Podcasts about american development model

How can we revolutionize youth hockey development? This week's episode of Our Kids Play Hockey explores the transformative impact of the American Development Model (ADM) on young players in the U.S. USA Hockey's Senior Director of Player & Coach Development, Ken Martel, joins the show to share insights on creating fun, game-like practices that emphasize puck touches, appropriate challenges, and decision-making. He highlights why encouraging kids to participate in multiple sports is crucial, with research revealing that most NHL stars were multi-sport athletes. Coaching education takes center stage in the discussion as Ken advocates for lifelong learning and utilizing USA Hockey's resources. The episode also tackles the topic of body contact in girls hockey, highlighting the importance of teaching competitive contact skills. Throughout, the focus remains on fostering engaging environments that nurture skills and a lifelong passion for the game.Text The Our Kids Play Hockey Team!Our Kids Play Hockey is brought to you by pomi, peace of mind insurance!Help protect your team registration fees with Season Saver from Pomi, peace of mind insurance. With Season Saver, Hockey Parents like you can recoup unused team registration fees if an injury or illness keeps your child off the ice.Head to http://getpomi.com/OKPH now and get covered in less than three minutes!Have A Topic You Want Us To Cover? Let us know!Please Be Sure To Subscribe & Leave A Review For Us On Apple Podcasts, doing so helps our show grow!Follow Us On Social Media: Facebook Group X Instagram LinkedIn YouTube

On episode 15 of The Hockey Toolkit, Trevor and Andrew delve into USA Hockey's American Development Model (aka the ADM). They are also joined by Dave Starman, College Hockey Analyst for CBSSN, BTN, ESPN, NHLN, and a member of the USA Hockey Development staff.Other topics that are discussed:The Debacle known as the Toronto Maple LeafsTheir own experiences with the ADMRule constraints placed on the youth gameAndrew and Trevor discuss the "5 Myths of The ADM" this week.Follow the guys on Twitter-@AndrewTrimble7@TDC_HockeyAlso, sign up for Coach Trimble's Daily Hockey Newsletter:https://andrewtrimble.substack.com/

In episode 11, we chat with three people involved in the Dallas Stars Youth Hockey Programming and Development: Dwight Mullins, Director of Hockey Development; Lucas Reid, Vice President of Business Development; and Eric Silverman, Director of Hockey Ops for Dallas Stars Elite. In this episode, we chat about their unique programming and development model and the impact of USA Hockey's American Development Model on them and their kids. For more information or to contact them, visit: https://www.nhl.com/stars/starcenters/youth-hockey.

This week, The Hockey Apostle, Lew Mongelluzzo and I talk Trivia and cheaters (wrongly named Mother Puckers) Beanpot, and dig into the ADM with Lou Vairo.Some names and stories include:Colleen Howe (Gordie's wife)Bob ManciniHerb BrooksDave PetersonKenny MartelLearn how today's ADM model was started! 

In this episode, Brian and Josh discuss the challenges of parenting tennis players, and offer some good practices to assist in the journey. Topics reviewed include having a clear purpose for why a child plays tennis and the benefits of the sport, parents as performers on match day, ensuring that tennis remains fun, and the benefits of sport sampling for young tennis players. A list of resources for parents and athletes is listed below. USTA Player Development Parent Resources Page: http://www.playerdevelopment.usta.com/parent_resources_/ USTA's American Development Model: https://www.usta.com/en/home/play/american-development-model.html Sport for Life (Canada) - Long-Term Development Resources: https://sportforlife.ca/long-term-development/ Tennis Canada Tips for Parents: https://www.tenniscanada.com/compete/tips-for-parents/ Presentation on Positive Youth Development in Tennis by Brian Lomax: https://youtu.be/muWzTZ7iPZs Positive Coaching Alliance: https://positivecoach.org/ To learn more about Josh and Brian's backgrounds and sport psychology businesses, go to TiebreakerPsych.com and PerformanceXtra.com. If you have feedback about the show or questions on the mental game in tennis, email us at TennisIQPodcast@gmail.com or use the hashtag #tennisIQ on Twitter. Don't forget to subscribe on YouTube or your podcast platform of choice (Spotify, Apple, Google, etc.) to stay up to date on future episodes.

In this episode Amanda Kraus discusses ADM – the American Development Model. Joining her on the show are Chris Chase, Director of Youth, Masters, and Safety at USRowing and Kenzie Coning, Coordinator, Coaching Education and ADM at United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In episode #173 of the Glass and Out podcast, we're joined by Bob Mancini, Assistant Executive Director of USA Hockey, who oversees hockey development. Mancini has done it all in hockey, coaching and overseeing programs as an administrator at just about every level. In the process, he has accumulated a diverse set of experiences that make him uniquely suited for his current role. Following his collegiate playing career at Colorado College, he embarked on a collegiate coaching career that included time with Lake Superior State University, Ferris State University, and Michigan Tech University. He was then a part of the inaugural US National Development Team Program coaching staff in 1996, where he coached at the U17, U18, and U20 levels for four seasons. His only stop in the NHL (so far) came with the Edmonton Oilers on two different occasions, as a scout and development coach. He also spent three years as the Head Coach and General Manager of the Saginaw Spirit of the Ontario Hockey League. In addition to his pro and junior hockey experience, Mancini has coached minor hockey and has spent countless hours on the ice with youth teams across the US. Find out about the origins of the USA hockey National Development Team Program, hear how the growth of the American Development Model is creating some of the top players in hockey, and his advice to coaches on how to keep their players more engaged during practices and games. If you enjoy this conversation, Mancini will be presenting at TCS Live, our hockey coaches conference taking place June 15-17th at the University of Michigan. He'll be joined by a collection of some of the top coaches and performance experts in our game; get your ticket today so you don't miss out!

Since moving to Colorado, Emma Doyle has been reaching out to expert coaches in their fields and this episode is another great short and sharp interview with Ken Martel, the Technical Director for the American Development Model and Regional Manager for the sport of ice hockey. What does Ken think makes a great coach? Someone who is 'for the athlete'. Ken Martel has over 25 years of experience in player development and a long history as a coach with USA Hockey, Ken Martel was named technical director of USA Hockey's American Development Model in May 2009. He is charged with helping provide a framework for associations nationwide to follow for optimal athlete development. From 2006-08 at USA Hockey's national office in Colorado Springs, Colo., Martel worked on coaching education and player development initiatives. For his efforts using science to advance sport, Martel received the USOC "Doc" Councilman Award for Ice Hockey in 2004. Prior to arriving in Colorado Springs, Martel was a part of USA Hockey's National Team Development Program staff as an assistant coach for eight years (1998-2006), including a dual role with responsibilities for player personnel in his final five seasons. Martel has made appearances behind the bench of nine U.S. teams that have competed in International Ice Hockey Federation World Championships, including four times with the U.S. National Under-18 Team (2000-04), four times with the U.S. National Junior Team (2004, 2006, 2008-09) and once with the U.S. Women's National Team (2007). He has been part of two gold medal-winning teams, including the first-ever U.S. gold medals in the IIHF Men's World Under-18 Championship (2002) and the IIHF World Junior Championship (2004). Among his additional coaching stops, Martel served one season (1997-98) as an assistant coach for the men's ice hockey program at the U.S. Air Force Academy and seven seasons (1990-97) as an assistant men's ice hockey coach at Michigan Tech University. He also spent one year (1990-91) as a graduate assistant for the men's ice hockey program at St. Cloud State University. A four-year (1985-89) letter-winner as a defenseman at Lake Superior State University, Martel helped the Lakers to the school's first-ever NCAA national title in 1988. Martel and his wife, Dawn, reside in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and are the parents of children Colin and Cailey.

USA Hockey's ADM has radically changed the game south of the border, accomplishing much of what it had aimed to do years ago. It has increased participation in the sport and, at the same time, made US hockey a world power. In this episode, we see how it works in a Massachusetts community, as described by Al Ramsay,  who coaches and directs the program where he lives near Boston.

This week we chat with Bob Mancini, Regional Manager for USA Hockey's American Development Model. Bob has also spent time with the Oilers Organization and the South African Hockey Association and has been with USAH since the start of the ADM in 2009. With Bob we get into the development path of his son Victor, how his time with the Oilers and South Africa helps him in his current role, and how the ADM has changed in the 12 years it has been around so far. One of the changes is a larger emphasis on coach education which is something we also explore with Bob and why they have shifted the focus from what to coach to more how to coach. You can check out the resources from all of our guests on our drive here: https://bit.ly/t-c-r-drive. Bob has been on The Hockey Think Tank Podcast a couple of times, you can check out those links in the drive! Don't forget to connect with the show on social media @thecoachsroad to keep up to date with new episodes and changes coming up! Make sure to send any recommendations, feedback or suggestions our way through our website thecoachsroad.com As always, thanks for listening and for supporting the show!

When USA Hockey unveiled the American Development Model just over 10 years ago there were questions on how effective it would be.  We interviewed ADM Regional Manager Roger Grillo to talk about how the program has changed youth hockey development and USA Hockey for the better.

In this episode, Daryl Devonish and Matt Young speak with Ken Martel, Technical Director, ADM, USA Hockey about What's next for USA Hockey?Ken shares the journey that USA Hockey has taken over the last 10+ years to change the game to focus on youth. After seeing over 40,000 male youth drop out in the early 2000's, USA Hockey recognized the investment and change that would be required to attract and retain youth in the game. Pulling inspiration and knowledge from Canada's LTAD model, the Olympic Committee, and many European countries that focus on quality coaches at a grassroots level, USA Hockey was able to evaluate and develop new frameworks investing in the culture and development of the game.Daryl, Matt, and Ken talk about the battle between the way people think the sport should be applied to how the science is telling us how it should be applied. Hear from Ken on what operational challenges they encountered, where the biggest resistance was, and the lessons they learned when implementing change management. Through the process, they have seen significant progress and realized where and how USA Hockey can make positive change in the system, including focusing on achieving 85% of the desired goal and working together on the last 15%.The advise they often have for parents, coaches, and youth athletes includes:Work on your craftGet good at your local rinkRemove the pressure to 'be seen' at a young age through travel as how a player is at 12 doesn't predict where they will go in the gameThe discussion continues on how an organization can make positive changes including:Why it's important to stay focused on the reason change is being madeIdentify where your strengths are and how you can scale change Why patience is critical as your work through behavior change across all levels of an organization Be inspired by the discussion with Ken and how USA Hockey is working to make hockey more accessible and enjoyable to keep kids in the game for life.With over 25 years of experience in player development and a long history as a coach with USA Hockey, Martel became technical director of USA Hockey’s American Development Model in 2009. He is charged with helping provide a framework for associations nationwide to follow for optimal athlete development. From '06-'08 at USA Hockey’s national office, Martel worked on coaching education and player development initiatives receiving the USOC "Doc" Councilman Award for Ice Hockey in 2004 for his efforts using science to advance sport. Prior to this, Martel was a part of USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program staff as an assistant coach for 8 years. In addition:Martel made appearances behind the bench of nine U.S. teams that have competed in International Ice Hockey Federation World ChampionshipsHe was part of two gold medal-winning teams, including the first-ever U.S. gold medals in the IIHF Men’s World Under-18 Championship and the IIHF World Junior Championship. Martel served one season as an assistant coach for the men’s ice hockey program at the U.S. Air Force Academy and 7 seasons as an assistant men’s ice hockey coach at Michigan Tech University. He spent 1 year as a graduate assistant for the men’s ice hockey program at St. Cloud State University. A four-year letter-winner as a defenseman at Lake Superior State University, helping win the school’s first-ever NCAA national title in 1988.Follow Just Go Play on Instagram @qualitycoaching to receive coaching insights and information.Just Go Play is the resource for parents, teachers, coaches, and athletes to understand how sports will help build skills for life. The mission is to help and encourage kids, parents, and coaches to enjoy sports and participate for life.

Meet Adam Sherlip  Adam is the Executive Director and Founder of The Hockey Foundation where he empowers under-served youth, promotes social change, peace and prosperity and supports community development through hockey worldwide. He also served as the first Head Coach of the Indian Men's National Ice Hockey Team. So you’ve been a hockey coach in both America and Canada, what are the differences in the way hockey is taught in America and Canada? There are differences. I think some of those differences also tend to be regional more than just national. But there's no doubt that at a national level, USA hockey and hockey Canada operate differently, not at the organizational level so much as everybody beneath the organization. All of the parents and players and coaches and referees. Coaching in New York there was definitely an openness and a willingness to deal with coaches that had different perspectives and backgrounds and experiences, and certainly the part in New York that I'm from, which is Long Island, there's a fair amount of people with money and business acumen and they do see it as an investment, but they're willing to make that investment if they believe in their coach, and that their coach is treating their kids in a way that fits for them. And of course, there's old school and new school, but USA hockey - and especially the New York Region - has done a great job of showing current coaches the value in adapting to the ADM, the American Development Model, and long term athlete development and then multi sport and not always focusing on on systems at a young age, just all these things that are fairly standard and commonplace now for a lot of American hockey players and families and that's been a little bit more of an uphill battle to get that message to disseminate around Canada. I live in Quebec, which is a French speaking province and I was coaching at an English program here and that put us in a little bit of a position where we were different from the rest of the population. So having an American coach who was teaching in a different way fit very well into the program. The coach who was running the program was a bit new school as well and really focused on skills development and giving the kids all different activities to make sure that they're becoming better hockey players, and that's not always the case. Around the province there's a lot of coaches who are still focused on winning frankly, which is not the point in youth hockey for Canadians minor hockey. The point is to get these kids to improve and to keep them having fun and to just help them be better people ultimately, and the cream will rise if you give them every resource possible. Blue cream will rise and hockey Canada knows that. Hockey Canada has looked at the success of USA hockey over the past decade and that it's clear that USA hockey is doing something correct. And hockey Canada is trying to get those same messages out there. And some of the things that are being done in the US are starting to happen in Canada with significantly more resistance. I want to kind of go back to something you said early on when you were speaking, specifically about New York and some things you've seen there when you talked about the investment that people are making. Can you elaborate on that a little bit and talk about how some of the local businesses are involving themselves in hockey? It's not necessarily local businesses in any way that are significant in New York. I think local businesses do a better job of getting involved in youth hockey here in Quebec, where you'll actually see youth sponsorship. That happens because a lot of parents of players are coming. They're wealthy, they're successful. They might be business owners or executives. They have a business mentality, so many of them are invested in their children's development as any good parents would be. The big thing is, there's so many options for them to invest in their children's development and hockey is a significant investment. It's among the more expensive ones that any parents could make for their children's development. And they want to see return and I could understand it, I don't agree with it. They're expecting that their child is going to improve in ways that are often unrealistic, depending on their age and their skill level. Even if you have an elite coach, if the player is eight years old, they're not elite, and they can't become elite overnight. I mean, elite is when you're ready to be in the NHL, and we use that term, unfortunately, too much at too young of an age. And there's so much pressure to perform. And again, because these parents are spending thousands and thousands of dollars and shuttling their children around they want to see that return on investment that I think negatively impacts hockey development in the region. But there's so much investment that I mean, inevitably kids are going to still come out of that system.  Have you thought about what that message could be to transition from a mindset of, “I need my kid needs to develop.” And my return on investment is not so much what type of hockey player they become, but what type of child to preteen to teenager to young adult they become and how hockey plays a role in that? That message has to start with education on the coach's part. The coach needs to know and be prepared. And not every coach can have the same amount of knowledge and experience, but we can all pursue improvement. We could all pursue more experience and more knowledge on the game and on coaching techniques and on children's brain and body development. So it starts with being deliberate and intentional and having a clear goal and communicating those goals. Not necessarily, "Why did I do this one drill?" But, "Why do i do drills a certain way? Why do I run my practice this way? Why am I interacting with the team in a certain way?" And so for me, in New York, I mean, I've had groups of players and parents that are easier and more difficult, and I try to keep an eye on them now that I've moved away and seeing how some of them are succeeding in the game I have some pride of like, "Maybe I was part of that foundation for their development when they were 9-10 years old." But I had meetings with every single player and parent. In those meetings I would ask the parents their questions while the player was there. We talk about the game, we talk about how the season is going, and we talk about positions, and then all those basics because I didn't want to get into anything too sophisticated. And then I'd ask the player, how does he think things are going.  Ask if they have any stress, and then treat the player and the parent with respect and communicate clearly, with them. My objectives, and how I see things playing out and we didn't always agree, but at least if I was clear on that, they couldn't poke holes in it, if I just operated from a distance with my arms crossed. Looking back at some of those kids, even though you've moved away, would you say that that system has produced not only good hockey players but also kids who have grown up with their head on their shoulders outside of the game of hockey? For the kids I've coached in New York, I would like to believe so. I have less contact with them and their families. But there were the players that I coached in a country far, far away that I’ve been able to see over many years of development. And of course, they're starting without a hockey culture. Whereas Canada is a country so influenced by hockey. In the US not as much but for the people who love it, they love it no differently. We have access to it at least. But for people on the other side of the planet who don't have the access or the hockey culture that's a part of theirs, they've been sponges and they absorb the information. I really got to see some of those lessons over the years change the culture, not just the hockey culture, but kind of changed the culture in little subtle ways. Let's just dive right into that. I want to talk about your journey. I want to kind of hear about how it got started. Tell us a little bit about The Hockey Foundation. I mean, it's such a big story. Sometimes I don't even know where to start. But The Hockey Foundation, it's now in its 10th year of operation. It came out of my first trip over to India to the Himalayas, where I coached as a volunteer and donated equipment. I saw just how much these people love talking about hockey and benefited from hockey and were dedicated to improving. That was based on previous experiences I had coaching in China when I worked for the Islanders. And so that came out of those two experiences just wanting to formalize it and then start the organization with a mission to help. That's it, help via hockey. There's different ways that I've written that over the years and described that. But it's been that broad and open. We all know as hockey players and lovers and fans and coaches and everybody who's involved in the game, we know that it leaves an indelible mark on who we are. I know we're in an era right now where there's a lot of criticism on hockey culture, and I could understand those critiques but at its core, it is a game that teaches teamwork and accountability and in my opinion, honesty and acceptance and it is an expensive game and it is a difficult game. It's fast and physical and requires coordination that few other sports require. And so, we've really worked hard to provide access to that game, not just in India in the Himalayas. But in other communities and including in an Inuit village in northern Quebec, we've sent gear to two countries in Africa and the Middle East, a little bit in Eastern Europe. So we have a few different projects going on and we're always looking for other projects that might be relevant. Supporting communities that don't have access, who's the winner, there's already great charities that that are supporting New York City and Philadelphia and in Minnesota, all these there's great hockey charities around the US and around Canada, but they're often providing access to people near hockey communities, people that don't have the money. We're trying to support communities that don't even have the access in the first.  You speak about your time with the Islanders and whether it was the Islanders or it was the NHL, they clearly had a mission of extending the game into China. I'm curious about what that mission was? How did that come about? And what role did you play there for the Islanders? You know, it's funny because when people talk about the history of the NHL, in China, they rarely talk about the Islanders. And in many ways, the Islanders were the first ones because the Islanders had a Chinese American owner in Charles Wong. The NHL has known for a long time that there's value and potential in China. But a lot of that early potential was shown by what the islanders were calling Project Hope. And it was a charity, founded by Charles Wong and the Islanders. And so that was one of the things that I was first brought on to work on after my internship. And so I had worked on hosting and running the tournament that had become annual and big tradition. The Lighthouse Invitational - it took on different names over the years, but that was one of the names. And we brought over teams from China and then teams from other countries would come over as well and have this great cultural exchange with a team made up of children from northern China, a team from Long Island, a team from outside New York City, and then there was a team from Finland one year. I know they brought a team from Japan another year. So that was one aspect and then we went over to China into this Heilongjiang Province near the Russia and Korea border, super cold. The first time I think I really experienced blistering cold like that. It was just an incredible cultural awakening and shock to my system. This was in 2007 that I went and there was already one or two years of history before that, and it continued on and then the organization changed and the missions changed and Project Hope changed. And everything changed inside the organization and sort of moved on and other clubs got involved and Boston and San Jose and LA and, and Vancouver, a bunch of them got involved in China and, and sort of the story seems to pick up there. And the narrative seems to be there and then you get players going over and drawing a lot more attention. And of course, now you get the Olympics happening and there's a ton of hockey Development and there's hockey programs that have been going on there for a few years now that are doing a wonderful job of growing the game. But where it was in the early 2000s it really bare bones. You went over there one 2007 and, what was the state of hockey even like? How would you compare that to even anything here that we could relate to? Man I mean, it was all outdoors, there were some arenas and there were professional teams at the time that played kind of in an Asian league. I think that the League has since folded or merged or some teams folded. The status has changed so many times and of course then the cage l expanded in but but at the youth level, I mean, there was only a few communities in Heilongjiang, Harbin and Qiqihar being the the primary two where hockey was being actively played and kids were getting fast tracked. If they were deemed good at hockey they were put into a better school, better program and they were hockey players. That's it, you're going to play hockey, and you're going to represent China if you're good enough. And if not, you'll be on one of the teams and still represent. It was just such a clear system of favoritism and opportunity in a country so massive where opportunity is not always presented. And understanding that it is a different way of life. It's not for us to necessarily judge. We could judge aspects but the fact that these kids were given opportunities to excel because of hockey stood out to me at the time. And so seeing the drills that we gave them on that 12 day trip, we would run like two camps a day at different schools and just seeing the following year. I mean, there were a few kids that were like the best toe draggers I had ever seen. We had like one drill just to show them how to do a toe drag and one kid, I swear, the next year it came back to New York in the tournament, and he toe dragged every single player in the tournament. But at the same time, he was the best player on the team. So everybody got him the puck and said go score. That's it. So there wasn't yet the team game and the kind of the team skill development and systems play. They're kids, I'm not expecting there to be, but it was sort of running around and just letting the best player try to do the best he can to help the team win and it's gotten so much better since then. And so much more...

We're back with episode 5 with special guest Ken Martel! Ken is the USA Hockey Technical Director for the American Development Model. He gave great insight into USA statistics on player development and trends they have seen from youth to NHL players.

With over 25 years of experience in player development and a long history as a coach with USA Hockey, Ken Martel was named technical director of USA Hockey’s American Development Model in May 2009. He is charged with helping provide a framework for associations nationwide to follow for optimal athlete development.

With over 25 years of experience in player development and a long history as a coach with USA Hockey, Ken Martel was named technical director of USA Hockey’s American Development Model in May 2009. He is charged with helping provide a framework for associations nationwide to follow for optimal athlete development. 0:00 - Intro 1:34 – Growing Up 2:26 – Issues parents are facing in youth sports 7:40 – Hockey parents and scouting  10:45 – Great characteristics of coaches 14:11 – Importance of continued education for coaches 20:31 – Ken’s USA Hockey work  24:15 – Rolling out the ADM Model 27:28 – Experiencing and reversing 60% attrition  33:47 – Differences between USA Hockey and Hockey Canada organizations 38:14 – Multisport opinions and strategies 45:58 – Personal sport specialization history 48:34 – World Juniors and World Championships  52:16 – Success of Finland’s Hockey organizations 55:50 – Maintaining sport culture  58:09 – Official attrition in America 1:00:42 – Ken’s proudest accomplishment   1:02:54 – Book recommendations 1:04:44 – Tips for coaches to shave 5 years off their learning curve  1:07:50 – Connecting with Ken and USA Hockey

Change can be tough to go through. There's a comfort in what's always been done. You need patience to see the results. It's been 10 years since USA Hockey unveiled it's American Development Model for the betterment of the sport to keep kids in the game. It worked - and here's how. Guest Bio: Dave Starman is a pro scout with the Montreal Canadiens, Tier 1 Coaching Development Director for PAL Jr Islanders, and USA Hockey’s Coaching Education Program.

Chris Needham talks about the American Development Model that USS is incorporating to develop better athletes and long-term skaters.

With over 25 years of experience in player development and a long history as a coach with USA Hockey, Ken Martel was named technical director of USA Hockey’s American Development Model in May 2009. He is charged with helping provide a framework for associations nationwide to follow for optimal athlete development.   From 2006-08 at USA Hockey’s national office in Colorado Springs, Colo., Martel worked on coaching education and player development initiatives. For his efforts using science to advance sport, Martel received the USOC "Doc" Councilman Award for Ice Hockey in 2004.   Prior to arriving in Colorado Springs, Martel was a part of USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program staff as an assistant coach for eight years (1998-2006), including a dual role with responsibilities for player personnel his final five seasons.   Resources Mentioned Game Change: The Life and Death of Steve Montador, and the Future of Hockey,by  Ken Dryden   Connect w/ Ken Martel Twitter: https://twitter.com/kenmhockey LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ken-martel-374ba816/ Quick Announcements: Way of Champions Conference will be in Denver, CO on August 2-4. Visit https://changingthegameproject.com/wocconference for more information!    Become a Podcast Champion! We are now offering you the ability to contribute as a Podcast Champion, (https://www.patreon.com/wayofchampions)for as little as a cup of coffee per month (OK its a Venti Mocha), to help us up the ante and provide even better interviews, better sound, and an overall enhanced experience. Plus, as a $10 per month Podcast Super-Champion, you will have access to never before released and bonus material, including: Downloadable transcripts of the podcasts, so you don't have to crash your car trying to take notes! A monthly discussion with John, James, Jerry, and other special guests talking about the previous month's episodes and answering some of the FAQs we received that month A code to get free access to our online course called "Coaching Mastery," usually a $97 course, but yours for free for becoming a patron.  Access to an online community of coaches like you who are dedicated listeners of the podcast, and will be able to answer your questions and share their coaching experiences.   Thank you for all your support these past two years, and a special big thank you to all of you who become part of our inner circle, our patrons, who will enable us to take our podcast to the next level. https://www.patreon.com/wayofchampions   Visit us on: Web: https://changingthegameproject.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ctgprojecthq Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ChangingTheGameProject/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ctgprojecthq/ iTunes: http://bit.ly/wocpodcast

Bob Mancini (https://www.fortheloveofthegame.ca/bob-mancini) has extensive coaching experience in the collegiate, professional and international ranks and was named a regional manager of USA Hockey’s American Development Model in July 2009. He helps provide local associations in Illinois, Michigan and Missouri with a blueprint for optimal athlete development that focuses on age-appropriate training utilizing long-term athlete development principles. Mancini joined USA Hockey having spent two seasons (2007-09) as a development coach for the NHL’s Edmonton Oilers. His additional USA Hockey stints included serving as the director of player personnel for the U.S. National Junior Team that earned the silver medal at the 1997 International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship in Geneva and Morges, Switzerland. He was also an assistant coach at the 1997 and 1998 IIHF Men’s World Championships, the 1998 and 1999 IIHF World Junior Championships and the 1999 and 2000 IIHF Men’s World Under-18 Championships. Table of Contents: 0:55 – Youth sports experience and growing up 8:55 – Hockey Attrition 17:48 – Checking 23:18 – ADM model 34:40 – Skill and tactics 36:59 – 41 nothing game in Ontario  47:05 – practice to game ratio 52:41 – Culture 58:40 – Free play 1:01:52 – 10 coaching commitments   1:05:40 – NHLs guiding Principles (specifically multisport) 1:10:23 – Rapid fire questions 1:15:15 - what can coaches do so kids love the game more at the end of the season than they did at the beginning?

Kevin McLaughlin is the USA Hockey Senior Director for Hockey Development.In this episode he discusses the development and implementation of USA Hockey's American Development Model (ADM). He discusses how they thought they needed to change how they approached developing hockey in the US and the early reluctance of stakeholders buying in.

Dave Starman lives his passion each and every day.  He's a college hockey analyst for CBS Sports Network and ESPN.  He is an NHL scout for the Montreal Canadiens and a player and coaching development coordinator for the Junior NY Islanders. Dave is a development coach in USA Hockey’s Coaching Education Program for the last 22 years.  He is a strong believer and supporter of the American Development Model that USA hockey developed. Dave is also a long time friend of Lou way back in the days when they played hockey on the streets in the New York City Boroughs and has lived his passion every day being around the game he loves …. Listen to Dave Starman Thrive LOUD on this special HOCKEY focused episode on the eve of the NCAA FROZEN FOUR.    

Ken Martel from USA Hockey joins me to discuss how hockey altered its culture to a more kid friendly perspective. USA Hockey, in order to develop better hockey players but also better athletes, has changed the way it approaches youth hockey. There are lessons for anyone working in any youth sport.