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In episode 318 of the Glass and Out Podcast we're joined by skills coach and TCS Live presenter Maxim Noreau.
Noreau enjoyed a tremendous playing career. He played a handful of games in the National Hockey League to kick off a 17-year professional career, mostly in the Swiss National League. He also represented Canada on multiple occasions at the Spengler Cup and Winter Olympics.
Upon retirement he founded Noreau Hockey, a development program operating out of Montreal, where he is also a development coach for the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada of the QMHJL.
You can check out his TCS Live presentation on Blueline Shooting Options now on The Coaches Site.
Listen as he shares why coaches need to focus on making the fundamentals elite, the importance of selling player development to parents, and how the position of defence as evolved in hockey.
Video Timestamps:
- 0:00 Coaching different levels as Skills Coach
- 4:55 Getting players attention
- 7:15 Details within a skill
- 9:40 Correcting bad habits
- 12:40 Benefits of coaching youth hockey
- 17:50 Players to watch/Cale Makar
- 24:10 Underdeveloped skills in today's player
- 27:25 Developing the right mindset
- 32:10 Building trust with a coach/accountability
- 35:00 Growing from adversity
- 36:45 Creating your own opportunities/Kevin Constantine
- 46:40 Building confidence from mistakes
- 49:55 Evolution of defensemen
- 57:25 Making fundamentals elite
- 1:01:00 Getting away from the game
- 1:01:00 Getting away from the game
- 1:05:55 Building coaching connections
