The Hockey Think Tank Podcast – Détails, épisodes et analyse

On today’s SHORT SHIFTS episode, VECHS IS BACK and Toph wants to talk about something Jeff did a lot throughout his career - tipping pucks! 

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This week Topher is flying solo again as Jeff is on paternity leave this week (WELCOME TO THE WORLD SOPHIE TAYLOR LOVECCHIO), so Toph decided to follow up last week’s episode on individual habits for success and focus this week on what it takes for a team to be great.

In order for a team to win championships, they need to be able to answer “yes” to the following questions:

— Are you the closest team?

— Are you the hardest working team?

— Are you the most resilient team?

Toph dives in to each of these, plus, so much more!

Thank you to our title sponsor IceHockeySystems.com, as well as Train-Heroic, CuredNutrition, Helios Hockey, and, our newest sponsor, Crossbar! 

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If you’d like to join our Hockey Think Tank Community, head over to Community.TheHockeyThinkTank.com and check it out!

This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp.

On today’s SHORT SHIFTS episode, Toph wants to know some of Vechs’ battle drills. We always talk about how important it is to compete hard in practice, and battle drills are a great way to work on that skill!

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On today’s SHORT SHIFTS episode, Vechs wants to talk about the advancements in hockey technology with respect to player development. One of our new podcast sponsors, Helios Hockey, offers an affordable option (don’t forget to use our discount code: THINKTANK) - and the guys talk about how technology in general (and access to it) has changed so much since their playing days.

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On today’s SHORT SHIFTS episode, Toph wants to talk about the importance of creating buy-in and how coaches can go about creating it early to set the team up for success by setting expectations, standards, and accountability structure early.

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On this week’s episode, Topher and Jeff welcome acclaimed author, motivational speaker, and world series champion as a mental performance coach with the St. Louis Cardinals, Dr. Jason Selk. Regarded as one of the top performance coaches in the United States, he’s worked with professional and olympic athletes as well Fortune 500 and Fortune 100 executives and organizations, training individuals and teams to develop the mental toughness necessary for high-level success.

In this episode we talk about:

— Characteristics of high achieving teams

— Effective goal-setting

— Self-confidence

— Any great coach’s biggest responsibility

AND SO MUCH MORE!

Thank you to our sponsors GelStx, Train-Heroic, CuredNutrition, Helios Hockey, and IceHockeySystems.com. And thank you to our AMAZING LISTENERS; We appreciate every listen, download, comment, rating and share on your social sites!

On today’s SHORT SHIFTS episode, Vechs brings an awesome topic - should there be limits for youth coaches with respect to the number of years they’re coaching the same team and the same players? Some terrific conversation about the upside of having limits for coaches in youth programs and the potential impact on player development.

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On today’s SHORT SHIFTS episode, Topher wants to talk about the skating stride! Not only stride mechanics, but Toph wants to hear from Vechs about what players can be doing in the gym and off ice to improve their skating stride.

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This week, we finally reveal the project we've been working on for months...

We've built an ONLINE COMMUNITY to connect like-minded and passionate hockey people in our great game. When Topher first started the Hockey Think Tank as a passion project, his dream was to create this type of positive, enthusiastic community...and that dream is finally a reality! Whether you are a coach, parent, or player, this community is here to help enhance your journey in the game of hockey.

As you listen to the episode, we'll reveal all the details. But here are a few things to get you started:

-There's a link at the bottom of this podcast description to take you to where you can enter your information and let us know that you are interested in joining our community. From there we'll send you all of the details on how to register.

-Each day of the week our community will have a theme to get conversations rolling for our members to collaborate and share their perspective and ideas. We will provide thought provoking prompts and then let the conversations fly. The themes include:

Motivation Mondays - How to get the most out of ourselves and our teams

Tactics Tuesdays - Learn the in's and out's of hockey development, habits, structure, drills, etc...

Wellness Wednesdays - All about your physical and mental health 

Therapy Thursdays - We'll present a topic we know people find hard to navigate in the hockey world and we'll all provide perspective on the journey

Friday Fundays - We will have fun prompts and discussion topics to increase our love for the game

Wildcard Weekends - We have some fun things planned...

-Some awesome perks for joining the community:

Access to a "10 Questions" segment with our guests that will only be hosted on our community page

Access to watch Topher and Jeff do their "Short Shifts" episodes LIVE on our community page

Access to a monthly Zoom call creating connection within our group and to have some fun

Access to major discounts from the Hockey Think Tank and Jeff's GMBM training (listen to the episode for these details)

-This community is not for people to come on and spread negativity or complain. It's about sharing ideas, gaining perspective, and making the game better one individual at a time through collaboration and positivity. With that, this will be a paid community to make sure people in here want to be here and contribute their ideas and knowledge for the betterment of the group. However...

- We are doing a week-long discount where registration to be a part of this community is 50% off!! We want to support the people who have supported us on our journey and make sure you know we love you and appreciate everything you have done for us. This deal for our Ride-or-Dies will last from Monday 1/22 - Sunday 1/28.

So go to thehockeythinktank.com TODAY, let us know you’re interested, and from there we'll get you everything you need to join our community and help change the game.

Thank you to our sponsors GelStx, Train-Heroic, CuredNutrition, Helios Hockey, and IceHockeySystems.com. And thank you to our AMAZING LISTENERS; We appreciate every listen, download, comment, rating and share on your social sites!

On today’s SHORT SHIFTS episode, Vechs has an intriguing question for Topher: If you, overnight, became the head of USA Hockey, what are the first three things you'd implement? 

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