Coaching Call
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Ep. 14. How to get the most out of your players
06 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textOur guest on this episode is Brandon Stojcevski, a professional hockey player with the Danbury Hat Tricks. We talk about his path through y...
Ep 13. How to coach using simple principles
14 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textOur guest on this episode is Coach Michael Zigomanis, a former professional hockey player turned youth hockey coach. He was with the Pittsb...
Ep 12. How to become an elite women's hockey player
24 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textOn this episode, our guest is Marie-Pierre Pelissou, member of Team France and SA Bern, and clinical project manager for Nestle. We talk ab...
Ep 11. What does empowered coaching look like?
10 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textNew coaches often feel like they are imposters, meaning that they don't know what they are doing. Sometimes this feeling persists even...
Ep 10. Why, when, and how to choose a leadership group for your team
01 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textTraditionally, the best player on the team was the captain. But that's not necessarily the best approach for choosing your leadership ...
Ep 9. Unequal ice time considered harmful (Or how to create and play your lines)
25 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textOne of the great arts of coaching is putting players on lines and putting those lines on the ice in a game. Do you give player unequal ice ...
Ep 8. How to stay onside with parents
29 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textWith the start of the new hockey season, it's time to hold that all-important parent meeting. This meeting lays the foundation for pro...
Ep 7. How can I still be a head coach if I have a professional skills coach?
22 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textA fellow new coach was nervous about losing his authority as a head coach if he had professional skills coaches. David gives advice on usin...
Ep 6. Susan comes back from skills courses with questions
13 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textSusan attended Hockey Canada’s Instructional Stream courses: Skating 1 and Development Defensemen 1. We debrief her experiences and Dave ...
Ep 5. Do you play to play or play to win?
04 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textIt's Dave's turn to ask a question about a situation with his women's recreational hockey league. Susan weighs in with her i...
Ep 4. What counts in kids hockey?
03 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textHow did Dave and Susan do on the celebration challenge? What analytics should we use in kids hockey? What's the value of playing cross...
Ep 3. How do you celebrate your gains?
03 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textPeople with a growth mindset are constantly striving for improvement. But this mindset leads to a hyper focus on the gap between current st...
Ep 2. How to get off to a good start
02 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textJoin us for an insightful episode where we explore new beginnings. Key questions that we tackle include: How to you teach little kids to sk...
Ep 1. How to and how not to run tryouts
26 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textIt's the time of year for hockey team tryouts. Hear about Susan's experiences out the wild and Dave's advice on how to do ru...