All Episodes
Grassroots: The Minor Hockey Show — 128 episodes
Episode 127 - Peter Bolin on mentoring and communication in different cultures
Episode 126 - Dr. Simon Grondin: The Relative Age Effect, Laterality and hockey research
Episode 125 - Rahim Karmali's overhaul of Whitby coach development
Episode 124 - Are SSGs/SAGs misunderstood and misused?
Episode 123 - A Poditorial: The Bronze
Episode 122 - The DMIQ
Episode 121 - TOP Sports: A different kind of experience - in three sports!
Episode 120 - The proliferation of non-sanctioned hockey in Alberta
Episode 119 - Old or New? Appropriate or not? Other?
Episode 118 - Quebec Research Conference: John Lind (Sweden) - Applying the research
Episode 117 - Quebec Research Conference: Part 4 - Gergely Geczi (Hungary) - Team complexity
Episode 116 - Quebec Research Conference: Part 3 - Lukas Chmelir - Testing Puckhandling
Episode 115 - Quebec Research Conference: Part 2 - Kalle Valiaho (IIHF)
Episode 114 - Quebec Research Conference: Part 1 - J.F. Leblond (Hockey Quebec)
Episode 113 - Jim Haverstrom: ”Once you see it, you can’t unsee it.”
Episode 112 - Why you need a coach development person
Episode 111 - Teaching skills using an ecological dynamics approach
Episode 110 - Meanwhile in Bristol, England...
Episode 109 - What I learned from coaching U11
Episode 108 - Many tries - Many times - Many ways
Episode 107 - Leadership in hockey
Episode 106 - Are you a transformational coach?
Episode 105 - Greg Revak: ”I’m just trying to be less dumb.”
Episode 104 - Are you a new coach - of some sort?
Episode 103 - Checking in on checking
Episode 102 - The Norwegian Blue and Coach Education
Episode 101 - Hockey Coaching Terminology 101
Episode 100 - The Value of Small Space Activities & Games
Episode 99 - Hockey Factories through a different lens
Episode 98 - Joe Baker: The Tyranny of Talent
Episode 97 - When science meets art in coaching
Episode 96 - When kids discover through play
Episode 95 - Madame President: Where we are - Where we’re heading
Episode 94 - Dr. Stephen Norris - Part 2
Episode 93 - Dr. Stephen Norris - Part 1
Episode 92 - Holding my feet to the fire
Episode 91 - What is Coach Development?
Episode 90 - Follow the leader?
Episode 89 - The Evolution of the Coaching Life of Brian
Episode 88 - Reflecting on a S.E.E.P. Presentation
Episode 87 - Five Questions that need Answers
Episode 86 - Raymond Verheijen: The Evolution of Coaching
Episode 85 - The Language of Coaching
Episode 84 - Wally Kozak: For the good of the game
Episode 83 - S.E.E.P. - Six Elements for Effective Practices
Episode 82 - Wherefore bodychecking?
Episode 81 - Beer League Hockey Practice
Episode 80 - Applying C-D-E-F to minor hockey coaching
Episode 79 - Explaining critical thought in coaching
Episode 78 - A paradigm shift: C-D-E-F
Episode 77 - Practice Structure
Episode 76 - Deconstructing Deconstruction
Episode 75 - Observational Insanity: Copy & Paste
Episode 74 - About that conference
Episode 73 - Prof. Rob Gray: ”How we learn to move”
Episode 72 - The end of patterned coaching approaches is coming
Episode 71 - Do our coaches need what they’re doing in Australia?
Episode 70 - Yogi was right! (Part 2)
Episode 69 - Yogi was right! (Part 1 of 2)
Episode 68 - It’s not the what; it’s the how and why
Episode 67 - Do you have an open parachute?
Episode 66 - Could a club system work in Canada?
Episode 65 - What a master soccer and hockey coach sees
Episode 64 - Concepts: What a concept!
Episode 63 - The 90% Factor
Episode 62 - How to create a positive culture
Episode 61 - ”Culture is everything”
Episode 60 - The Room
Episode 59 - The Addiction to Drills
Episode 58 - Where have you been?
Episode 57: Final words for the season
Episode 56: Getting the edge on skating
Episode 55: And now, from Scandinavia...Part 2
Episode 54: And now, from Scandinavia...Part 1
Episode 53: Inside the American Development Model
Episode 52: Teaching what has ”maximum impact”
Episode 51: On Stupidity
Episode 50: Three statements that are development killers
Episode 49: The coaching interview
Episode 48: ”Kool” waxes eloquent on girls hockey
Episode 47: Gaston Marcotte: the world’s first humanizer
Episode 46: The Covid Coach
Episode 45: The World of Junior Hockey
Episode 44: The Coaching Voice
Episode 43: Preventing sexual violence in sport
Episode 42: How to improve minor hockey boards
Episode 41: The Goalie Coach
Episode 40: Back to Slave Lake
Episode 39: Past - Present - Future
Episode 38: Principles or Tactics & Systems?
Episode 37: BAM! How long does that take?
Episode 36: Do development vendors work?
Episode 35: ”Where do I start?”
Howie Meeker - A Personal Tribute
Episode 33: Coaching girls hockey - Jane King (Part 2)
Episode 32: Where are we with girls in sport?
Episode 31: Expertise vs. Competence in minor hockey coaching
Episode 30: What’s happened to mentorship?
Episode 29: Now about that idea...
Episode 28: The Coach-Player Dynamic
Episode 27: Grant has an idea
Episode 26: ”A better way of leading” - Dan Church
Episode 25: ”All in” - Vicky Sunohara: from Olympian to coach
Episode 24: The state of Ontario women’s hockey
Episode 23: From gym to ice
Episode 22: Laps, Lines, and Lectures - Don’t do ’em!
Episode 21: The Law of the Instrument
Episode 20: Process vs. Outcomes Coaching
Episode 19: Unpacking a coach’s suitcase
Preview of Episodes 19-20-21
Episode 18: Is there a coaching ”gene”?
Episode 17: So, you want to be president?
Episode 16: Teaching Individual Defensive Tactics
Episode 15: Teaching Individual Offensive Tactics
Episode 14: Combining Technical Skills
Episode 13: A Player’s Journey
Episode 12: Mind-Body Fusion
Episode 11: Mentally Charged
Episode 10: The Four Seasons of Teaching Checking
Episode 9: The coaching staff
Episode 8: Being a goalie parent
Episode 7: ”I don’t understand” - The ice time problem
Episode 6: The team from hell
Episode 5: Part 2 - The modified ice program
Episode 4: Part 1 - Hockey Canada’s modified ice program
Episode 3: Do hockey schools work?
Episode 2: The Coach Selection ”Process”
Episode 1: Golly Gee!