Podcast appearances and mentions of ken martel

Are you ready to transform your approach to your hockey development? Discover the power of patience and perseverance in this engaging episode of "The Ride To The Rink." Ken Martel and Lee Elias explore the essential mindset shifts needed for players to thrive on and off the ice. They discuss the critical role of coaches in fostering a supportive environment and the importance of maintaining a positive attitude, even on tough days. Whether you're a player, coach, or parent, this episode of The Ride To The Rink offers valuable insights to enhance your hockey experience.--Key Discussion Points- Importance of Patience in Hockey Development- Strategies for Building Perseverance- Coach's Role in Player Development- Mindset for Improvement- Belief and Enjoyment in Hockey--Text The Our Kids Play Hockey Team!Hockey Wraparound checked with their lawyers to bring you this deal—seriously! Buy any Hockey Wraparound on hockeywraparound.com and get a competitors' blade protector FREE (while supplies last).

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

In episode 23 we are chatting with Ken Martel of USA Hockey about how to better develop on-ice awareness in our players. In this episode we answer a few of the following questions around this topic. -What can we learn from the research? -What do the best players do? -What is scanning? -How do we get our players to look around? -What is next in the scanning world? Follow us on Twitter at @USAHockeyCoach

In this episode, Dr. Peter McGahey talks with Ken Martel - the Senior Director of Player & Coach Development for USA Hockey. Ken describes some of the unique challenges of youth hockey and the importance of a player's first grassroots coach.  Ken discusses the importance of creating youth sports environments where every player feels like they belong and are valued - coaches, parents, leagues partnering together to make this the reality. 

In episode #203, we're joined by Ken Martel, USA Hockey's Senior Director of Player & Coach Development. In his newly appointed role, he is charged with developing a framework for associations in the US to follow that leads to an enhanced player and coach development pathways. Listen as he shares his thoughts on what's next in the evolution of player and coach development, how he approaches developing hockey in non-traditional markets, and the experience of growing up playing hockey in a pre-Gretzky California.

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.

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.

In today's episode we talk with Ken Martel, the technical director for USA Hockey, about game-based practice design. More specifically we explore what skill really is and how it differs from technical ability, what is game sense and how can we teach it, and how do we create buy-in to these types of practices with coaches and parents. This is a great listen for any coach! As always, we asked Ken to provide some resources for us to share. Ken recommends reading Mark William's book "Anticipation and Decision Making in Sport." This is a dense read but practical in the ideas that it shares. To see more from Ken, check him out on Twitter (@KenMHockey). Connect with the hosts Rick (@RickSchreiber68) and Derek (@DerekERead) on Twitter. Connect with the show on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @thecoachsroad and send us an email with feedback, suggestions and recommendations for future guests and topics to thecoachsroad@gmail.com. Thanks for listening and see you all next week!

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

In this episode I am joined by Ken Martel and Bill McCall (in separate inteviews). Ken is the Technical Director for the USA Hockey American Development Model (ADM) and involved in coach development. He has been a guest on the brother podcast to this one (SmartercoachingLLC) to talk about the ADM.Bill works “in the field” for USA Hockey putting on coaching clinics. Bill has also coached lacrosse and track and field and has been through the US Lacrosse and USATF coaching certification courses.With Ken I discuss some of the big picture changes coming from USAH. With Bill I discuss his experience in a recent workshop to train the USA Hockey coach developers in a new way to present educational clinics. My guess is that if you have attended most coaching clinics it involved a person standing on a stage or in the front of the room with a whole lot of Powerpoint slides pontificating about the “right” way to do whatever the topic is. Well, USA Hockey is working toward a different approach. Ken talks about some of the big changes, and Bill talks about how he has already taken some of the ideas and started implementing them in the coaching courses and in his day job.If you want to hear another perspective on very similar training, I talked with Kristen Wright in episode 024 about the training session that she and I attended.If you want to learn more about the USA Hockey ADM, check out episode 003 of this podcast with Kevin McLaughlin and/or episode 008 of the Smartercoaching podcast with Ken Martel.

Kristen Wright, the ADM Manager for Female Hockey, joins the podcast to discuss her youth sports experience (multi-sport athlete) and playing hockey on all-girls and co-ed teams as a junior. She played in college at Connecticut College and later was an assistant coach at CU-Boulder. She shares her experience being the same age or younger than some of the women she was coaching at the time.We discuss how she became involved at USA Hockey and her role as the ADM Manager for Female Hockey. She provides a short description of the USA Hockey ADM program (for a deeper dive see the links below).Kristen talks about her experience as an assistant coach at a Colorado Springs high school for its boy’s hockey team and dealing with teenage boys (bless her!) and how she took to the philosophy that you have to show them you care first.We finish up with a discussion about the Teaching and Facilitation workshop that she and I attended (thanks USA Hockey for letting me crash your workshop). We both share our experiences and takeaways. She really took away the art of active listening and the feedback process. (This part of the interview is also available as a stand alone audio both in the podcast and on the USCCE website).LinksKristen Wright bioUSA Hockey American Development ModelLink to an interview with Ken Martel from USA Hockey on the ADM program.Link to an interview with Kevin McLaughlin from USA Hockey on the ADM implementationTeaching and Facilitation Workshop information

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

Ken Martel is the Technical Director at USA Hockey (ice not field!!) and has been leading change in the development of the sport of Ice Hockey across the USA for over a decade. His passion and commitment to make the experience for young people as good as it can be shines through in the conversation. Areas we discuss include: - How Ice hockey went from being a sport where 60% of kids quit by age 11 to a sport that now has a 90% retention rate. - How they developed their player development framework, the 'American Development Model'. - How the principles of Non-Linear Pedagogy are embedded in their development programmes - The challenges they faced in implementing the framework and working with volunteer coaches- Some ideas about how to develop movement agility while keeping perception and action coupled. Its a great conversation, hope you enjoy

Ken Martel is the Technical Director at USA Hockey (ice not field!!) and has been leading change in the development of the sport of Ice Hockey across the USA for over a decade. His passion and commitment to make the experience for young people as good as it can be shines through in the conversation. Areas we discuss include: - How Ice hockey went from being a sport where 60% of kids quit by age 11 to a sport that now has a 90% retention rate. - How they developed their player development framework, the 'American Development Model'. - How the principles of Non-Linear Pedagogy are embedded in their development programmes - The challenges they faced in implementing the framework and working with volunteer coaches- Some ideas about how to develop movement agility while keeping perception and action coupled. Its a great conversation, hope you enjoy

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.