Reply To: Game Intelligence / Decision Training

[hockeygod]

Tom,

Unfortunately for me, I am always in Spokane WA the first Sunday in May to visit family and run Bloomsday. This has been a tradition going back to the early 1980's and I have only missed it twice since then – both times for the World Championships. As much as I would like to attend Helsinki / Stockholm (or others), I am reluctant to miss my annual family time. In fact, there is a good chance I will be taking an extra two weeks of holidays right after that so our family and friends can go mountain biking in Bend OR again. If you are going to the WC's, you will have to carry the torch!

I am thinking we should set up a coaching conference in Calgary for people of this site and other local coaches. We could look to do something over a Fri – Sun. If we have advance notice, John and I can get some athletes and facilities put together to run some demonstrations. If we have enough coaches, we can also run the coaches through dryland and on-ice activities using our Smart Transitional Games; plus use the athletes so the coaches can see / ask questions. Of course, the hotstoves / Q & A sessions will provide for maximum learning! You could also run an ice session using your ABC games… we would have no shortage of stuff over 2.5 days; we would still accommodate a 'good' schedule by scheduling down time (depending on the time of year, we could look to watch an NHL game or practice, plan some good suppers at local restaurants, sight-see some local sporting landmarks (Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame, Winsport, take people out skating in the Olympic Oval, go mountain biking in the Rocky Mountains, whatever – especially if people are coming from out of town.)

I know the interest is there… We just did a dryland presentation here in Calgary last Friday night. We had about 25 athletes; 35-40 parents and 10 coaches attend. We were inundated with questions afterward and overwhelmed with inquiries for our services (team, private, groups, school programs, coach mentoring, etc.) Everybody that we spoke to declared that they had never seen this type of coaching before and they all wanted their athletes to be exposed to it. (The coaches wanted further discussions and mentoring). We have also been in conversations with a couple of interested NHL and major junior teams and a Tier 2 team, regarding our coaching methodology and how it positively impacts player (and coach) development.

John and I have a package available where we travel to various cities / towns to present our Game Intelligence Training and Smart Transitional Games to associations – for athlete development and coach mentoring. If anybody is interested, they should let me know. Our costs can be offset by hosting a local coaching clinic in the host town / city and charging registration fees. We will be doing a week-long on and off-ice workshop for another MHA Oct 2-6.
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Dean everything is possible if coaches want it. Maybe the weekend before the Worlds in Turku so Juuso could present. Horst Wein stayed in Juuso's Sauna Hotel last spring. He may want to join us.

An international seminar in Calgary would be great. It is the home of Hockey Canada and 12 000 youth players. So always a lot going on.

Dean
M.Ed (Coaching)
Ch.P.C. (Chartered Professional Coach)
Game Intelligence Training
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