Best Finnish Army Podcasts (2024)

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Episode 120 - A Coaching Conversation with Derek Army 57:38

4M ago57:38

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This episode features a great conversation with Derek Army, Head Coach of the Wheeling Nailers in the ECHL. With Derek we talk about the USA Hockey Player Development Camps, what the ECHL is and the opportunity it presents players and coaches. We then also talk about recruiting and buy in, self-development, and the influence his father, also a coac…

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Episode 119 - Preparing for the Youth Olympic Games with Joe Bonnett and Dave Caruso 1:00:00

6M ago1:00:00

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This conversation features Joe Bonnett and Dave Caruso, two pieces of the coaching staff for Team USA’s Ice Hockey Team in the 2024 Youth Olympic Games! We have a great conversation around the games and learning from and carrying on the success of USA Hockey at the World Juniors and Women’s U18 World Championships. We also talk about their guiding …

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Episode 118 - Guardians of a Championship Culture with Thomas Koulentes and Stan Bowman 1:19:09

8M ago1:19:09

1:19:09

This episode features a great conversation with Thomas Koulentes and Stan Bowman about a core value process that goes beyond selecting a set of words. They talk through their experience of the process that Thomas took the Chicago Blackhawks Management team through and how he encouraged them to own the values they created. We also discuss about the …

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Episode 117 - Striving, Surviving, and Thriving as Coaches with Prof. Cliff Mallett 1:18:07

9M ago1:18:07

1:18:07

This conversation features Professor Cliff Mallett from the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. With Prof. Mallett we talk about the recent serial winning coaches study, what they learned about serial winning coaches, and how we can apply their learnings in our coaching. A big part of the study and our conversation is about striving, s…

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Episode 116 - Coach Development in Finnish Ice Hockey with Pyry Lukkarila 1:16:50

10M ago1:16:50

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This episode features Pyry Lukkarila, Head of Coach Development for the Finnish Ice Hockey Association. We explore the coach development system in Finland Ice Hockey and the crucial skills needed to be a coach developer. We also touch on how Pyry got interested in coach development and the aspects of the field that excite him in his work. We have b…

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Episode 115 - A Conversation with David Min 1:12:55

1y ago1:12:55

1:12:55

This episode features David Min, Player Development Coach for the Kraken Youth Hockey Association. We speak with David about his story in hockey and coaching. This includes the impact hockey had on him coming from South Korea to North America at 5 years old. We also talk about how he got into coaching and a bit on how his experiences in the game sh…

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Episode 114 - Season Reflection with Rick and Derek 1:32:31

1y ago1:32:31

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This week we have our yearly reflection on our previous season. Last year Rick was with Frisk Asker and Holmen Hockey and he tells us about his experience and learnings spending time there. Derek was at Jar Idrettslag and, same as Rick, shares his experiences and learnings. Some similarities from working in the same country and culture but some dif…

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Episode 113 - Changing Cultures and Roles with Markus Åkerblom 1:14:46

1y ago1:14:46

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In this episode we speak for a second time with Markus Åkerblom, now the Head Coach for HC Thurgau in the Swiss League. The first time Markus joined us he was the Assistant Coach for the Swedish National Team and so we speak to him about why he sought out the challenge of coaching in Switzerland, his experience at the Olympic Games in 2022, and how…

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Episode 112 - A Conversation with Espen Sæther 1:20:11

1+ y ago1:20:11

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This episode is a great conversation with Espen Sæther, development consultant for the Norwegian Ice Hockey Federation. We spend time talking about his background and values, the importance of letting go a bit of control as a coach, the importance of winning and losing, and how to measure success. The Coach’s Road Podcast is proud to be presented b…

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Episode 111 - Global Perspective on Development with Kalle Valiaho 1:12:09

1+ y ago1:12:09

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This week we chat with Kalle Valiaho, the IIHF’s Development Director. We take on a global perspective and talk about how the IIHF is supporting the development of the game of hockey through work and support towards federations. It is a great chat that really shows development from a big picture! The Coach’s Road Podcast is proud to be presented by…

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Episode 110 - Curriculum and Developing Confidence with Martin Fossli 1:11:46

1+ y ago1:11:46

1:11:46

This episode features Martin Fossli, Norway’s U16 boy’s National Team Head Coach and Head Coach of Frisk Asker U18/NTG! We talk with Martin about the impacts of his teacher education on his coaching, developing confidence as a coach, the environment in NTG and the National Team Programs. We also talk about how he is restructuring the NTG program in…

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Episode 109 - Development in Banska Bystrica with Branislav Bendik 1:05:50

1+ y ago1:05:50

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This episode features Branislav Bendik, Head of Coaching in Banska Bystrica in Slovakia. You may remember Brani from our 7th ever episode, the skill development round table. We now talk with Brani about his work in the club, how he is developing a coaching culture, and the development of their players! It was great to catch up with Brani and hear a…

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Episode 108 - Parents in the Pathway with Johan Fallby 1:17:08

2y ago1:17:08

1:17:08

This episode feature Sports Psychologist, Johan Fallby, from Sweden. With Johan we chat about the nuances of creating a sound and challenging environment, how self-determination is needed to make it to the top, and how how to build internal drive. Then we talk about the role of parents in the process of developing young athletes and how we can invo…

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Episode 107 - Catch up with Derek and Rick 1:04:00

2y ago1:04:00

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This week we have a catch up episode with Derek and Rick. We chat about our starts in Norway and our new positions and the opportunities they give us. We also chat about what is important for us going into this season and what our plans for the season are. Finally we chat a bit about how we are trying to build up hockey sense in our players. The Co…

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Episode 106 - Fearless: Rewiring the Brain of Young Athletes with Adam Truhlar 1:20:44

2y ago1:20:44

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This episode is a chat with Adam Truhlar, Sport Psychologist and Author of Fearless: Rewiring the Brain of Young Athletes. In his book, Adam goes through the mental development model that starts with building the motivation of the young athlete and how to follow through to help the athlete have success throughout their career. We also talk a bit ab…

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Episode 105 - A Conversation on Antiracism in Coaching and Life with Kyle Williams 1:25:44

2y ago1:25:44

1:25:44

This week’s episode, we talk with Kyle Williams, the Chief Empowerment Officer for A Long Talk. A Long Talk is an organization with the goal of putting an Antiracist at every dinner table in America and to educate to end hate. With Kyle we talk about the experiences that lead to the beginnings of the organization and how we can become more antiraci…

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Episode 104 - Learning to Scout and Recruit in College Hockey with Cory Schneider 1:20:36

2y ago1:20:36

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This week on the show we chat with Cory Schneider, Assistant Coach at Clarkson University in New York. We chat about how his pathway as a coach helped prepare him for the role he currently has with Clarkson. Specifically how he has been able to learn from some great coaches on how to scout and recruit players for your team. The Coach’s Road Podcast…

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Episode 103 - Conference Room Breakdown with Quintin Bollue 1:03:14

2y ago1:03:14

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SORRY WE ARE LATE! This time on the Coach’s Road Podcast we have our first conference room breakdown with Quintin Bollue, Jar Idrettslag’s Hockey Director in Norway. These episodes will come around time to time and will just be conversations in the conference room with coworkers, coaches, and other people around Norway! Fun chat today with Q and ho…

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Episode 102 - Conversation on Career Ambitions and Player Safety with Dakota Keene 1:21:58

2y ago1:21:58

1:21:58

This week we chat with Dakota Keene, Coordinator of Hockey Operations with the American Hockey League (AHL). Dakota has the ambition to become a General Manager within ice hockey and we chat about that role and his plan to get there. Than we shift to talk a bit about his current role with the AHL and player safety. The Coach’s Road Podcast is proud…

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Episode 101 - Goaltenders with Steve Thompson 1:06:29

2y ago1:06:29

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In this episode we talk with Steve Thompson, USA Hockey’s Regional Manager for Goaltending Development. We chat about the requirements for goaltending, how coaches with no background in goalies can help their goalies, and how to develop goalies. We also get into ice time, bench activities and a lot of other tips for helping out goalies! The Coach’s…

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Episode 100 - Classroom Interview with Aku Nieminen 1:44:37

2y ago1:44:37

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This week we celebrate our 100th episode with a special episode with Aku Nieminen and the DP19 class! Aku answers questions about his career and gives advice to the DP19s as they start their own! We have some great questions from the DP19 students about being let go, leadership, balancing family and work, skills needed, and more! We are very gratef…

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Episode 99 - Psychobiosocial States with Reko Luojumäki 1:09:02

2y ago1:09:02

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In this episode we speak with Reko Luojumäki, lecturer at University of Jyväskylä here in Finland. Reko shares with us his knowledge about psychobiosocial states and how they relate to sports. We talk about how functional and dysfunctional states impact performance and how they differ for each individual. We also chat about what things we can do as…

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Episode 98 - Season Reflection with Derek and Rick 1:01:34

2y ago1:01:34

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This week we have a reflective chat about this last season with the Junior Pelicans. We chat about what went well, what we learned, what we can improve and what our favorite memories are from the year. It is always nice to chat about the season once it is over and we hope everyone enjoys the episode! The Coach’s Road Podcast is proud to be presente…

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Episode 97 - Learner-Centered Facilitation with Vitor Ciampolini 1:09:27

2y ago1:09:27

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This week we are joined Vitor Ciampolini, a PhD candidate in Physical Education. We talk with Vitor about how coaches can approach coach education opportunities to take away something for their practice. We then talk about Mille, A Coach Developer from the Brazilian Rugby Federation who Vitor shadowed. Through Mille’s story we learn about being lea…

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Episode 96 - A Conversation with John Riley 59:25

2+ y ago59:25

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This conversation features John Riley, Player Development Coach for the Philadelphia Flyers Organization. With John we begin by exploring his path through hockey to the NHL level including his time as a math teacher. Then we talk about the holistic evaluation and how he helps players to develop but not deal with the pressure by themselves. We finis…

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Episode 95 - Talent Identification with Stig Arve Sæther 1:13:22

2+ y ago1:13:22

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In this episode we are joined by Stig Arve Sæther, Associate Professor at Norwegian University of Science and Technology. With Stig we talk about Talent Development, a topic that is crucial in coaching and is quite complex. Stig offers some great insight into what talent really is, the difference between a static and dynamic view of talent, why the…

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Episode 94 - Psychological Skills and Characteristics with Dr. Lea-Cathrin Dohme 1:18:02

2+ y ago1:18:02

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This week we are joined by Dr. Lea-Cathrin Dohme from Cardiff Metropolitan University. With Dr. Dohme we discuss the development of Psychological Skills and Characteristics in young athletes. The conversation touches on the distinction between skills and characteristics, identifying athlete needs, roles and expectations for coaches, and the impact …

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Episode 93 - Simulcast with The Sound of Coaching (Valmentajan Äänellä) with Henna Tanhuanpää and Nea Sunila 1:30:06

2+ y ago1:30:06

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This week we have a simulcast with the hosts of The Sound of Coaching (Valmentajan Äänellä) Henna Tanhuanpää and Nea Sunila. We have a conversation about our thoughts on coach education, coaching philosophies and learning in coaching. It was great to get to know more about Henna and Nea and what they do and how they think! The Coach’s Road Podcast …

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Episode 92 - Reflective Practice with Dr. François Rodrigue 1:18:47

2+ y ago1:18:47

1:18:47

This week we are joined by Dr. François Rodrigue, A Coaching Performance Advisor in Ottawa. With Coach Frank we talk about reflective practice and how engaging in reflection can help coaches connect the science and art of coaching! Coach Frank provides some easy to use tools for reflection and some good advice for deepening reflection and making su…

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Episode 91 - Building a Network with Dr. Kirsi Hämäläinen 1:13:20

2+ y ago1:13:20

1:13:20

This week we talk with Dr. Kirsi Hämäläinen, Principle Lecturer at Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences and Vice President of ICCE Europe. During her time with the Finnish Olympic Committee, Dr. Hämäläinen was tasked with created a coach development network and that is what we talk about today. The process of building the network, critical pi…

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Episode 90 - Transformational Coaching with Dr. Jennifer Turnnidge 1:12:09

2+ y ago1:12:09

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This week we are joined by Dr. Jennifer Turnnidge from Queen’s University in Canada to talk about transformational leadership and coaching. We talk about transformational leadership behaviors and how we can become more transformational. Then we talk about how we get people accustomed to transformational behaviors and how much of our coaching is tra…

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Episode 89 - Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Sport with Dr. Erin Kraft 1:06:34

2+ y ago1:06:34

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This week we welcome on Dr. Erin Kraft, from Queens University in Canada. With Dr. Kraft we talk about Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in sport. We talk specifically about the Alberta Women in Sport Leadership Impact Program and the impact that had. We also talk about the importance of representation, the importance in championing and believi…

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Episode 88 - Teaching with Mika Saarinen 1:10:25

2+ y ago1:10:25

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This week we welcome back on Mika Saarinen, Senior Lecturer in the Degree Program of Sports Coaching and Management. With Mika we talk about his teacher studies, coach education, reflection for students and what learning looks like. Then we talk about how he builds relationships with the students and what is role in the degree program is. The Coach…

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Episode 87 - Norway Hockey's Coach Development with Vetle Dalburg 1:11:52

2+ y ago1:11:52

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This week we welcome back on Vetle Dalberg to continue our conversation about The Polar Bear Model in Norway and specifically about their Coach Development Model. We get into what their coach education includes, how they support coaches taking theory into practice, how they create a safe environment for the coaches, and finally how they support the…

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Episode 86 - Performance Psychology with Dr. A.J. Sturges 1:11:42

2+ y ago1:11:42

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This week we talk with Dr. A.J. Sturges, Director of Performance Psychology for the Chicago Blackhawks. With A.J. we talk about performance psychology, encouraging help-seeking behaviors, psychosocial development. A.J. also provides some recommendations on how junior level hockey in North America can be improved to better support psychosocial devel…

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Episode 85 - Student Round Table pt. 2 with Karolina Nowakowska, Ruben Rampazzo, and Aku Hannula 1:12:02

2+ y ago1:12:02

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This week we bring back some students from the Degree Program in Sport Coaching and Management. Joining us are Aku Hannula, Karolina Nowakowska, and Ruben Rampazzo, three DP19 students in their second year of the program. Similar to the first student episode we talk about their takeaways from the program, their favorite memories and their ideas for…

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Episode 84 - Tough and Clean Hockey with Dr. Larry Lauer 1:15:34

2+ y ago1:15:34

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This week we talk with Dr. Larry Lauer, a Mental Skills Specialist with the USTA Player Development Inc. Larry developed the Tough and Clean Hockey Program and thats exactly what we explore today! We expand on his presentation from the conference in December and then throw him some scenarios and ask for his advice on how to handle them. The Coach’s…

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Episode 83 - Reaction to Interviews with Prof. AJ Woodburn 1:16:08

2+ y ago1:16:08

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This week we close out our series with AJ Woodburn by reacting to each others interviews and reflecting on the bits we were struck by. It was great to have this series with AJ and it was great to listen to each others stories! Thanks to AJ for the time! The Coach’s Road Podcast is proud to be presented by CoachTools, a tool to improve coaching and …

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Episode 82 - Interview of Rick by Prof. AJ Woodburn 1:38:43

2+ y ago1:38:43

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This week it is Rick’s interview with Prof. Andrea Joy Woodburn from the Université Laval in Quebec, Canada. AJ asks us some interesting questions getting us to reflect on our journey as young coaches and young coach developers and what is next for us! The Coach’s Road Podcast is proud to be presented by CoachTools, a tool to improve coaching and p…

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Episode 81 - Interview of Derek by Prof. AJ Woodburn 1:25:33

2+ y ago1:25:33

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The next two weeks we are doing things a bit differently, Rick and Derek were interviewed separately by Prof. Andrea Joy Woodburn from the Université Laval in Quebec, Canada. This week we are releasing Derek’s interview with AJ and then next week we will release Rick’s interview. AJ asks us some interesting questions getting us to reflect on our jo…

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Episode 80 - The Coach's Road Conference Day 3 Reflection with Rick and Derek 13:02

2+ y ago13:02

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This week we again break down our experience hosting the third day of the Coach’s Road Conference! We talk about our experience, our thoughts, improvements we can make for next year! We also call on everyone to let us know your experience and let us know of anything that would make it better for you as an audience member for next year! Shoot us an …

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Episode 79 - The Coach's Road Conference Day 2 Reflection with Rick and Derek 18:07

2+ y ago18:07

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This week we again break down our experience hosting the second day of the Coach’s Road Conference! We talk about our experience, our thoughts, improvements we can make for day 3 and our key learnings! We also call on everyone to let us know your experience and let us know of anything that would make it better for you as an audience member! Shoot u…

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Episode 78 - The Coach's Road Conference Day 1 Reflection with Rick and Derek 21:22

2+ y ago21:22

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This week we break down our experience hosting the first day of the Coach’s Road Conference! We talk about our experience, our thoughts, improvements we can make for day 2 and our key learnings! We also call on everyone to let us know your experience and let us know of anything that would make it better for you as an audience member! Shoot us an em…

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Episode 77 - Understanding Our Athletes' Why with Jonny McMurtry 1:13:35

2+ y ago1:13:35

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This week we welcome on Jonny McMurtry, founder of Coaching the Coaches. With Jonny we talk about his recent research investigating the personal strivings of elite 17-20 year old Rugby Union athletes. We start by talking about what strivings are, how we can find out what our athletes’ strivings are and how we can utilize that knowledge in our coach…

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Episode 76 - Professionalism in Coaching with Dr. Kristen Dieffenbach 1:13:49

2+ y ago1:13:49

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This week we welcome on Dr. Kristen Dieffenbach, Professor at West Virginia University and President of the United States Center for Coaching Excellence (USCCE). With Dr. Dieffenbach we talk about professionalism in coaching, coach well being, the athlete-coach transition. We also talk about coach development and how we can support the learning of …

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Episode 75 - A Conversation with Roger Rönnberg 1:01:58

2+ y ago1:01:58

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Today we welcome on Roger Rönnberg, Head Coach of the Frölunda HC in Gothenburg. With Roger we talk about what success is, and the traits that make him a successful coach at an elite level. We also talk about his core values and beliefs and the role he holds as the Head Coach. Finally we talk about keeping people in the game long-term and building …

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Episode 74 - Conference Preview with Rick and Derek 1:01:49

2+ y ago1:01:49

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This week Rick and Derek preview the conference now that all the speakers (besides the coach’s road speakers) have been confirmed. We talk about what excites about what speaker and each day and we also cover the topics each speaker will speak about. If there is anything you’re excited to hear about in the conference let us know by email thecoachsro…

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Episode 73 - The Polar Bear Model with Vetle Dalberg 1:13:01

2+ y ago1:13:01

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This week we welcome on Vetle Dalberg, Utviklingskonsulent for the Norwegian Ice Hockey Association, to chat about Norway’s new Polar Bear Model. We talk about what created the change, what the model includes and what the model focuses on in player development!You can check out more from the NIHA website here: https://www.hockey.no/isbjornmodellen/…

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Episode 72 - Working with Parents in Sport with Gordon MacLelland 1:13:17

3y ago1:13:17

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This week we chat with Gordon MacLelland, Founder of Working with Parents in Sport based out of the UK. With Gordon we chat about what makes good sports parents and how we as coaches can help support parents and engage them positively in their child’s experience in sport. We also talk about how to take the pressure off of young athletes and how we …

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Episode 71 - Degree Program Evolution and Learning Environments for Coaches with Jukka Tiikkaja 1:16:17

3y ago1:16:17

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This week we talk with Jukka Tiikkaja, COO of Vierumäki. Jukka has formerly been with the Degree Program we are studying in from the beginning in 2001 until 2017 with a small break to work with the IIHF Asia Office. With his background with the program we talk about the evolution of the program over the years. In turn we talk about creating good le…

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