Grassroots: The Minor Hockey Show

"We do not learn from experience. We learn from reflecting on experience." Host Richard Bercuson spends this episode providing an overview of his season coaching 10 year olds in a unique house league-type environment. Dean Holden poses some pointed questions that has Richard using the "wayback machine" to reflect on the approaches he's used and why. -------------------------------------------- In the introduction, Richard refers to his co-authored novel that was published last year through Amazon: The Burden of Guilt. Contact: richard(at)grassrootsminorhockey.com Twitter: Richard - @berky544 Dean Holden: funlearnreturn@gmail.com

How to get out of the "tick box" practice scenario. Richard and Dean discuss why coaches need to learn that players have to experience skill and tactical content in ways that are closer to competitive situations. This means moving away from the age-old and time worn approaches we've long accepted. Contact: richard(at)grassrootsminorhockey.com Twitter: Richard - @berky544 Dean Holden: funlearnreturn@gmail.com

Special guest Dr. Stephen Norris and Dean Holden discuss their recent trip to Kazakhstan as part of an IIHF initiative to grow the game in other parts of the world. What is the impact of this initiative on our own game's leadership? Where are we going? Is it the right direction? An in-depth look at those and other questions. https://www.iihf.com/en/news/64332/first_asian_general_secretary_summit [https://www.iihf.com/en/news/64332/first_asian_general_secretary_summit] Contact: richard(at)grassrootsminorhockey.com Twitter: Richard - @berky544 Dean Holden: funlearnreturn@gmail.com

The modern lexicon of coaching includes terms like transformational and transactional to describe the approaches coaches use. What are their characteristics? In minor hockey, can someone be both?  Dean Holden delves into this topic, aided and abetted by host Richard Bercuson who tosses out questions and examples to investigate. Toward Understanding Youth Athletes’ Fun Priorities: An Investigation of Sex, Age, and Levels of Play: Amanda Visek, Heather Mannix et al [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8152670/] https://activeforlife.com/why-every-coach-needs-a-coaching-philosophy/ [https://activeforlife.com/why-every-coach-needs-a-coaching-philosophy/] Contact: richard(at)grassrootsminorhockey.com Twitter: Richard - @berky544 Dean Holden: funlearnreturn@gmail.com

Greg Revak, an Ohio-based coach and USA Hockey coach developer, has unique and progressive ideas on coaching the game. His podcast and newsletter hit on various topics which are pertinent to coaches at every level. In this episode, he shares with Richard his personal bugaboos and annoyances about practice design and what we can do better. His website: https://hockeysarsenal.substack.com/ [https://hockeysarsenal.substack.com/] The HockeyIQ Podcast: https://hockeysarsenal.com/podcast [https://hockeysarsenal.com/podcast] Contact: richard(at)grassrootsminorhockey.com Twitter: Richard - @berky544 Dean Holden: funlearnreturn@gmail.com