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
Matt Dumouchelle talks about Junior A Hockey and its Ecosystem of Preventable Behavioural Concerns
In this episode of, "The Mental Game Academy" Podcast, host Larissa Mills sits down with Matt Dumouchelle, author of The Hockey Factories series on TheCoachesSite.com. Matt has spent years researching the world’s top hockey development programs, uncovering the tools and strategies that any youth organization can use to create a better experience for their players and families.
Now, in his fifth year as Assistant General Manager of the Leamington Flyers in the Ontario Junior Hockey League, Matt brings a wealth of knowledge on player development, team culture, and what it takes to build a winning program. Tune in as he shares his insights on the mental side of the game and how young athletes can reach their full potential.
If you listen to the end, we discuss what will happen with open borders and how your hockey associations can prepare. But one thing is for sure, it will need to change in coaching education, parent support, and athlete development to succeed in this model.