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On today’s SHORT SHIFTS episode, Toph wants to talk about the challenges of how to coach top players who don’t buy in.TEN MINUTES ON THE CLOCK STARTING NOW! We appreciate every listen, download, comment, rating and share on your social sites!
This week Topher is flying solo and recorded LIVE from Nashville with Mike Berra and Kevin Muller of the Jr. Preds organization. Both have worked at multiple levels to grow the game and we had a fantastic conversation about community hockey, no
On today’s SHORT SHIFTS episode, Vechs wants to talk about the roles of a coaching staff, and the differences between head coaches, assistant coaches, and the expectations to grow and develop in each role to be successful.TEN MINUTES ON THE CL
On today’s SHORT SHIFTS episode, Toph wants to talk about finishing and the importance of players practicing having a finish mentality when it comes to shooting and scoring.TEN MINUTES ON THE CLOCK STARTING NOW! We appreciate every listen, do
This week Topher and Jeff welcome Larissa Mills from The Mental Game Academy to the podcast for an eye opening conversation about how phone use and social media is affecting our kids (and adults, too). The data is staggering - from mental healt
On today’s SHORT SHIFTS episode, Vechs wants to talk about controlled breakouts - when, why, and how to use them effectively.TEN MINUTES ON THE CLOCK STARTING NOW! We appreciate every listen, download, comment, rating and share on your social
On today’s SHORT SHIFTS episode, Toph wants to talk about D zone faceoffs (and how important they are for a team).TEN MINUTES ON THE CLOCK STARTING NOW! We appreciate every listen, download, comment, rating and share on your social sites!
This week Topher and Jeff welcome newly promoted GM of the Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL), Trevor Edwards, who is also the Program Director for the Pittsburgh Pens Elite youth program! Tremendous conversation about the journey from youth hockey
On today’s SHORT SHIFTS episode, Vechs wants to talk about how parents can help their players when their confidence is low.TEN MINUTES ON THE CLOCK STARTING NOW! We appreciate every listen, download, comment, rating and share on your social s
On today’s SHORT SHIFTS episode, Toph wants to talk about some great ways to end a practice.TEN MINUTES ON THE CLOCK STARTING NOW! We appreciate every listen, download, comment, rating and share on your social sites!
This week Topher and Jeff welcome pod producer Steph to join them on the other side of the mics to get a hockey mom’s perspective on the youth hockey journey.Steph has two kids in hockey (a daughter playing in college and a son playing 18U), a
On today’s SHORT SHIFTS episode, Vechs wants to talk about how coaches can instill an offensive attack mentality in younger players.TEN MINUTES ON THE CLOCK STARTING NOW! We appreciate every listen, download, comment, rating and share on your
Let's try this again! On the latest SHORT SHIFTS episode, Toph wants to talk about how coaches can plan practices better for their goalies.TEN MINUTES ON THE CLOCK STARTING NOW! We appreciate every listen, download, comment, rating and share
On today’s SHORT SHIFTS episode, Toph wants to talk about how coaches can plan practices to help their goalies.TEN MINUTES ON THE CLOCK STARTING NOW! We appreciate every listen, download, comment, rating and share on your social sites!
This week Topher and Jeff devote the entire episode to some awesome questions and topics that we have received from the Hockey Think Tank Community.If you’d like to join, head over to Community.TheHockeyThinkTank.com and check it out!In thi
On today’s SHORT SHIFTS episode, Vechs wants to talk about 2-on-1s, offensively, and ways to work on them in practice.TEN MINUTES ON THE CLOCK STARTING NOW! We appreciate every listen, download, comment, rating and share on your social sites!
On today’s SHORT SHIFTS episode, Toph wants to talk about tracks & gaps! A team that tracks hard is problematic for opponents because it allows the defense to gap up and create more offensive opportunities.TEN MINUTES ON THE CLOCK STARTING NOW
This week Topher and Jeff welcome Ashlea Jones, from Athletes In Training, to the podcast. Toph calls this one “a fantastic hockey nerd episode” - and he means that in the absolute BEST way possible! Ashlea is a phenomenal skating coach in Onta
On today’s SHORT SHIFTS episode, Vechs wants to talk to all of the players that did not get drafted (or tendered) in the recent USHL Phase I and Phase II drafts (which, by the way, is MOST players); or really ANY player that is dealing with the
On today’s SHORT SHIFTS episode, Toph wants to talk about some of the common characteristics of elite players (HINT: successful people in any endeavor tend to share many of the characteristics we talk about here).TEN MINUTES ON THE CLOCK START
This week Topher and Jeff welcome NHL Hall of Famer, Stanley Cup Champion, 2-time Olympic Champion with over 18 years in the NHL - Chris Pronger! Absolutely unreal episode with someone that has found success at every level, and drops knowledge
On today’s SHORT SHIFTS episode, Vechs wants to talk about how to handle setbacks and injuries. Every player - every person - has to learn how to navigate situations and circumstances that don’t go their way. Setbacks WILL happen, injuries WILL
On today’s SHORT SHIFTS episode, Toph wants to talk about BENCH ENERGY! The guys say it all the time - teams with the best bench energy, generally find greater success!TEN MINUTES ON THE CLOCK STARTING NOW! We appreciate every listen, downloa
This week Topher and Jeff welcome Nolan Graham to the podcast to share his incredibly inspiring story. Nolan grew up on Vancouver Island, played college hockey at RPI, and coached juniors before returning to his alma mater as an assistant coach
On today’s SHORT SHIFTS episode, Vechs wants to discuss the possibility of OHL (and other major junior) players eventually being granted NCAA eligibility - especially with all of the NIL changes and opportunities for student-athletes. Could it
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