular player, he goes, definitely the best fourth line in the league. Every time they come out, they make something happen, blah, blah, blah. By the end of the season, he was playing second line. And so that was not a shift in his abilities. It wasn't a shift in what he did technically and how he stick handled or how even many goals he scored.

when that line came on and he talked about that particular player, he goes, definitely the best fourth line in the league. Every time they come out, they make something happen, blah, blah, blah. By the end of the season, he was playing second line. And so that was not a shift in his abilities. It wasn't a shift in what he did technically and how he stick handled or how even many goals he scored.

It was a shift of how he viewed his world. He upped his game and how he occurred. And ultimately the coaching staff couldn't help but bring him up in terms of playing time and who he was on the team.

It was a shift of how he viewed his world. He upped his game and how he occurred. And ultimately the coaching staff couldn't help but bring him up in terms of playing time and who he was on the team.

Well, I don't want to say obviously. To me, coaches are a big – They have a big impact on the whole team, their strategy, how they treat the players, how they can read players. So I have a trainer that comes into my home and works out with me two or three days a week. Here's the thing about it. I've worked out most of my life.

Well, I don't want to say obviously. To me, coaches are a big – They have a big impact on the whole team, their strategy, how they treat the players, how they can read players. So I have a trainer that comes into my home and works out with me two or three days a week. Here's the thing about it. I've worked out most of my life.

I know how to lift a weight, but my own self-talk, my own body says, no, you can't do this. My coach who I've been, my trainer who I've been working with for several years knows my body better than me because I bitch about it. I go, there's not a chance. I can't, I'm not doing 10 of those. And he goes, He says, you'll do 10, no problem. He says, I'm expecting you'll probably do 12.

I know how to lift a weight, but my own self-talk, my own body says, no, you can't do this. My coach who I've been, my trainer who I've been working with for several years knows my body better than me because I bitch about it. I go, there's not a chance. I can't, I'm not doing 10 of those. And he goes, He says, you'll do 10, no problem. He says, I'm expecting you'll probably do 12.

He's generally right. My point is, there's a good coach that knows the team. And when I've worked with a couple of NHL coaches, he said, because I was doing some technical stuff with a player, and he said, we'll see if this works. He goes, if it improves him a half a stride, I'll know it. That's a coach. That's like, if you, if you improve him a half a stride, I'll know it and you're in.

He's generally right. My point is, there's a good coach that knows the team. And when I've worked with a couple of NHL coaches, he said, because I was doing some technical stuff with a player, and he said, we'll see if this works. He goes, if it improves him a half a stride, I'll know it. That's a coach. That's like, if you, if you improve him a half a stride, I'll know it and you're in.