THE MENTAL GAME Sports Podcast
Larissa created, "The Mental Game Academy" in sports podcast is to help support athletes and bring awareness to interpersonal skills much needed in sports today. It takes a village to develop young athletes, parents, coaches and trainers even refs and how are act around them and demonstrates emotions plays a key role in their social development and over all athletic success. We are interviewing athletes, professional and amateur, coaches, refs and parents that all want to see changes in sports to help our athletes to prevent mental health issues before they happen. Ultimately, athletes need emotional intelligence and resilience to further their career and time spent learning these skills will help them more in their athletic journey's.
THE MENTAL GAME Sports Podcast
Hockey Players Need to Develop Scanning with Mike McGinnis
The Mental Game Academy Podcast: Featuring Mike McGinnis
Hosted by Larissa Mills, this episode welcomes Mike McGinnis, Hockey Alberta’s Manager of Player Development, a Hockey Canada Certified Skill Coach, and the founder of Norcan Hockey. With over a decade of experience developing players and training coaches, Mike shares his insights on skill development, the mental side of the game, and how phone use is impacting young athletes ability to scan.
Scanning is hockey skill and it can be developed in practice. The younger the athlete the weaker this ability for many reasons, too much scrolling, too much sitting around and less multi-sport training.
From mindset training to the evolving challenges in hockey, this episode dives into the tools and strategies needed to help players reach their full potential. Tune in for expert advice and actionable takeaways!
For more tools and drills to improve this skill check out, Norcan Hockey,
Thanks Mike!